OCTOBER 2016
Monday - October
31, 2016 - Today In History:
1864 - Nevada became the 36th state to join the U.S.
1940 - The British air victory in the Battle of Britain prevented
Germany from invading Britain.
1941 - Mount Rushmore was declared complete after 14 years of work. At
the time the 60-foot busts of U.S. Presidents George Washington, Thomas
Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln were finished.
1941 - The U.S. Navy destroyer Reuben James was torpedoed by a German
submarine near Iceland. The U.S. had not yet entered World War II. More
than 100 men were killed.
1952 - The U.S. detonated its first hydrogen bomb.
1956 - Rear Admiral G.J. Dufek became the first person to land an
airplane at the South Pole and the first person to set foot on the South
Pole.
1959 - Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine from Fort Worth, TX,
announced that he would never return to the U.S. from Moscow, Russia.
1968 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered a halt to all U.S.
bombing of North Vietnam.
1983 - The U.S. Defense Department acknowledged that during the U.S. led
invasion of Grenada, that a U.S. Navy plane had mistakenly bombed a
civilian hospital.
1992 - In Liberia, it was announced that five American nuns had been
killed near Monrovia. Rebels loyal to Charles Taylor were blamed for the
murders.
1994 - 68 people were killed when an American Eagle ATR-72, plunged into
a northern Indiana farm.
1998 - Iraq announced that it was halting all dealings with U.N. arms
inspectors. The inspectors were investigating the country's weapons of
mass destruction stemming from Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990.
1999 - EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed off the coast of Nantucket, MA,
killing all 217 people aboard.
2001 - Microsoft and the U.S. Justice Department reached a tentative
agreement to settle the antitrust case against the software company.
2008 - Distribution Video Audio, Inc. shipped its final shipment of VHS
tapes to stores. The company was the last major United States supplier
of pre-recorded VHS tapes.
War Effort Against ISIS In Mosul Hampered By Iranian Involvement
And Absence Of Clear U.S. Strategy
Western Journalism - Signs that increasing tensions in the
Middle East and the absence of a clear U.S. strategy are
hampering the war effort against Islamic State became clearly
visible in Iraq this weekend. Al-Jazeerah reported Saturday that
the U.S-led coalition against Islamic State had announced that
ground operations in the area would be halted for two days. The
official explanation for the unilateral measure was that the
troops needed to be “regrouped.”.... There could, however, be a
second reason the U.S.-led coalition is reconsidering its
support for the Iraqi effort to drive Islamic State out of
Mosul. On Saturday the Iran-backed Shiite militia al-Hashd al-Shaabi
began an offensive that aims to cut off Islamic State’s supply
line to Mosul and to liberate Tal-Afar, a predominantly Shiite
town close to Turkey that is also home to a significant Turkmen
minority. Turkey’s leaders have already threatened war against
Iraq whenever the Iran-backed Shiite militias dare to enter
Tal-Afar or Mosul.... The Obama administration has repeatedly
asked the Iraqi government to leave the Shiite militias out of
the operation to liberate Mosul, but to no avail. Furthermore,
as Western Journalism reported Oct. 18, Qassem Soleimani,
commander of the Al Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary
Guards Corps, is overseeing the military operation in Mosul
against ISIS on behalf of the Iraqi government. Until now, the
Obama administration has turned a blind eye on this dangerous
development, perhaps in the hope that the Iraqi government would
eventually listen to its repeated requests to leave the Shiite
militia out of the Mosul operation. Now that it has become clear
the administration has no leverage over the Iraqi government and
war between Turkey and Iraq and Iran over the Shiite aspirations
in northern Iraq is becoming more likely by the day, the Obama
administration is apparently again reassessing its strategy in
the war against ISIS.
Hezbollah Brigades hurries troops to Mosul fight
The Long War Journal - Hezbollah Brigades... an Iranian-backed
Shiite militia in Iraq, is transporting forces, including troops
and artillery, to participate in the operation to retake Mosul
from the Islamic State. Hezbollah Brigades is a US-designated
Foreign Terrorist Organization that is one of several
Iranian-backed militias that operates in Iraq. The convoy, which
was seen in a video released by Hezbollah Brigades propaganda
wings, was shown to include dozens of vehicles. At least 11
rocket launchers, four howitzers (including two US-made M198
howitzers), one American-made M1 Abrams, and one US M88 Recovery
Vehicle were spotted. Several other vehicles transporting troops
to Mosul can also be seen.... The militia has long been known to
operate American M1 Abrams tanks. Last January, the militia
showcased several US-made vehicles in a large convoy somewhere
in Iraq. Some pictures of M1’s being in the hands of Hezbollah
Brigades existed prior to the video, but these photos and videos
have become much more prevalent since. The tanks and artillery
were likely given to HB by the Iraqi military, or taken from the
Islamic State during operations.
State Dept. orders family of Istanbul consular staff to evacuate
over terror threats
UPI - The State Department on Saturday ordered family members of
employees at the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul to evacuate, citing
ongoing terrorist threats in the region. The consulate itself
will remain open and the order does not extend to other
diplomatic outposts or the U.S. Embassy in the capital Ankara.
The State Department issued a travel warning for Americans
abroad to avoid the southeastern portion of Turkey near the
Syrian border on Monday, citing terrorist threats. "Foreign and
U.S. tourists have been explicitly targeted by international and
indigenous terrorist organizations in Turkey," the advisory
stated. "In the past year, extremists have carried out attacks
in France, Belgium, Germany, Mali, Bangladesh, Tunisia, and
Turkey. Additional attacks in Turkey at major events, tourist
sites, restaurants, commercial centers, places of worship, and
transportation hubs, including aviation services, metros, buses,
bridges, bus terminals and sea transport, could occur."
Russian, US jets had near miss over Syria: US officials
(AFP) - A Russian fighter flew dangerously close to a US
warplane over eastern Syria, US defence officials said Friday,
highlighting the risks of a serious mishap in the increasingly
crowded airspace. The "near miss" occurred late on October 17,
when a Russian jet that was escorting a larger spy plane
manoeuvred near an American warplane, Air Force Lieutenant
General Jeff Harrigian said. The Russian jet came to "inside of
half a mile" of the US jet, he added. Another US military
official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the American
pilot was buffeted by the turbulence from the Russian jet's
engines…. It appeared the Russian pilot had simply not seen the
US jet -- either on radar or visually. It was dark and the
planes were flying without lights…. The incident raises serious
questions about the extent to which pilots can track the complex
airspace they operate in.
Russia loses UN Human Rights Council place, Saudi Arabia
re-elected
RT - For the first time since UNHRC's inception in 2006, Russia
has lost an election to the UN Human Rights Council after being
narrowly beaten by Croatia in a vote. Saudi Arabia was
successfully re-elected, despite criticism from human rights
organizations. The 47 places on the council are distributed on a
regional basis, with staggered ballots seeing a third of the
body re-elected each year. Russia had finished its three-year
term and was running against Hungary and Croatia for the two
available seats from Eastern Europe. With Hungary far ahead,
Croatia received the votes of 114 of the 193 member countries,
and Russia was selected on 112 ballots…. Saudi Arabia sailed
through the Asian ballot with 152 votes, and will represent the
region on the UNHRC alongside China, Japan and Iraq for the next
three years. South Africa, Rwanda, Egypt and Tunisia were chosen
from the African group, Cuba and Brazil from Latin America and
the Caribbean, and the US and the UK will represent the Western
bloc, which comprises Western Europe and North America. Over the
next term, which will last between 2017 and 2019, the 14 chosen
members will be tasked with formulating the UN’s official
position on conflicts occurring around the world, as well as the
domestic policies of member states.
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro threatens to jail his
political opponents
Daily Mail - Nicolas Maduro was speaking after a strike called
by the opposition to protest against his economic policies.
Friday's walkout was only partially observed, with public
transport in the capital Caracas running as usual and banks
remaining open. Maduro earlier threatened to break the strike by
sending the army to take over firms that took part in it. The
action was called after authorities blocked a bid by the centre
right-dominated MUD coalition to hold a referendum on removing
Maduro from power. After that move, opposition lawmakers vowed
to put Maduro on trial for 'violating democracy'. But President
Maduro said: 'If they launch a supposed political trial, which
is not in our constitution, the state prosecution service must
bring legal action in the courts and put in jail anyone who
violates the constitution, even if they are members of
Congress.'.... But he also extended a carrot to the struggling
workers who have served as his socialist party's traditional
base with a 40 percent increase in the minimum wage. This would
bring it to the equivalent of about £115 ($140) a month. But
economic analysts called that a drop in the bucket for a country
facing inflation of 475 percent this year, rising to 1,660
percent next year. And a wage hike may only add fuel to the
inflationary fire.
New migrant camp sets up in Paris just a 10-minute walk from the
Eurostar terminal
Daily Mail - Thousands of UK-bound migrants left homeless in
Calais were flooding into new ‘Jungle’-style camps yesterday in
the heart of Paris. Charities reported an influx of arrivals in
the French capital. Most had refused to go to official centres
set up by authorities following the demolition of the Calais
Jungle. A large cluster of tents has sprung up around the
Stalingrad Metro station, a ten-minute walk from the Eurostar
hub at Gare du Nord. ‘It is already being called the Paris
Jungle,’ said Mohammed Hussein, a 20-year-old Ethiopian sharing
a tent with four friends. ‘All of us had trouble getting to
England from Calais, but we’ll now be able to try again from
here. Our dream is to get to England as quickly as possible.’
But France’s asylum chief Pascal Brice denied that the arrivals
in Paris meant there had been a wholesale relocation from the
Jungle to the capital. He explained: ‘There might be some
movements at the margins towards Paris but what is crucial is
that those 6,000 people have been protected.’ There are fears
that other former camps on the French coast could also see the
return of migrants. Migrants at the Jungle have said they would
rather die than give up on their dreams of reaching Britain,
despite being offered asylum in France.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
VIDEO: SHOCK WIKILEAKS: Assange's "Final Blow to Hillary's
Campaign" as FBI Reopens Case
The hackers supplying Wikileaks were Anonymous and Anon claims
to have ALL OF HILLARY's 33k deleted emails and that they will
release them by Nov 1. Hillary together with Obama, was planning
WW3 with Russia to forego criminal charges! - ‘Assange Steps
Forward To Deliver Final Blow To The Clinton Campaign’ after FBI
Reopens Hillery's Case.
Breaking: Assange Lands Final Blow On Hillary After FBI Case
Reopened
State of the Nation - BI Director James Comey made the
announcement in a letter Friday afternoon that the bureau will
be reopening the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s illegal
use of a private email server. “In a previous congressional
testimony, I referred to the fact that the FBI had completed its
investigation of former Secretary Clinton’s personal email
server,” reads the letter. “Due to recent developments, I am
writing to supplement my previous testimony.” Director Comey
indicated that his team came across new information concerning
the emails late Thursday evening. The director says he “agreed
that the FBI should take appropriate investigative steps.” The
emails did not randomly appear out of nowhere and into the FBI’s
headquarters. It is being reported that the FBI received the
emails from the hacking group Anonymous. About a month ago, the
group released a statement on 4CHAN, indicating that they had a
major surprise coming towards the end of October. Here is their
chat discussing what we can expect from them:… Now, many things
on this list have yet to occur, but these hackers have delivered
on their promises so far. The hackers are arguing that we will
receive the emails by November 1, which makes sense. The hacking
group Anonymous leaked these emails to the FBI in order to
reopen the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private
email server. The goal would be to then release more information
to the FBI now that they have an open investigation. The group
also indicates that they have ownership of Hillary’s 33,000
deleted emails and will be releasing those soon, as well. As the
hacker states in the above chat, “we are purposely holding them
back so that the Democratic Party does not have time to replace
Hillary Clinton.” It is also being reported that Julian Assange
and WikiLeaks have been playing a major role in this, as well.
* Related:
UPDATE: 650,000 EMAILS Found on Anthony Weiner’s Laptop That He
Shared with Wife Huma Abedin
* Related:
FBI Obtains Warrant To Search Huma Abedin's Emails
Clinton Foundation FBI Investigation Confirmed By Former
Assistant FBI Director
Breitbart - Saturday on CNN while discussing the FBI reopening
the investigation into Democratic presidential nominee Hillary
Clinton’s use of a private unsecured email server during her
tenure as secretary of state, former Assistant Director of the
FBI Thomas Fuentes said, “The FBI has an intensive investigation
ongoing into the Clinton Foundation.” He added, “The FBI made
the determination that the investigation would go forward as a
comprehensive unified case and be coordinated, so that
investigation is ongoing and Huma Abedin and her role and
activities concerning secretary of state in the nature of the
foundation and possible pay to play, that’s still being looked
at and now.”
Attorney General Lynch 'Pleads Fifth' On Secret Iran 'Ransom'
Payments
Zero Hedge - Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) and Rep. Mike Pompeo
(R., Kan.) initially presented Lynch in October with a series of
questions about how the cash payment to Iran was approved and
delivered. In an Oct. 24 response, Assistant Attorney General
Peter Kadzik responded on Lynch’s behalf, refusing to answer the
questions and informing the lawmakers that they are barred from
publicly disclosing any details about the cash payment, which
was bound up in a ransom deal aimed at freeing several American
hostages from Iran. The response from the attorney general’s
office is “unacceptable” and provides evidence that Lynch has
chosen to “essentially plead the fifth and refuse to respond to
inquiries regarding [her] role in providing cash to the world’s
foremost state sponsor of terrorism,” Rubio and Pompeo wrote on
Friday in a follow-up letter to Lynch, according to a copy
obtained by the Free Beacon. The inquiry launched by the
lawmakers is just one of several concurrent ongoing
congressional probes aimed at unearthing a full accounting of
the administration’s secret negotiations with Iran.... In the
Oct. 24 letter to Rubio and Pompeo, Assistant Attorney General
Kadzik warned the lawmakers against disclosing to the public any
information about the cash payment. Details about the deal are
unclassified, but are being kept under lock and key in a secure
facility on Capitol Hill, the Free Beacon first disclosed.
Lawmakers and staffers who have clearance to view the documents
are forced to relinquish their cellular devices and are barred
from taking any notes about what they see.
U.S. Marshals’ tackling of Ammon Bundy’s lawyer creates buzz in
legal community
The Oregonian - When U.S. Marshals physically subdued attorney
Marcus Mumford at the finale of the Oregon militants’ trial, the
encounter created a buzz across the legal community with experts
saying they’d never seen anything similar happen before.
Marshals tackled and used a Taser on Mumford, Ammon Bundy’s
defense lawyer, following the Oregon standoff leader’s acquittal
in the federal conspiracy case Thursday. The agency said in a
news release Friday that Mumford had become “upset and
aggressive” in court after the jury verdict. The federal agency
is conducting a review of the marshals’ actions, according to
Thadd Baird, supervising deputy of the U.S. Marshals Service.
But he declined to discuss any further specifics about the
highly unusual use of force. “The overwhelming consensus in
legal circles is that any kind of altercation between law
enforcement and lawyers in a courtroom is virtually unheard of,”
said Kateri Walsh, spokeswoman for the Oregon State Bar. “It
just doesn’t happen.” Mumford had been arguing that his client
should be released from custody immediately, but U.S. District
Judge Anna J. Brown said Bundy had a hold on him from a pending
federal indictment in Nevada. Mumford yelled at the judge, and
suddenly six to seven marshals closed in on him, surrounding the
attorney at the defense table. The judge told them to move back,
but soon after, the marshals grabbed Mumford. They yelled at
Mumford to stop resisting while the judge ordered everyone out
of the courtroom. The encounter was the culmination of a trial
that included several contentious moments between Mumford and
Brown. At one point last month, Brown threatened Mumford with
contempt of court if he continued asking questions about the
fatal police shooting of Robert "LaVoy" Finicum. The Marshals
service provides security in U.S. District Court. Mumford was
arrested Thursday by the Federal Protective Service, part of the
Department of Homeland Security. He was cited on accusations of
failing to comply with a federal lawful order and causing a
disturbance and given a Jan. 6 court date.
Trump Warned Months Ago That Clinton's 'Bad Judgment' Gave
Weiner Access To Secrets
Western Journalism - In July, as Trump expressed his outrage
over Clinton’s email scandal, he had noted that a tremendous
national security risk was posed by Clinton’s extensive sharing
of classified material through an unsecure email server with top
aide Huma Abedin, because of Abedin’s connection with former New
York Rep. Anthony Weiner. “I mean her No. 1 person, Huma Abedin,
is married to Anthony Weiner, who’s a sleazeball and a pervert.
And I’m not saying that, I mean that’s recorded history, right?
I don’t like Huma going home at night and telling Anthony Weiner
all of these secrets, OK?” Trump said in July. A month later,
when Weiner’s next outrage prompted Abedin to say she was
leaving her husband and filing for divorce, Trump repeated his
concerns in a statement. “Huma is making a very wise decision. I
know Anthony Weiner well, and she will be far better off without
him. I only worry for the country in that Hillary Clinton was
careless and negligent in allowing Weiner to have such close
proximity to highly classified information. Who knows what he
learned and who he told? It’s just another example of Hillary
Clinton’s bad judgment. It is possible that our country and its
security have been greatly compromised by this,” he said.
Audio emerges of Hillary Clinton proposing rigging Palestine
election
Hang The Bankers - On September 5, 2006, Eli Chomsky was an
editor and staff writer for the Jewish Press, and Hillary
Clinton was running for a shoo-in re-election as a U.S. senator.
Her trip making the rounds of editorial boards brought her to
Brooklyn to meet the editorial board of the Jewish Press. The
tape was never released and has only been heard by the small
handful of Jewish Press staffers in the room. According to
Chomsky, his old-school audiocassette is the only existent copy
and no one has heard it since 2006, until today when he played
it for the Observer. The tape is 45 minutes and contains much
that is no longer relevant, such as analysis of the re-election
battle that Sen. Joe Lieberman was then facing in Connecticut.
But a seemingly throwaway remark about elections in areas
controlled by the Palestinian Authority has taken on new
relevance amid persistent accusations in the presidential
campaign by Clinton’s Republican opponent Donald Trump that the
current election is “rigged.” Speaking to the Jewish Press about
the January 25, 2006, election for the second Palestinian
Legislative Council (the legislature of the Palestinian National
Authority), Clinton weighed in about the result, which was a
resounding victory for Hamas (74 seats) over the U.S.-preferred
Fatah (45 seats). “I do not think we should have pushed for an
election in the Palestinian territories. I think that was a big
mistake,” said Sen. Clinton. “And if we were going to push for
an election, then we should have made sure that we did something
to determine who was going to win.”
Trump Wipes Out Clinton’s 12 Point Lead
Infowars - Comment: As we have repeatedly emphasized, many polls
are oversampling Democrats, so in reality Trump has overturned a
lead significantly greater than 12 points. Donald Trump has
wiped out Hillary Clinton’s comfortable lead, with the
Democratic candidate dropping in the polls just 11 days before
the election…. Daily Mail [reports] Clinton now leads by just
two points with 47 per cent to Trump’s 45 according to the poll
put together by ABC and The Washington Post. At the start of the
week, she held a comfortable advantage over her opponent with 50
to his 38. By Monday she had slipped one point to 49 per cent
while Trump rose two to 40. They inched closer again on Tuesday
and again until Wednesday when they were only four points apart.
Her lead halved again on Thursday, separating the pair by only
two points.
How much more electricity do we need to go to 100% electric vehicles?
Energy Matters - ... the EU is drafting legislation to mandate the
installation of electric vehicle charging stations in new homes while
Germany and the Netherlands are considering legislation requiring that
all cars and light vehicles sold after 2025 or 2030 must be 100%
electric. None of this legislation has as yet been approved, but if it
is how much extra electricity will be needed to power the millions of
EVs involved, and how much will it cost? .... Because of the
uncertainties in the data and assumptions used the numbers should be
considered as ball-park estimates only.... European Union... Replacing
the EU’s 250 million fossil-fuel-fired cars with EVs would require a 34%
increase in electricity generation and a 43% increase in installed
capacity. The overall cost of installing this extra capacity would be
$1.3 trillion.... The UK: A 36% increase in generation and a 49%
increase in installed capacity, costing $140 billion.... The USA: A 29%
increase in generation and a 44% increase in installed capacity, costing
$1.4 trillion.... China: An 11% increase in generation and a 16%
increase in installed capacity, costing $735 billion. Note, however,
that these numbers increase to 19%, 27%, and $1.2 trillion if we assume
that the number of vehicles in China continues to grow at 4.4%/year
through 2030.... The World: An 18% increase in generation and a 30%
increase in installed capacity, costing $5.0 trillion. These numbers
increase to 26%, 44%, and $7.3 trillion if we assume that the number of
vehicles in the world continues to grow at 2.7%/year through 2030....
They are in fact following in the footsteps of California, which in 1990
passed legislation requiring that 2 percent of the vehicles sold in the
state by 1998, 5 percent of the vehicles sold by 2001 and 10 percent of
the vehicles sold by 2003 be zero-emission vehicles. The legislation had
to be rescinded when the ZEVs [Zero Emissions Vehicles] failed to
materialize.
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
Cornucopia Calls on Regulators to Stop Dairy Merger
Cornucopia News - The French dairy giant Groupe Danone (Dannon
in the U.S.) has announced the proposed acquisition of WhiteWave
Foods for approximately $10 billion. The deal would combine the
world’s largest organic yogurt brand, Stonyfield, with Wallaby,
a rapidly growing yogurt label, and Horizon, the nation’s
largest brand of organic milk. Cornucopia has formally
challenged the acquisition based on the serious erosion of
competition it would create in the consumer marketplace and the
negative economic impact it would have on U.S. organic dairy
farmers. WhiteWave brands are the top sellers in their
categories. Horizon organic milk controls nearly 25% of the
organic milk market, while their Silk brand is a leader in
plant-based beverages. Danone will be taking control of a bigger
piece of the organic dairy market than has ever been controlled
by a single company. With this acquisition Danone will easily be
able to beat out competition by lowering prices beyond what
farmstead and more moderately sized dairies can withstand.
Compound found in onions has anti-ovarian cancer effects
(NaturalNews) A chemical naturally occurring in onions may be
able to suppress the proliferation of ovarian cancer cells, and
perhaps even initiate cancer cell death, according to a study
conducted by researchers from Kumamoto University in Japan, and
published in the journal Scientific Reports. These particular
anticancer effects come from a chemical called onionin A (ONA).
The study focused on the effects of ONA on the most common form
of ovarian cancer, epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). This type of
cancer has a five-year survival rate of only 40 percent. It is
the 10th most common female cancer in the United States, and the
fifth most lethal form of cancer in women. As many as 80 percent
of EOC patients relapse after their first course of
chemotherapy…. The benefits of onions start simply with their
nutrient profile: These vegetables are highly nutrient dense,
delivering high levels of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants,
with relatively few calories. A single cup of chopped onions
contains 10 percent or more of the daily recommended amount of
vitamin B6, vitamin C and manganese, and also contains calcium,
folate, iron, magnesium, phosphorus and potassium. In addition
to vitamin C, onions are high in other antioxidants,
particularly quercetin. Antioxidants help protect the body from
free radicals that cause chronic diseases such as heart disease
and cancer.
Thursday - October
27, 2016 - Today In History:
1787 - The first of the Federalist Papers were published in the New York
Independent. The series of 85 essays, written by Alexander Hamilton,
James Madison and John Jay, were published under the pen name "Publius."
1795 - The United States and Spain signed the Treaty of San Lorenzo. The
treaty is also known as "Pinckney's Treaty."
1858 - Roland Macy opened Macy's Department Store in New York City. It
was Macy's eighth business adventure, the other seven failed.
1904 - The New York subway system officially opened. It was the first
rapid-transit subway system in America.
1927 - The first newsreel featuring sound was released in New York.
1938 - Du Pont announced "nylon" as the new name for its new synthetic
yarn.
1962 - The Soviet Union adds to the Cuban Missile Crisis by calling for
the dismantling of U.S. missile basis in Turkey. U.S. President Kennedy
agreed to the new aspect of the agreement.
1994 - The U.S. Justice Department announced that the U.S. prison
population had exceeded one million for the first time in American
history.
2003 - Bank of America Corp. announced it had agreed to buy FleetBoston
Financial Corp. The deal created the second largest banking company in
the U.S
2005 - White House counsel Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination to the
Supreme Court after three weeks of criticism from fellow conservatives.
2005 - Surgeons in France performed the world's first partial face
transplant on a woman who was mauled by a dog.
2008 - Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, was convicted of seven corruption
charges for lying about free home renovations and other gifts from a
wealthy oil contractor. (A judge later dismissed the case, saying
prosecutors had withheld evidence.)
Six NATO nations eager to increase Black Sea presence -
Stoltenberg
RT - US, Turkey and Poland are among the NATO member states
which confirmed their readiness to dispatch naval units to the
Black Sea in 2017, boosting the alliance’s presence in the
region, according to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
Stoltenberg noted “progress” in in strengthening NATO’s presence
in the Black Sea Region in his statement after the meeting of
the block’s defense ministers in Brussels on Wednesday. With a
Romania-led multinational framework brigade on land and we’re
working on measures in the air and at sea,” he said. According
to the secretary General, several member-states “indicated their
willingness to contribute to our presence in the Black Sea
region on land, at sea and in the air, including Canada,
Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Turkey and the US.” “Other
allies are also looking into how they can contribute,” he added.
The plans on enhancing Black Sea presence will be finalized
during another meeting on NATO ministers in February.
Britain to send hundreds more troops close to Russia border in
largest deployment since Cold War
The Telegraph - Britain will send hundreds more troops close to
Russia's border, the Government has said, as the Prime Minister
also called for "pressure" on Moscow over the Syria crisis.
Around 800 soldiers along with tanks, armoured vehicles and
drones will now head to Estonia in the spring in a Nato effort
to reassure the Baltic states over Russia. The boosted mission,
up from 650 announced earlier this year, will be Britain's
largest long-term deployment to one of Russia's neighbours since
the end of the Cold War. Defence sources said the six-month
deployment to Tapa army base, around 100 miles from the border,
was the start of a persistent UK presence in the country. The
British troops will form one of four Nato battalions being
deployed in response to a perceived threat from Russia to the
alliance's eastern allies.
US-led coalition killed 300 Syrian civilians in 11 probed
strikes – Amnesty
RT - Around 300 civilians were killed in eleven airstrikes
conducted by the US-led coalition in Syria, which Amnesty
International investigated for its latest report. Amnesty says
the US must come clean about the civilian toll of its fight
against Islamic State. Amnesty suspects that US Central Command
(CENTCOM), which directs coalition airstrikes in Syria, “may
have… carried out unlawful attacks” in Syria, failing to take
necessary measures to prevent civilian killings. We fear the
US-led coalition is significantly underestimating the harm
caused to civilians in its operations in Syria,” said Lynn
Maalouf, Deputy Director for Research at Amnesty International’s
Beirut regional office. It’s high time the US authorities came
clean about the full extent of the civilian damage caused by
coalition attacks in Syria. Independent and impartial
investigations must be carried out into any potential violations
of international humanitarian law and the findings should be
made public.” Amnesty investigated evidence, including
eyewitness accounts, reports by human rights organizations and
the media, photographs and video footage as well as satellite
imagery, related to 11 suspected coalition attacks in Syria. The
group estimates that the attacks have claimed as many as 300
civilian lives. So far none of these deaths has been
acknowledged by CENTCOM.
UN failed to organize evacuation of civilians from rebel-held
Aleppo – Russian envoy
RT - Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations has criticized
UN’s failure to properly organize humanitarian evacuations of
the wounded from terrorist-held areas of Aleppo. The UN envoy to
Syria defended the team, pinning the blame on the warring
parties. We regret to note that the United Nations has not
properly worked out an operation to evacuate the sick and the
wounded,” Vitaly Churkin noted at the UN Security Council
session, according to RIA. The ambassador added that the UN work
with various opposition groups in Aleppo and the local council
was “left to take care of itself.” He stressed that the UN
personnel did not “exert the necessary pressure” on “sponsors”
of illegal armed groups to convince them to cooperate with the
aid workers on the ground. Besides criticizing the UN team, the
Russian envoy also accused entities that have influence over
fighters in besieged neighborhoods of Aleppo of not applying
enough pressure on the militants to make the most of the
Russian-Syrian humanitarian pause.
Swedes And Germans Told To Integrate Into Their “New Country”
The New American - In addition to paying for the importation of
well over a million Islamic migrants over the last year, Swedish
and German taxpayers are financing advertising campaigns urging
them to integrate into the new countries that the mass migration
is creating. The changes are irreversible and the old way of
life is not coming back, so get used to it and adapt, the
natives were told. In Sweden, a tax-funded TV ad created by a
government-backed “charity” called “Individuell Manniskohjalp”
(Individual Relief), or IM, informs Swedes that their old
country is never coming back. Translated to English, the slogan
for the campaign is #TheNewNation. “There is no way back,” the
ad begins. “Sweden will never be like it was. Europe is changing
and Sweden is needed as a safe space for people who seek refuge.
Now we must look forward and find a way to live side by side.”
As African and Middle Eastern faces intermixed with Swedish
faces cycle through on the screen, the ad informs viewers that
Sweden is in for some dramatic changes. “It’s time to realize
the new Swedes will claim their space, and will take up room
with cultures, languages and customs,” the narrators say in
Swedish, alternating between male and female voices. “It’s time
we see this as a positive force. The new country is about
shaping a new future.” The very definition of Swedish is
changing, the ad continues, adding that the old Swedes need to
adapt to the new country and the customs of the “new Swedes.”
“To be Swedish must be more than skin color and place of birth,
it must be you, me, and everyone together,” the narrator
continues. “It’s not only new Swedes that need to integrate.
Everyone needs to integrate, even established Swedes.” Then
viewers get some more information on just what sort of
“integration” is being demanded of them. “Integration is about
finding mutual understanding,” the ad continues. “Let’s create a
future that is based on equal parts reality and belief in the
future. Let’s build a country where we put hate and fear aside.”
Needless to say it’s extremely unlikely that many of the Islamic
migrants flooding into Sweden, overwhelmingly male, will be
finding “mutual understanding” with the old Sweden’s liberal
values any time soon.
Video: What They’re NOT Telling You About Sweden
Paul Joseph Watson - Sweden has legalized the ISIS flag and is
now offering returning jihadists welfare and housing. Will it
become the first European country in the 21st century to be
declared an Islamic Caliphate? I talk to ‘The Angry Foreigner’ –
a Bosnian immigrant living in Sweden – about how mass Muslim
immigration has changed the country.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Researcher Finds Link Between Bankers & Wikileaks Affiliates
Murders
Government Slaves - Earlier this year, WikiLeaks released emails
showing that the Democratic National Committee had maliciously
conspired to undermine the presidential campaign of Clinton
challenger, Senator Bernie Sanders, in order to elevate Hillary
Clinton to the top of the ticket. Now it has emerged that two of
the top lawyers representing Assange, John Jones in London and
Michael Ratner in New York, died within less than a month of
each other this year. And, Assange’s closest confidant in London
and a Director of WikiLeaks, Gavin Macfadyen, died just
yesterday. Wall Street On Parade has carefully investigated the
similarly unprecedented banker deaths over the past two and one
half years. What is noteworthy about the banker deaths is that
at the time of the deaths, Wall Street banks and their global
brethren were under the largest investigations for criminal
rigging of markets to occur in the past century. Even during the
Senate investigations of the early 1930s when crooked business
journalists touting fraudulent Wall Street stocks and crooked
Wall Street bank execs manipulating stock prices were regularly
revealed through subpoenaed documents, there was no similar rash
of deaths or series of alleged suicides. (See related articles
below.) Now there is WikiLeaks leaking emails and documents that
show that the same kind of cartel-like behavior that has
corrupted Wall Street to its core has also infested the top of
the Democratic Party. And, amazingly, three key members of the
Assange/WikiLeaks support network have died within six months of
each other this year. The statistical probability of this being
a natural occurrence is slim.
Hillary Admits In Leaked Email That Clinton Donors Are Funding
ISIS
The Anti-Media - In an email between Democratic presidential
candidate Hillary Clinton and her campaign chairman, John
Podesta, the former first lady and secretary of state cites
“Western intelligence, US intelligence and sources in the
region” to accuse Qatar and Saudi Arabia of “providing
clandestine financial and logistic support to ISIL [or ISIS] and
other radical Sunni groups in the region.” Citing the need to
“use our diplomatic and more traditional intelligence assets,”
the candidate told Podesta the current developments in the
Middle East were “important to the U.S. for reasons that often
differ from country to country.” In the same email, Clinton
seemed to claim Turkey needed to be reassured of America’s
willingness to “take serious actions,” an effort that “[could]
be sustained to protect our national interests” in the region.
In another piece of correspondence from 2012, the Director of
Foreign Policy at the Clinton Foundation, Amitabh Desai, claimed
the Ambassador from Qatar would “like to see [Bill Clinton] ‘for
five minutes’ in NYC, to present $1 million check that Qatar
promised for [his] birthday in 2011,” adding that the small but
rich nation occupying the Qatar Peninsula would “welcome [the
Clinton Foundation’s] suggestions for investments in Haiti —
particularly on education and health.” Desai added that while
Qatar had already “allocated most of their $20 million … [they
were] happy to consider projects we suggest.” Al Jazeera, a
Qatar-based, state-funded news organization, recently ran a list
of “revealing, juicy and quirky emails” leaked by WikiLeaks. In
its list, the news organization went over the “pay-for-play”
scheme involving the Clinton Foundation, going so far as to
mention an email confirming the king of Morocco offered $12m
“for the endowment” — as long as Clinton was willing to take
part in a meeting…. In a post on Facebook, the WikiLeaks
official page said, “Al Jazeera’s list of juiciest Wikileaks
forgets to mention the revelation that Qatar funds both ISIS &
Bill Clinton.”
WikiLeaks: New Evidence Podesta Schemed to Hide Russian-Tied
Assets
LifeZette - An email released by WikiLeaks on Wednesday morning
appears to prove Clinton campaign Chairman John Podesta created
a holding company in order to conceal his interests in an energy
company with deep ties to the Putin regime. Two weeks ago, a
leaked email also published by WikiLeaks first revealed that
Podesta transferred his holdings in the Putin-linked company
Joule Unlimited to a private holding company — Leonidio LLC —
upon joining the Obama administration. “The disclosure that
Clinton Chair John Podesta transferred his shares in
Putin-backed Joule Unlimited to an anonymous holding company
when he joined the Obama Administration is extremely
concerning,” the Trump campaign said in an official statement at
the time. “Because the holding company is completely anonymous,
we do not know whether or not he still has deep financial ties
to Vladimir Putin and his regime.”
“We Need To Clean This Up”: More Evidence Obama LIED About
Clinton Emails
Steve Watson - White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told
reporters Tuesday that it’s a “conspiracy” that Obama knew
Hillary Clinton was using a private email address, and to
suggest he covered for her when asked about it. Obama claimed
that he learned of Clinton’s email server through news reports
at the same time as everyone else. However, it has since been
verified via information from the FBI and via the Wikileaks
Podesta email releases that Obama and Hillary traded emails on
the private server and that Hillary’s team felt the need to
cover it up. An new email released Tuesday provides yet more
evidence. When Hillary’s team found out Obama had said he
learned about the server through the news reports, they panicked
because they knew that the president had already known about the
server for a long time prior to the press reports.
Wikileaks: Hillary Clinton Needed Someone to ‘Sober Her Up’ at
4:30 in the Afternoon
Heat Street - Hillary Clinton campaign aides had a frantic email
exchange in August 2015 over who should call the candidate to
“sober her up some” at around 4:30 in the afternoon. According
to documents published by WikiLeaks, Clinton campaign chairman
John Podesta emailed communications aide Jennifer Palmieri with
a question at around 2:00 p.m. “Should I call her and talk this
through or better to leave with you?” Podesta wrote. “I’m
worried she’ll get on with Cheryl [Mills] and we’ll end up in a
bad place.” Palmieri wrote back more than two hours later with a
response: “I think you should call her and sober her up some.”
‘Hillary’s Amnesty’ and ‘Trump’s Wall’ Causing Rush to Texas,
Says Border Patrol Agent
Breitbart - llegal immigrants, mostly from Central America, are
flooding across Texas’ southern border ahead of the 2016 General
Election. Border Patrol agents are seeing numbers of illegal
immigrants at or above the historic 2014 levels. “Cartel
connected human smugglers are telling people they need to get
across the border now,” U.S. Border Patrol Agent Chris Cabrera
told Breitbart Texas in his capacity as president of National
Border Patrol Council Local 3307. “When our agents ask the
illegal immigrants who have surrendered at the border, they tell
us they have been told they have to be here by a certain
deadline to qualify for amnesty from Hillary Clinton, or they
must come now because Donald Trump will build a wall and they
won’t be able to cross.” Breitbart Texas reported one week ago
that the numbers of family units and unaccompanied minors
crossing the border from Mexico is up dramatically in FY 2016.
The apprehension of Family Units increased by 95 percent over FY
2015 numbers to 77,674 according to a report from U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP). The number of Unaccompanied Alien
Children (UAC) crossing the border hit a near record total of
59,692. More disturbingly, the numbers were dramatically
increasing in the three months leading up to the election.
Obamacare Architect Gruber Demands “Larger Mandate Penalty”
(Video)
Paul Joseph Watson - Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber – the
bureaucrat who once bragged that the “stupidity” of the American
people was crucial for passing the health care law in the first
place – told CNN that the “fix” for Obamacare was to impose a
“larger mandate penalty”…. Gruber’s arrogance is incredible.
Even after the Obama administration acknowledged that premiums
are set to skyrocket next year, Gruber thinks that the answer is
to financially punish Americans to an even greater degree.
Gruber is essentially admitting that Obamacare is designed to
make Americans destitute. “ObamaCare was never designed *not* to
overwhelm you with the shifting of massive costs. ObamaCare was
designed to crush you in costs,” points out the Conservative
Treehouse blog…. A series of videos that emerged in 2014
featured Gruber admitting that Obamacare was deceptively crafted
in order to fool “stupid” Americans into not realizing that it
would mean massive price hikes and that the law’s “lack of
transparency (was) a huge political advantage” in selling it.
Now in Effect: New Alaska Law Taking First Step Against Common
Core
Tenth Amendment Center - Today, a new law allowing parents to
opt their children out of standardized testing in Alaska goes
into effect. The new statute gives parents a powerful tool to
push back against Common Core. Rep. Wes Keller (R-Wasilla)
introduced House Bill 156 (HB156) last year. The legislation
broadly defines the rights of Alaska parents to direct the
education of the children. An important provision in the law
allows parents to opt their children out of standardized
testing. (1) recognizing the authority of a parent and allowing
a parent to object to and withdraw the child from a
standards-based assessment or test required by the state; The
legislation also allows parents to object to and opt their kids
out an activity, class, or program. Shane VanderHart with Truth
in American Education explains the significance of the opt-out
right. This doesn’t change Alaska’s standards which are
essentially Common Core, but this is a win for parents who were
having issues opting their students out of assessments and
certain classes, like sex ed. This is something all states
should do if they haven’t already. While parents have a natural
right to opt their children out of assessments it is so much
easier when the government cooperates with parents rather than
oppose them. The House passed HB156 in April by a 22-17 vote.
The Senate approved an amended version of the measure 15-5.
After some back and forth to reconcile the House and Senate
versions, the bill received final passage on May 5. New York
serves as a shining example of the effectiveness of an
individual opt-out campaign against Common Core testing
programs. Grassroots activists started a movement that spread
across the entire state and sent a powerful message against Fed
Ed. The New York Post reported that 20 percent of parents chose
to opt their children out from the Common Core standardized
testing last year. In the Lower Hudson Valley, the number
reported this year was even higher, according to the USA Today.
College threatens police response for students wearing
'offensive' costumes
Fox News - Tufts University has sent out a letter that is sure
to spook Greek life students ahead of Halloween weekend.
Students involved in fraternities and sororities at the
Massachusetts school are being told to not wear anything that
could offend others during Halloween celebrations -- or risk
getting investigated by campus police and being slapped with
"serious disciplinary sanctions." The order came in a note
written by the leaders of the four Greek life councils on
campus… Tufts was far from the only university calling out
costumes it deemed offensive. The University of Florida offered
counseling for students "troubled" by incidents involving
Halloween costumes. And the University of
Wisconsin-Platteville's Bias Incident Team last year claimed
some students' "Three Blind Mice" costumes mocked the disabled.
More Reports of Votes Flipping From Trump to Clinton in Texas
Paul Joseph Watson - Voters in Arlington and Amarillo complained
that when they highlighted the box to select Trump/Pence, it
switched to Clinton/Kaine. Now numerous other Texans have gone
public on social media to report similar problems. However,
election officials in Texas are denying that there is a problem.
“Typically, we’ve found it’s voter error with the equipment,”
Frank Phillips, Tarrant County’s election administrator, told
WFAA. “Sometimes they vote straight party and then click on
other candidates … or do something with the wheel….There is not
an issue with the equipment.” Are all these examples just voters
making mistakes or inaccurately reporting what happened? Or
could there be a real problem with electronic voting machines in
Texas?
TRUMP on Track to Win More Black Votes Than Any GOP Candidate
Since 1960
The Gateway Pundit - At the beginning of October 9% of African
Americans supported Trump. The number doubled and has leveled
off at 16% support for Donald Trump. Blacks today make up 22% of
the Democratic vote. If Democrats lost 25% of the black vote
they would lose Virginia, Florida, Ohio and North Carolina. If
Trump skims 25% of black voters from the Democratic Party he
would win the 2016 election in a landslide. The last Republican
to win over 25 percent of the non-white vote was Richard Nixon
in 1960. Nixon won 32% of non-white voters to Kennedy’s 68%.
Fukushima: The Untouchable Eco-Apocalypse No One Is Talking About
Activist Post - The effects on nature are already being seen, yet even
among the environmentalist factions of media, there is strong denial of
the damage already done and of what is to come as the crisis approaches
its sixth year. Some 300 tons of radioactive water are dumped into the
Pacific Ocean each day, and signs are showing that this catastrophe is
gravely affecting sea-life and wildlife in and around the Pacific. The
FDA maintains that there is no evidence of contamination by
Fukushima-borne radionuclides in the American food supply, yet this
opinion is contested by some independent researchers. A report by the
Fairewinds Energy Education says that cancer is on the rise in areas
around the failed power plant, and that millions will die in coming
years as a result. Thus far, all plans to stop radioactive contamination
of the Pacific Ocean and the Japanese Islands have failed, the most
impressive of which is the construction of a $320 million underground
wall of frozen dirt to block the seepage of groundwater into surrounding
areas. 100 feet deep and over a mile long, the ‘land-side impermeable
wall‘ is already failing as rainfall from recent typhoons has caused
partial melting of sections of the ‘ice wall.’ A previous and ongoing
cleanup effort requiring the onsite storage of contaminated water near
the Fukushima Daiichi is merely a band-aid as radioactive water
continues to accumulate by the day, with no long-term plan for proper
disposal. he reality here is that this crisis is untouchable in its
scope and unparalleled in its lethality, and TEPCO’s 40-year-plan to
decommission the plant will be a failure. No one of significant import
is talking about this crisis or working to elevate it as a national and
international priority. The American political scene is focused instead
on the selection of the next president being chosen between two
candidates who clearly have zero interest in addressing this dire issue.
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
USDA Creates Dragnet to Collect Records of Private Food Club
Members Around the U.S.
Health Impact News - A USDA investigation of Pennsylvania farmer
Amos Miller’s meat production practices has taken an ominous
turn in recent days, apparently morphing into a national dragnet
to collect the food purchase records of thousands of food club
members around the country. I have posted a number of reports on
an investigation by the Food Safety and Inspection Office (FSIS)
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which issued subpoenas
last spring for information from Amos Miller, supposedly based
on a report issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control in
March tying milk from Miller’s farm to a death in Florida and a
serious illness in California. When Miller refused to cooperate,
citing his non-public operation, the USDA went to federal court,
and obtained an order that Miller allow federal agents in to
conduct “inspections” of his farm. Those “inspections” over the
summer turned into demands for members’ food purchase records,
which Miller declined to provide, citing contractual
requirements that he keep member information private. Most
recently, the USDA has sought to hold Miller in contempt of
court, and a hearing is scheduled on the contempt request
November 1, in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Allergens in Vaccines Are Causing Life-Threatening Food
Allergies
Health Impact News - It would probably surprise few people to
hear that food allergies are increasingly common in U.S.
children and around the world. According to one public health
website, food allergies in children aged 0-17 in the U.S.
increased by 50% from 1997 to 2011….. The question that few are
asking is why life-threatening food allergies have become so
alarmingly pervasive. A 2015 open access case report by Vinu
Arumugham in the Journal of Developing Drugs, entitled “Evidence
that Food Proteins in Vaccines Cause the Development of Food
Allergies and Its Implications for Vaccine Policy,” persuasively
argues that allergens in vaccines—and specifically food
proteins—may be the elephant in the room….. What food proteins
are found in vaccines? The list includes ovalbumin, casein,
gelatin, and soy. As Arumugham ascertained, however, synthetic
vaccine ingredients such as polysorbate 80 and sorbitol also are
sourced from food items, including coconut, palm, sunflower,
wheat, and corn. Arumugham observes that it is likely impossible
to fully eliminate residual allergen proteins deriving from
these sources. Moreover, it takes very low-level exposure to
food proteins to cause allergic sensitization. A more subtle and
troubling point is that the aluminum adjuvants contained in many
vaccines augment the food proteins’ immunogenicity (a
substance’s ability to provoke an immune response). When
numerous food proteins and adjuvants get injected in one
sitting, as is the case when multiple shots are administered
simultaneously, the probability of sensitization greatly
increases. The Institute of Medicine admits that food proteins
in vaccines “occasionally induce…sensitization…and subsequent
hypersensitivity reactions, including anaphylaxis.” Despite this
knowledge, the allergen content in vaccines is entirely
unregulated. No safe level or limits have ever been established
or enforced for the allergens contained in vaccines.
Naturally reduce allergy symptoms and asthma attacks
(NaturalHealth365) If you’ve ever wondered why foods like
blueberries, kale and broccoli are considered super foods, there
is a particular potent, health supporting compound common that’s
common to all of them: quercetin – which can help you to feel
better! Quercetin is found in numerous leafy, deeply colored
vegetables and other healthy foods. It’s a powerful antioxidant
that’s associated with fighting free radical damage,
inflammation and the effects of aging. Quercetin benefits
include immune system enhancement, better energy levels,
improved heart health, and increased longevity. It also has
cancer-fighting properties. Now studies are confirming that
quercetin can help with allergy symptoms and asthma attacks.
Italy’s University of Verona Department of Pathology and
Diagnostics has found that quercetin is among a group of
flavonoids that are anti-microbial, anti-viral, and
anti-allergic. They naturally suppress the human inflammatory
response to quell allergic reactions. In the realm of healthy
flavonils, quercetin is one of the strongest for bolstering
immunity and reducing inflammation.
How eating lentils can significantly reduce the risk of cancer
(NaturalHealth365) While lentils are often overlooked and
underappreciated for their amazing health benefits, you may want
to consider adding this legume into your diet as much as two
times per week. This “elite” legume has been studied and proven
to reduce the risk of breast cancer by an astounding 24%…. The
scientists studied legume intake in 3,539 cancer cases and found
that the higher intake of lentils decreased the risk of cancer
of the mouth, esophagus, throat and larynx by about 37%. Other
studies have found that colon cancer risk can also be decreased
by a whopping 47% by adding this legume into your diet! The
fiber content in lentils is also thought to aid in the
prevention of colorectal cancer. … and a 6-year study found that
men who ate three or more serving of lentils per week reduce
their prostate cancer risk in half!… Selenium is a mineral and
is quite abundant in lentils. This mineral has been known to
reduce inflammation, decrease tumor growth, and has the ability
to stimulate the production of killer T-cells – which improves
immune function in response to infections…. If you want to reap
all of the benefits of lentils, you will likely want to know the
best ways to include them in your diet. Start by adding them in
at least twice per week, as research has found that enjoying
this legume two to three times per week comes with cancer
protective health benefits.
Wednesday - October
26, 2016 - Today In History:
1774 - The First Continental Congress of the U.S. adjourned in
Philadelphia.
1825 - The Erie Canal opened in upstate New York. The 363-mile canal
connected Lake Erie and the Hudson River at a cost of $7,602,000.
1881 - The "Gunfight at the OK Corral" took place in Tombstone, AZ. The
fight was between Wyatt Earp, his two brothers and Doc Holiday and the
Ike Clanton Gang.
1905 - Norway gained independence from Sweden.
1942 - The U.S. ship Hornet was sunk in the Battle of Santa Cruz during
World War II.
1944 - During World War II, the Battle of Leyte Gulf ended. The battle
was won by American forces and brought the end of the Pacific phase of
World War II into sight.
1949 - U.S. President Harry Truman raised the minimum wage from 40 to 75
cents an hour.
1951 - Winston Churchill became the prime minister of Great Britain.
1962 - The Soviet Union made an offer to end the Cuban Missile Crisis by
taking their missile bases out of Cuba if the U.S. agreed to not invade
Cuba and would remove Jupiter missiles in Turkey.
1984 - "Baby Fae" was given the heart of baboon after being born with a
severe heart defect. She lived for 21 days with the animal heart.
1990 - The U.S. State Department issued a warning that terrorists could
be planning an attack on a passenger ship or aircraft.
1991 - Former Washington Mayor Marion Barry arrived at a federal
correctional institution in Petersburg, VA, to begin serving a six-month
sentence for cocaine possession.
1996 - Federal prosecutors cleared Richard Jewell as a suspect in the
Olympic park bombing.
1998 - A French lab found a nerve agent on an Iraqi missile warhead.
2001 - It was announced that Fort Worth's Lockheed Martin won a defense
contract for $200 billion over 40 years. The contract, for the "joint
strike fighter," was the largest defense contract in history.
2002 - Russian authorities pumped a gas into a theater where separatist
rebels held over 800 hostages. The gas killed 116 hostages and all 50
hostage-takers were killed by the gas or gunshot wounds.
US ‘laying groundwork’ for Raqqa assault, no role for Russia –
Carter
RT - The US-led coalition is moving into the practical phase of
an attack on de-facto ISIS capital Raqqa in Syria, which is
likely to begin before the battle for Mosul is won, according to
the US Defense Secretary Ash Carter…. According to Carter, the
two officials agreed that the 13-state military coalition that
gathered in the French capital would proceed with a sense of
“urgency and focus” and confirmed previous statements that there
will be a likely “overlap” with the assault on Mosul, which
began earlier this month. Earlier on Tuesday, French President
Francois Hollande warned that many of the ISIS fighters in Mosul
could simply sneak out among refugees and relocate to Raqqa,
unless the coalition cuts them off. There were up to 6,000
Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) fighters in the Iraqi
city before fighting began, while Raqqa, which Carter described
as “the nexus of much of [IS] operational planning," will be
defended by an estimated 3-4,000 recruits. Carter stated that
the bulk of the assault contingent would be assembled from
“capable and motivated local forces that we identify and then
enable.”… With the battle over Mosul – a city of 1.5 million
people before it was conquered by Islamic State in 2014 –
expected to last weeks or months, the Pentagon is not committing
itself to a tight deadline.
60 civilians killed, 200 injured as US-led coalition strikes
Mosul residential areas – Russian MoD
RT - Over 60 civilians have been killed and at least 200 injured
during three days of US-led coalition airstrikes on residential
areas in Mosul, the Russian military reported…. According to the
Russian military, among the civilian objects hit by US-led
coalition airstrikes was a school for girls in southern Mosul,
which was attacked last Friday. Meanwhile, the International
Committee of the Red Cross reiterated its call not to target
civilians and civilian infrastructure in Mosul. The aid
organization earlier warned that the offensive may force
hundreds of thousands of refugees to flee the city,
overstretching Iraq’s already-challenged ability to shelter
them. The general described the situation around the Iraqi city
on the sidelines of a report about Russia’s action in Syria,
where Moscow and Damascus continue a pause in the offensive in
Aleppo, which is divided between the Syrian Army and various
armed groups, including the terrorist organization Al-Nusra
Front. Rudskoy said that Russia has not conducted sorties over
and around Aleppo since last Tuesday and intends to continue
holding off the warplanes. Fighting on the ground in the city
resumed on Sunday, after a three-day unilateral ceasefire was
derailed by insurgents, who prevented civilians from fleeing the
battered city.
Russia Unveils First Images Of Nuclear Missile Capable Of
Reaching US Soil
Zero Hedge - Russia reveals photos of a new highly advanced
liquid fuelled heavy ICBM capable of evading anti-missile
defences and hitting US territory with 10 tonne nuclear payload.
The Makeyev Design Bureau – the designer of Russia’s heavy
liquid fuelled Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (“ICBMs”) –
ie. of missiles capable of reaching US territory from Russian
territory, has published the first picture of Russia’s new heavy
Sarmat ICBM which is due to enter service shortly, probably in
2018…. The Sarmat has been specifically designed to defeat the
US’s Anti Ballistic Missile systems, which are being deployed in
eastern Europe. Its range of countermeasures is classified and
not known. However it is believed the Sarmat is capable of
manoeuvres during its flight trajectory to confuse incoming
missiles, that it is able to launch decoys – also to confuse
incoming interceptor missiles – and that at least one of the
warheads being designed for it is a hypersonic warhead, which
rumours say was tested successfully in April, and which is
believed to be impervious to interception by incoming missiles.
A little mentioned fact about the military strategic balance
between the US and Russia, is that Russia has been steadily
upgrading its strategic deterrent with new advanced missiles,
which are entirely different to those of the 1960s, which formed
the basis of the Soviet strategic deterrent. … By contrast the
US strategic deterrent still relies on missile systems such as
the ground-based Minuteman III and the sea launched Trident II,
which have their origins in the 1960s and early 1970s. With the
Sarmat missile, which is supposed to enter service in 2018, the
Russians will add another powerful modern advanced system to
their strategic armoury.
US Military Deployment in Norway 'to Send Negative Signals
Eastward'
Sputnik News - For the first time since WWII, Norway will allow
foreign troops to be deployed on its soil. Some Norwegian
politicians have expressed their concerns about the move dubbing
it a dramatic shift in the country's policy, which will send
"negative signals" to Moscow…. "We enjoy a very close
relationship with the Norwegian Armed Forces and a limited
rotational presence in Norway would certainly enhance this
relationship and our ability to operate together," Maj. Gen.
Niel E. Nelson, commander of US Marine Corps Forces Europe and
Africa, said last week, as quoted by CNN. He underscored that a
US military presence in Norway "will increase NATO's ability to
rapidly aggregate and deploy forces in northern Europe." The
media outlet claimed that the US military buildup in Norway has
come as a response to Russia's "intervention" in Eastern Europe
and "tensions about Russia's posture."
German Police Conduct 13 Anti-Terrorism Raids Across 5 States
Citing "Imminent Terror Threat"
Zero Hedge - German police on Tuesday conducted numerous raids
across five federal states and stormed an accommodation facility
for refugees and 12 homes around the country that were believed
to house people suspected of financing terrorism. Police
searched residences in the eastern states of Thuringia and
Saxony as well as in Bavaria, the western state of North
Rhine-Westphalia and in Hamburg, police in Thuringia said in a
statement. Bild magazine cited “an imminent terror threat” as a
trigger for the operation. The large-scale operation reportedly
targeted “Islamist-linked terror suspects,” local broadcaster
MDR reported. The police have been investigating a 28-year-old
Russian citizen of Chechen origin since the second half of 2015
who was suspected of preparing "a serious act of violent
subversion", the statement said. They believed he intended to
fight for Islamic State in Syria. During the course of
investigations, suspicion arose that that person as well as 10
other men and three women - all Russian citizens of Chechen
origin - were financing terrorism. According to Reuters, the
suspects were living in Thuringia, Hamburg and Dortmund, are
asylum seekers with unclear residency status, and are aged
between 21 and 31, police said. Police forces deployed sniffer
dogs to detect potential explosives. At least one suspect is
reported to have been placed under arrest in the central
Thuringia city of Suhl, where “white powder” of unknown origin
was found reported RT.
Germany: Syrian Refugee with 4 Wives and 23 Children Claims
£320,000 a year in benefits
Express - A SYRIAN refugee with four wives and 23 children has
sparked outrage after it was claimed he was receiving a
staggering £320,000 a year in benefits. The migrant, known only
as Ghazia A, fled Syria last year along with his family. He has
since resettled in Germany with his four wives and 22 of his
children. One of his daughters has since moved to Saudi Arabia
where she has married. The family could be receiving more than
£320,000 a year in benefits according to a financial manager on
the Employers’ Association website. There is no official
confirmation on this figure. Under Islamic tradition, the
49-year-old can have up to four wives – as long as he can
support them financially. Germany does not legally recognise
polygamy, meaning that Ghazia A was forced to choose a “main
wife” so the rest of the family could claim benefits. The other
three wives are categorised as “friends” of the Syrian migrant.
But a local official in the town of Montabaur described the
situation as an “exemption”…. Social media users vented their
frustrations, with one claiming “the Syrian with 4 women and 23
children is now being sold to us as a new normality”.
Sweden Bans Christmas Street Lights; To Avoid Offending Muslim
Migrants?
Paul Joseph Watson - Towns across Sweden have banned Christmas
street lights in the name of “security,” but the real reason is
almost certainly because the country has completely capitulated
to Islam after importing countless Muslim migrants over the last
two years. According to an SVT report, The Swedish Transport
Administration (Trafikverket) will not allow municipalities to
erect Christmas street lights on light poles that the authority
manages, meaning that many towns will have no festival lights at
all on major streets. According to Speisa, “The change is a
victory for those who want to tone down the reminder of the
country’s Christian traditions, but according to the Swedish
Transport Administration, the decision for the drastic change is
“security”. “Poles are not designed for the weight of Christmas
lights, and we have to remove anything that should not be
there,” said Eilin Isaksson, national coordinator at the Swedish
Transport Administration. The argument that the lights are too
heavy and pose a safety risk sounds like complete baloney.
Swedes are being asked to believe that lights normally held up
by tree branches are now too weighty to be supported by metal
poles. Despite there being no safety issue with the street
lights for decades, this new rule has been instituted right
after record numbers of Muslim migrants flooded into the country
– just a coincidence I’m sure. In reality, the Christmas lights
ban is almost certainly an effort to avoid offending Muslim
migrants who are causing chaos in cities like Malmo, where the
firebombing of cars and businesses in or near Muslim ghetto
‘no-go areas’ is becoming a routine occurrence.
Facebook accused of ‘collective punishment’ in crackdown on
Palestinian users
RT - Facebook has been accused of systematic unfairness as it
blocks dozens of accounts of Palestinians of all walks of life
in what is viewed as an Israeli crackdown on free speech.
Testimony from rights groups and several recent reports detail
the extent of this, believing it to be part of an Israeli
strategy against all Palestinians. The latest is an analysis by
the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA),
which details a dramatic increase in account bans over 2015 –
including the targeting of journalists, academics and civilians
alike. Israel officially met a Facebook delegation this
September for talks, where it pressured the social media giant
into targeting comments or public stances that may appear to
incite violence. The Israeli interior ministry called the
negotiations “successful,” while a representative for Facebook
stressed “online extremism can only be tackled with a strong
partnership between policymakers, civil society, academia and
companies, and this is true everywhere.”
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Podesta Part 18: Wikileaks Releases Another 1,300 Emails; Total
Is Now 31,500
Zero Hedge - With exactly 2 weeks left until the November 8
presidential election, Wikileaks continues its ongoing Podesta
dump by unveiling another 1,299 emails in the latest Part 18 of
its release, bringing the total emails released so far to
exactly 31,534, with just under 40% of the total dump left to
go.
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Read The Podesta Emails Here
"Executive Orders For Sale": Leaked Email Shows Hillary
Auctioning Off 'Laws' To The Highest Bidder
Zero Hedge - If someone’s wealthy enough, can they straight up
buy an executive order? These days, the president uses Executive
Orders to bypass Congress, even though there is no
constitutional provision that explicitly permits the use of
executive orders. It’s a system that’s been heavily abused in
the past but now, apparently, it’s for sale. A new revelation
buried in the Wikileaks trove of tens of thousands of Hillary
campaign chairman John Podesta’s emails shows him discussing
executive orders in relation to an “idea” a wealthy donor has.
In a leaked email thread between Podesta and Mary Pat Bonner, a
“donor adviser” who gets millions for her elite connections in
bringing in donors and for being what The New York Times
describes as a “master of making donors happy,” it’s all but
admitted that Executive Orders are another pay-for-play item on
the corrupt American political menu.
65 US ‘journalists’ had a private group dinner with Hillary
Clinton’s team and John Podesta
Hang The Bankers - Several top journalists and TV news anchors
RSVPed “yes” to attend a private, off-the-record gathering at
the New York home of Joel Benenson, the chief campaign
strategist for Hillary Clinton, two days before she announced
her candidacy in 2015, according to emails Wikileaks has
published from John Podesta’s purported accounts. The guest list
for an earlier event at the home of John Podesta was limited to
reporters who were expected to cover Clinton on the campaign
trail.
Michigan Township Defies Feds: ‘Will Not Actively Participate in
the Refugee Resettlement Program’
Breitbart - Waterford Township trustees in Oakland County,
Michigan, passed a resolution on Monday telling the federal
government not to resettle any refugees, including those from
Syria, within the township’s boundaries, until the program “has
been significantly reformed.” The vote was unanimous, seven to
zero. The resolution stated: “[T]he Charter Township of
Waterford will not actively participate in the Refugee
Resettlement Program until the Program has been significantly
reformed, and until it has been demonstrated that the Townships
of Oakland County have the capacity to absorb refugees without
diverting funds from needy residents or exposing their residents
to unwarranted security risks.”… The resolution passed just
hours before the Thomas More Law Center announced on Tuesday
that it has been selected to represent Tennessee it its lawsuit
against the federal government on Tenth Amendment grounds over
the operation of the refugee resettlement program by the federal
government in the Volunteer State. It also indicates further
legal trouble ahead for the federal government in Oakland
County, Michigan, where County Executive L. Brooks Patterson has
said he intends to sue the federal government for resettling
refugees in the county while failing to comply with the
“consultation clause” of the Refugee Act of 1980 that requires
the federal to government and the director of the Office of
Refugee Resettlement to consult with state and local government
officials prior to the placement of refugees within their
jurisdictions.
More Bad News For Philadelphia: Obamacare Premiums Set To Soar
More Than 50%
Zero Hedge - As CBS Philadelphia reports, when the Affordable
Care Act open enrollment period begins next week customers will
see some changes, including fewer choices and higher prices. In
Pennsylvania, the number of insurers in the marketplace has gone
from 13 to eight. But the worst fate is set to befall the city
that famously booed Santa Claus, Philadelphia, where CBS reports
that just two insurers are left and premiums are expected to
rise 53%. Aviva Aron-Dine of Health and Human Services says the
size of the hike reflects artificially low rates early on.
Pennsylvania had among the lowest rates in the nation. “Issuers
were pricing for a completely new market, one where they could
no longer exclude those with the most serious health needs,” she
said, “many set prices that turned out to be too low.” To be
sure, the administration had to spin this dramatic surge in a
way that does not upset the locals, and did just that when Aron-Dine
said that "the plans are still affordable, since three-quarters
of Pennsylvanians qualify for tax credits.”… To be sure, the
administration had to spin this dramatic surge in a way that
does not upset the locals, and did just that when Aron-Dine said
that "the plans are still affordable, since three-quarters of
Pennsylvanians qualify for tax credits." It remains to be seen
if any of the locals will accept this rationalization for
soaring prices when they start getting invoices demanding
hundreds of dollars more each month.
True the Vote Offers Smartphone App to Report Voter Fraud
Breitbart - Texas-based election integrity organization True the
Vote has released a smartphone app that allows users to report
voter fraud and irregularities. VoteStand, available for both
iPhone and Android users, is advertised to be the “first online
election fraud reporting app” available to voters across the
country “to quickly report suspected election illegalities as
they happen,” according to True the Vote. The free app operates
much like a social network where users can send updates about
polling place issues, voter intimidation attempts and others to
identify problem areas. VoteStand incidents can take the form of
text or photo reports, geotagged to the user’s location.
Exclusive: Pictures and Video from 20K+ Trump Rally in Tampa
Breitbart - More than twenty thousand people filled the
MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheater Monday night to rally for
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. The rally was
Trump’s second of the day as part of a five-city, three-day
swing through the Sunshine State. Trump was introduced by former
Florida State University head football coach Bobby Bowden.
California Guard vets told to repay millions in enlistment
bonuses (Video)
CNN - Ten years after the Pentagon enticed soldiers to reenlist
by offering hefty bonuses, officials are demanding thousands of
those veterans pay the money back. Christopher Van Meter is one
of the affected veterans in California. He earned a Purple Heart
after he was hurled from an armored vehicle in Iraq. By 2007, he
had already served 15 years in the Army and was about to retire
-- until the military encouraged him to reenlist. "They entice
you with another reenlistment bonus. Those bonuses were ...
around $15,000," Van Meter told CNN's "New Day" on Monday. "We
were in the Iraq and Afghanistan war at the time. And they
wanted to keep soldiers in the military." But years later,
officials realized Van Meter and thousands of other veterans
were not actually eligible for the bonuses they were given. The
Los Angeles Times reported that only soldiers with certain
assignments -- for example, intelligence, civil affairs and some
noncommissioned officer posts -- were supposed to get bonuses.
But investigators uncovered rampant fraud and mismanagement by
California Guard officials trying to meet enlistment targets….
So far, auditors have confirmed 2,300 unauthorized bonus
payments to about 2,000 soldiers, amounting to at least $22
million in unauthorized bonuses. This number includes 1,100
soldiers who received unauthorized payments and those from the
5,400 figure who could not show proof. If the remaining
recipients do not produce proper documentation showing they were
eligible, they could be liable to pay back those amounts to the
Defense Department…. California senators Dianne Feinstein and
Barbara Boxer urged the Defense Department to use its authority
to waive repayment. "They (soldiers) accepted these incentive
payments in good faith and at the height of the Iraq War, when
the Department was having difficulty retaining service members,"
they said in a statement. "Many of these individuals paid a
heavy price for their service -- including severe injuries
sustained after reenlisting. Now they are facing interest
charges, wage garnishment, tax liens, and other penalties." It's
unclear whether Congress will take any action on the issue when
members return from election recess next month, the Military
Times reported.
Top University Stole Millions From Taxpayers By Faking Global Warming
Research
Daily Caller - A global warming research center at the London School of
Economics got millions of dollars from UK taxpayers by taking credit for
research it didn’t perform, an investigation by The Daily Mail revealed.
The UK government gave $11 million dollars to the Centre for Climate
Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) in exchange for research that the
organization reportedly never actually did. Many papers CCCEP claimed to
have published to get government money weren’t about global warming,
were written before the organization was even founded, or were written
by researchers unaffiliated with CCCEP. The government never checked
CCCEP’s supposed publication lists, saying they were “taken on trust,”
according to the report…. CCCEP tried to falsely claim credit for
research it never did while attempting to get another $5.4 million of
government cash. That money would have covered its operations until
2018. Government and private grants have made CCCEP one of the most
lavishly funded institutions of its kind in the world, as it has raised
and spent about $37 million since 2008. Studies that receive financial
support from the public sector don’t have to disclose it as an ethical
conflict of interest, even when that support is in the millions of
dollars. Recent studies in the U.S. — which the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) uses to support the scientific case for its Clean Power
Plan — saw the agency give $31.2 million, $9.5 million, and $3.65
million in public funds to lead authors, according to EPA public
disclosures.
Google Quietly Drops Privacy Policy that Kept Users’ Names Out
of Massive Web-Tracking Database
AllGov - When Google bought the advertising network DoubleClick
in 2007, Google founder Sergey Brin said that privacy would be
the company’s “number one priority when we contemplate new kinds
of advertising products.” And, for nearly a decade, Google did
in fact keep DoubleClick’s massive database of web-browsing
records separate by default from the names and other personally
identifiable information Google has collected from Gmail and its
other login accounts. But this summer, Google quietly erased
that last privacy line in the sand – literally crossing out the
lines in its privacy policy that promised to keep the two pots
of data separate by default. In its place, Google substituted
new language that says browsing habits “may be” combined with
what the company learns from the use Gmail and other tools. The
change is enabled by default for new Google accounts. Existing
users were prompted to opt-in to the change this summer. The
practical result of the change is that the DoubleClick ads that
follow people around on the web may now be customized to them
based on your name and other information Google knows about you.
It also means that Google could now, if it wished to, build a
complete portrait of a user by name, based on everything they
write in email, every website they visit and the searches they
conduct…. To opt-out of Google’s identified tracking, visit the
Activity controls on Google’s My Account page, and uncheck the
box next to “Include Chrome browsing history and activity from
websites and apps that use Google services." You can also delete
past activity from your account.
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
Shocking Number of Top Retailers Sell Food Produced With
Pesticides Toxic to Bees
EcoWatch - A new report and scorecard grades 20 of the largest
food retailers in the U.S. on their policies and practices
regarding pollinator protection, organic offerings and pesticide
reduction. Of the top food retailers, 17 received an "F" for
failing to have a publicly available policy to reduce or
eliminate pesticide use to protect pollinators. Only Aldi,
Costco and Whole Foods received passing grades in this
category…. A coalition led by Friends of the Earth and more than
50 farmer, beekeeper, farm worker, environmental and public
interest organizations sent a letter urging the food retailers
to eliminate pollinator-toxic pesticides and increase the U.S.
Department of Agriculture certified organic food and beverages
to 15 percent of overall offerings by 2025, prioritizing
domestic, regional and local producers. This effort follows a
campaign by Friends of the Earth and allies that convinced more
than 65 garden retailers, including Lowe's and Home Depot, to
commit to eliminate bee-toxic neonicotinoid pesticides.
A Dirty Little Secret: Your “Organic” Strawberries Aren’t Really
Organic
REALfarmacy - Although organic strawberries sell for 50% to 100%
more than conventional berries, organic strawberries are
fumigated with toxic chemicals, including methyl bromide, at the
beginning stages of their life-cycle. Methyl bromide, is used to
sterilize the soil before strawberries are planted. It’s not
sprayed on the fruit. It’s a soil fumigant that kills just about
everything it touches. Many hybridized seed varieties have been
created that can only grow in sterile soil…. Methyl bromide
commercial use was supposedly banned. But strawberry field
fumigation and several other common agriculture applications are
excepted from the ban. Methyl bromide is also associated with an
increased risk of prostate cancer in farm workers…. Jim Cochran,
has been growing real organic strawberries at his 75 acre
Swanton Berry farm in Davenport minus any pesticides for over 30
years. He was the first farmer to grow organic strawberries in
California. But here’s the rub, he buys his starter plants from
a nursery in northern California where toxic fumigants are used
pre – fruit phase. Jim explains: “There’s a gray area in the
rules.” Both Federal and state organic regulations give the nod
allowing organic farmers to purchase non-organic starter
material when they have no other options and still call their
strawberries organic. According to the NY Times: California
“doesn’t have a single organic berry nursery—hence the practice
of relying on plants that grew on fumigant-using nurseries.”….
Sometimes you can find genuine, organic strawberries from a
small local grower. Next time you’re at your local farmer’s
market when organic strawberries are in season, ask the vendor
if he grew his strawberries from organic heirloom seeds, or if
he purchased the initial plant material from a conventional
nursery.
19 Potent Herbs & Spices That Help Fight Cancer
1. Turmeric - The curcumin in turmeric is a very strong
anti-inflammatory agent, besides having wide spectrum
antimicrobial and antiparasitic properties. Its anti-cancer
activity includes aiding the apoptosis of damaged cells,
preventing their rapid division to form tumors, and inhibiting
the development of capillaries that feed tumors. Low incidence
of certain cancers is noted in communities traditionally using
turmeric as a condiment. Phase I clinical trials have shown that
curcumin can indeed prevent precancerous tissues from developing
into cancer. It is effective against cancers of the digestive
tract, breast, and lung. The bioavailability of curcumin is
increased by cooking the turmeric powder for over 10-15 minutes.
It easily binds to fats, and when heated in oil, lends its
bright yellow color and pungent smell without bite to dishes. 2.
Garlic - Garlic or Allium sativum and other Allium family
vegetables such as onions, shallots, and leeks are rich in
organosulfur compounds alliin, allicin, and allyl sulfides which
are known to be cancer protective. They have been found to
protect against stomach and colon cancers. Including more of
these vegetables in the diet can reduce your risk of other
cancers too. 3. Ginger - In laboratory studies conducted in King
Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, ginger extract has been
shown to inhibit cell proliferation in breast cancer. This
action was targeted exclusively against abnormal cells, while
normal breast cells were left alone. In mice having prostate
cancer, administration of raw ginger extract reduced the tumor
size to half the original size. The phytochemicals in ginger
promote apoptosis of cancer cells and have a preventive action
against metastasis…. 4. Black Pepper - The anti-inflammatory
property of black pepper has long been exploited in traditional
herbal medicines, but the piperine extracted from the spice is
now found to have excellent antioxidant and anti-cancer effect.
Piperine has the ability to inhibit breast cancer stem cells,
particularly those of the very aggressive, non-estrogen
sensitive types that do not respond to current preventive drugs
tamoxifen and raloxifene…. Not only that, piperine enhances the
cancer-preventive action of curcumin and increases the
bioavailability of the potent polyphenolic compound
epigallocatechin-3-gallate in green tea. A daily dose of
one-eighth of a teaspoon may be all you need to reap the
benefits.
The Root Cause Of Cancer and Why it Has Been Kept a Secret!
REALfarmacy - Dr. Warburg [Nobel Prize winner] was one of the
20th centuries leading biologists, and he discovered that the
root cause of cancer is too much acidity in the body, meaning
that the pH in the body is below the normal level of 7.365,
which constitutes an “acidic” state. Warburg investigated the
metabolism of tumors and the respiration of cells and discovered
that cancer cells maintain and thrive in a lower pH, as low as
6.0, due to lactic acid production and elevated CO2. He firmly
believed that there was a direct relationship between pH and
oxygen. Higher pH, which is Alkaline, means higher concentration
of oxygen molecules, while lower pH, which is acidic, means
lower concentrations of oxygen…the same oxygen that is needed to
maintain healthy cells…. In his work The Metabolism of Tumours
Warburg demonstrated that “all forms of cancer are characterized
by two basic conditions: acidosis and hypoxia (lack of oxygen).
Lack of oxygen and acidosis are two sides of the same coin:
where you have one, you have the other.” “All normal cells have
an absolute requirement for oxygen, but cancer cells can live
without oxygen – a rule without exception. Deprive a cell 35% of
its oxygen for 48 hours and it may become cancerous.”
Headache fighting turmeric smoothie
STEPin2 - The most popular medication for headaches is
acetaminophen, which is the main ingredient in the drug Tylenol.
Acetaminophen has recently been linked to a number of negative
health effects, including brain problems, asthma, and even child
behavioral problems when pregnant mothers take it. This headache
fighting turmeric smoothie is packed with only healthy and
natural ingredients, so you can skip the over the counter drugs.
Let’s take a closer look at the ingredients. Coconut water:
Coconut water is packed with electrolytes. Headaches are often
caused by dehydration, and the liquid and electrolytes in
coconut water help relieve dehydration. Kale: A lack of
magnesium is a very common cause of headache. Kale is packed
with magnesium, containing 31mg per cup. Pineapple: Pineapple is
known for having a compound called bromelain, which has potent
anti-inflammatory properties. Turmeric: Most headache relieving
drugs work by reducing inflammation. Turmeric has natural
anti-inflammatory properties and helps to reduce inflammation
that causes headaches. Process the following ingredients in a
blender: 1 cup of coconut water. 1-inch piece of fresh turmeric
root. 1 cup of pineapple.1 cup of kale, chopped. Make sure
ingredients are organic.
5 Shortcut Blunders That Can Lead to Disaster for Your Cat
Dr. Becker - The following are five diet-related mistakes many cat
parents make that you'll definitely want to avoid in the care of your
own beloved feline companion. 1. Feeding the wrong diet - Some foods are
metabolically stressful, for example, all dry (kibble) formulas, any
processed pet food, wet or dry, containing feed-grade (versus human
grade) ingredients and foods containing grains, potatoes or other high
starch ingredients. The nutrition that generates the least amount of
metabolic stress for most cats, regardless of age, is their ancestral
diet: whole, raw, unprocessed, organic, non-GMO and in its natural
form…. If you can't feed fresh food (raw or gently cooked), the second
best diet is a dehydrated or freeze dried balanced diet that has been
reconstituted with an abundance of water or broth. Your cat's kidneys
and liver can be further stressed as a result of chronic low-grade
dehydration, so all foods served "dry" can pose a problem long term…. 2.
Offering the ill-advised, all-day and all-kitty-can-eat buffet - Also
known as free feeding or feeding ad libitum, this cat owner mistake by
necessity goes hand-in-hand with a poor-quality diet, specifically
kibble, because it's the only type of food you can safely leave at room
temperature 24/7. Free feeding is the perfect way to create an
overweight or obese kitty, which is absolutely not the goal if you want
your cat to live a long and healthy life. In addition, a constantly
available food source turns your feline hunter into a grazer, which goes
against nature…. 3. Over-treating with treats - Treats, even the
healthiest ones, shouldn't make up more than 15 percent of your kitty's
daily food intake, and ideally less than 10 percent. It's important to
remember that treats aren't a complete form of nutrition for your cat,
and should never be fed in place of balanced, species-appropriate meals.
Overfeeding treats on top of daily food intake will result in an obese
cat, and overfeeding treats while underfeeding balanced meals will
result in nutritional deficiencies…..
Tuesday - October
25, 2016 - Today In History:
1812 - During the War of 1812, the U.S. frigate United States captured
the British vessel Macedonian.
1854 - The Charge of the Light Brigade took place during the Crimean
War. The British were winning the Battle of Balaclava when Lord James
Cardigan received an order to attack the Russians. He took his troops
into a valley and suffered 40 percent caualties. Later it was revealed
that the order was the result of confusion and was not given
intentionally.
1929 - Alber B. Fall, of U.S. President Harding's cabinet, was found
guilty of taking a bribe. He was sentenced to a year in prison and fined
$100,000.
1939 - "The Time of Your Life," by William Saroyan, opened in New York.
1951 - In Panmunjom, peace talks concerning the Korean War resumed after
63 days.
1958 - U.S. Marines withdrew from Beirut, Lebanon. They had been sent in
on July 25, 1958, to protect the nation's pro-Western government.
1962 - American author John Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in
literature.
1971 - The U.N. General Assembly voted to expel Taiwan and admit
mainland China.
1983 - U.S. troops and soldiers from six Caribbean nations invaded
Grenada to restore order and provide protection to U.S. citizens after a
recent coup within Grenada's Communist (pro-Cuban) government.
1990 - It was announced by U.S. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney that the
Pentagon was planning to send 100,000 more troops to Saudi Arabia.
2002 - Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., 58, was killed in a plane crash in
northern Minnesota.
2005 - U.S. military deaths in Iraq reached 2,000.
US Warns Worst Is Yet to Come in Battle for Mosul
AntiWar - With early fighting centering on mostly empty
villages, however, it’s hard to imagine the offensive going
anything but smoothly so far, and US officials are conceding
that as they get closer to the city, ISIS is digging in, and the
fighting is going to get alot uglier, and deadlier, when they
actually reach the city. Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend said the
resistance so far was “pretty significant” and that there had
been indirect fire and IEDs. That’s going to seem a lot less
significant by comparison when the troops reach the city, with
thousands of ISIS fighters positioned. ISIS spent the last few
months building defenses around Mosul, from oil-filled moats and
walls to tunnels and booby traps. The early offensive saw ISIS
burning tires around the city to create smoke, limiting
visibility for warplanes, and further complicating the
offensive. The American public hasn’t exactly been prepared for
the number of US combat casualties this could mean, with the
first death already happening to an IED north of Mosul, and
officials trying desperately to downplay the number of US troops
engaged in “advisory” roles that are, for all intents and
purposes, front line combat.
Gunmen take hundreds of cadets hostage at police training center
in Pakistan
RT - Unidentified gunmen have stormed a police training center
in the city of Quetta, Pakistan, taking hundreds of cadets
hostage. At least 2 security officers have been killed in a
military operation to retake the premises. Pakistani military
commandos have managed to rescue over 200 hostages, according to
local media reports. Two officers were killed and at least 50
others injured during the attack. At least 3 of the gunmen have
also been killed, authorities confirmed. Police and security
forces are at the scene and cordoned off the area, while heavy
exchange of fire continues from both sides, Pakistani SAMAA
television reports.... According to various estimates from 200
to 500 cadets could have been inside the facility at the time of
the attack. Generally, cadets studying at the academy are
between the ages of 18 and 26, Pakistan-based reporter Javed
Rana told RT.... Citing a survivor who escaped the attack,
Pakistani Dunya News reported that the attackers opened fire as
they stormed the training facility from the rear. Some of the
terrorists were wearing suicide vests, the TV channel reported,
citing a source close to law enforcement. Pakistan's Interior
Ministry has established a control room to monitor the
situation, Dunya News said.
Asylum seekers burn EU offices in Greek migrant camp
RT- Asylum seekers, angry at the slow progress of their
paperwork, attacked and burnt down offices at a camp in Lesbos,
Greece. The attack happened while interviews with fellow
migrants were taking place inside, officials say. The European
Asylum Support Office’s (EASO) mobile registry at the Moria camp
was besieged on Monday morning by mob of around 70 refugees
hurling stones and petrol bombs. At least eight containers were
seriously damaged, with at least three of those burnt down to
the ground. Spokesman Jean-Pierre Schembri said the attackers
threw petrol bombs at the EASO facilities while staff members
were conducting interviews with fellow asylum-seekers inside.
“They burned our offices this morning ... The process will not
resume for the time being,” Schembri told Reuters. “We have to
evaluate security issues and in our view we need more presence
of Greece police to be in place.” EASO personnel were evacuated,
while fire crews and riot police were called in to restore order
to the camp.... The asylum seekers, mostly from Pakistan and
Bangladesh, were frustrated at the delays in their asylum
applications which has left them languishing in Greece for
months on end. The migrant camps are squalid and overcrowded,
while crime and sexual abuse are rampant. According to
government data cited by AFP, five Greek islands are hosting
around 13,000 refugees when their capacity is only 8,000. There
are 5,322 asylum-seekers on Lesbos alone, police data show.
Iceland's Pirate Party prepares for power as polls suggest
election triumph
The Independent - Its members are a collection of anarchists,
hackers, libertarians and web geeks. It sets policy through
online polls – and thinks the government should do the same. It
wants to make Iceland “a Switzerland of bits,” free of digital
snooping. It has offered Edward Snowden a new place to call
home. And then there’s the name: in this land of Vikings, the
Pirate Party may soon be king.... And to a string of electoral
impossibilities that suddenly became reality – including Britain
voting for Brexit and Donald Trump winning the Republican
nomination – the world may soon add a Pirate Party-led
government in Europe. Victory for the Pirates may not mean much
in isolation. This exceptionally scenic, lava-strewn rock just
beyond the Arctic Circle has a population less than half that of
Washington, DC, with no army and an economy rooted in tourism
and fishing. But a Pirate Party win would offer a vivid
illustration of how far Europeans are willing to go in their
rejection of the political mainstream, adding to a string of
insurgent triumphs emanating from both the far left and far
right.... Iceland has been afflicted by the same
anti-establishment fervour that has swept the rest of the
Western world in recent years. In many ways, the alienation from
politics has been even more acute here. The 2008 global
financial crisis brought the once highflying economy to ruin,
saved only by a $4.6bn international bailout. Bankers went to
jail, and a street protest movement was born.... Outsiders may
regard the idea of a government run by Pirates as a joke. But
“the voters think a joke is better than what we have now,” said
Benedikt Jóhannesson, leader of another insurgent party that is
even younger than the Pirates and has also earned substantial
support.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Clinton ally funneled money to wife of FBI agent who oversaw
emails
Washington Examiner - Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, an
important ally of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, funneled
nearly $700,000 in donations and support to the campaign of the
spouse of an FBI official who then oversaw Clinton's email
investigation. The Virginia governor's office was full of
denials about the connection on Sunday.... McAuliffe's PAC
donated $475,000 to Jill McCabe's campaign in 2015 and the
Virginia Democratic Party, which is heavily influenced by the
governor, donated an additional $207,788 worth of support to her
unsuccessful bid for office. The FBI insists that Andrew McCabe
"played no role" in his wife's campaign. Months later he was
promoted from associate deputy director to deputy director which
gave him an "oversight role in the investigation into Secretary
Clinton's emails." The McCabes together did have one meeting
with McAuliffe in March of last year, in which the governor and
other state Democrats urged Jill McCabe to run for office. After
that meeting, Andrew McCabe reportedly sought ethics advice from
the FBI and followed it. He not only refrained from campaigning
on his wife's behalf but recused himself from public corruption
cases in Virginia, currently including an investigation into
possible foreign influence peddling by McAuliffe himself.
Clinton State Department IT Official John Bentel Takes Fifth
Amendment During Judicial Watch Deposition
Judicial Watch - Judicial Watch announced today that another
witness in the Clinton email matter asserted his Fifth Amendment
rights during a Judicial Watch deposition today. The deposition
of John Bentel, the State Department’s former Director of
Information Resource Management of the Executive Secretariat
(“S/ES-IRM”), was ordered by U.S. District Court Judge Emmet G.
Sullivan. S/ES-IRM is the office that handles information
technology for the Office of the Secretary. Mr. Bentel answered
over 90 questions with “On advice from my legal counsel, I
decline to answer the question and I invoke my Fifth Amendment
rights.” Mr. Bentel, on advice of Obama Justice Department and
personal counsel, refused to answer any questions about whether
Hillary Clinton was paying his legal fees, offered him
employment, or other financial incentives.... Judicial Watch
deposed seven former Clinton top aides and current State
Department officials, including top Clinton aides Cheryl Mills
and Huma Abedin. Judicial Watch also deposed IT official Brian
Pagliano, who asserted his Fifth Amendment right not to testify
during the Judicial Watch deposition.... The depositions come in
connection with a Judicial Watch Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
lawsuit that seeks records about the controversial employment
status of Huma Abedin, deputy chief of staff to former Secretary
Clinton. “The fact that yet another State Department official
took the Fifth highlights the disturbing implication that
criminal acts took place related to the Clinton email and our
Freedom of Information Act requests,” stated Judicial Watch Tom
Fitton.
Podesta Files Part 17: Wikileaks Releases Another 3,400 Emails,
Bringing Total To Over 30,000
Zero Hedge - With just 2 weeks to go until the election, today
Wikileaks continued its ongoing Podesta files release when it
unveiled another 3,432 emails in the latest Part 17 of its
release, bringing the total emails released so far to 30,235
total emails, over 60% of the total set for publication ahead of
the elections. Yesterday's release provided data on oversampling
of minorities in internal polls, a memo from George Soros
exposing Obama's secret TPP negotiations, ongoing discussions of
Bill Clinton's sex scandals, and much more.
Russian Hackers? Podesta’s Password Was Simply ‘p@ssw0rd’
Kit Daniels - Hillary Clinton’s campaign chair John Podesta used
his own name as his username and the word ‘p@ssw0rd’ as his
password, which raises doubts he was targeted by a large-scale
Russian hacking campaign as claimed. Additionally, Podesta also
lost his cell phone in 2015, according to his own emails
released by Wikileaks, and it’s unlikely he took proper security
measures to secure the data. “I warn you, the Windows 8 system
is VERY different from what we had back at the White House,”
Podesta’s assistant Eryn Sepp told him in an email containing
his password. “Might require a tutorial.” The emails reveal
Podesta as lazy and inept when it comes to computers in general,
meaning it didn’t require the resources of a foreign government
like Russia to hack his emails, especially given how he handled
government business over a free Gmail account. This raises
doubts that the “Russian hackers” theory promoted by the
mainstream media is credible, but that theory is being promoted
not because it’s a proven fact but because it gives the federal
government “justification” to take control of the presidential
election – and ensure Hillary wins – out of “fear” of “Russian
hackers.” But if Russian hackers didn’t target Podesta, then who
did? Podesta was once the chief lobbyist for the Electronic
Messaging Association (EMA), a pre-World Wide Web (WWW) industry
association of the 1980s and early-to-mid 1990s, which
represented the interests of such companies as Prodigy,
Compuserve, Lotus, Netscape, and America On-Line,” reported
Wayne Madsen. “Podesta, therefore, was an early follower of the
exploits of hacker groups like the Chaos Computer Club,
International Subversives, 3 Oz-Melbourne, and others.” “It was
from this pre-WWW era that Podesta first gained a real interest
in such subjects as Area 51, extraterrestrial artifacts and
bodies stored at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and UFO close
encounters.” His interest in UFOlogy was well-known; as Chief of
Staff for Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, Podesta
pushed for “full disclosure” of government UFO files. Therefore,
it’s plausible the hackers who penetrated Podesta’s emails were
independent UFO hunters who wanted to know what Podesta knew
about aliens as a government insider.
The Persecution of the Bundy Good Guys
LewRockwell - For the past six weeks Oregonians have been
treated to a political trial of the “Malheur 7” (Ammon Bundy,
Ryan Bundy, Shawna Cox, Jeff Banta, David Fry, Neal Wampler and
Ken Medenbach,).... The trial has revealed an astounding brave
new world of modern surveillance and surreptitious “law
enforcement” techniques. Drones flew over and recorded much of
what went on. FBI agents captured and monitored every phone
number connected between every participant.... Outside the
Refuge, FBI, Oregon State Police, and other law enforcement
agencies swarmed over the countryside. Government snipers
appeared on local rooftops. Barricades and barbed wire were
erected to protect the school and courthouse from the alleged
militia danger. Undercover FBI agents dressed as redneck militia
members roamed through local stores and menaced the streets....
Money was spent at such an extravagant pace that one
professional auditor told me that the dollar amounts should have
themselves triggered a separate criminal investigation. The Feds
have publicly claimed that the 41-day occupation caused at least
“$6.9 million” in damages. At trial, prosecutors objected,
however, to every request to examine such claims.... And there
were undercover government informants. Everywhere.... It was
revealed by an Oregon State trooper that one of Ammon Bundy’s
“bodyguards”—a man who drove him to his arrest—was an undercover
informant. Another informant (“Mama Bear”) was revealed when a
defense lawyer subpoenaed her for the defense. The woman
admitted that her entire trip to the Malheur Refuge was funded
by the San Diego FBI office and that she was paid thousands of
dollars to inform on the occupiers while helping out in the
kitchen.... For days, Marcus Mumford (attorney for Ammon Bundy)
demanded more information about the extent of undercover
informants. Mumford pointed to the fact that the defendants were
charged with conspiracy, and no one can be convicted of
conspiring with undercover government agents.... Finally the
Justice Department stipulated (without naming any names) that at
least nine occupiers were undercover informants; a number
greater than the number of defendants on trial. (Heavily
redacted documents in the hands of the defense suggest the
number of informants was actually at least 15.) Significantly,
the prosecution’s most damning evidence collapsed at the end of
the trial when it was revealed that the man who ran a militia
shooting range at the Malheur Refuge was himself an undercover
agent. Through the hard work of defense lawyers, “John Killman”
was identified as a paid (“reimbursed,” he said) informant who
traveled to the occupation at the behest of the government in a
beat-up pickup truck to lead the occupiers in combat “safety”
training.
State of the biggest, best union: Trump nightly webcast debuts
tonight
Ars Technica - Donald Trump's Presidential campaign will deliver
its first tease of a potential Trump TV network on Monday with
the launch of Trump Tower Live, a web-only video series aired on
Facebook Live that promises to deliver "nightly campaign
coverage from Trump Tower." The show's first episode will be
co-hosted by official Trump campaign advisers Boris Epshteyn and
Cliff Sims as well as TheBlaze political commentator Tomi Lahren.
According to a report from Wired, Trump Tower Live's premiere
episode will include interviews with Trump campaign manager
KellyAnne Conway and another campaign adviser, along with live
footage of Trump's Monday night speech in Tampa, Florida.... The
launch of a daily web show that will apparently revolve around
hosts and guests officially connected to the Trump campaign
follows the Republican candidate's repeated complaints about
slanted and biased campaign coverage. Last week, Trump ramped up
his accusations of bias by claiming "the election is absolutely
being rigged by the dishonest and distorted media pushing
Crooked Hillary."As the aforementioned Wired report points out,
Clinton's campaign has also been connected to web-streamed video
content created by a political organization in her favor: Studio
2016, a show co-produced by the Democratic National Convention
Committee and Clinton's own campaign. Neither the DNC nor
Clinton's campaign has developed or aired any such
party-controlled video content since that show aired during the
DNC in July.
"Don’t Repeat That To Anybody" - Hillary Clinton And Donna
Brazile Personally Implicated In Latest Project Veritas Video
(Video)
Zero Hedge - Per Project Veritas: Part III of the undercover
Project Veritas Action investigation dives further into the back
room dealings of Democratic politics. It exposes prohibited
communications between Hillary Clinton’s campaign, the DNC and
the non-profit organization Americans United for Change. And,
it’s all disguised as a duck. In this video, several Project
Veritas Action undercover journalists catch Democracy Partners
founder directly implicating Hillary Clinton in FEC violations.
“In the end, it was the candidate, Hillary Clinton, the future
president of the United States, who wanted ducks on the ground,”
says Creamer in one of several exchanges. “So, by God, we would
get ducks on the ground.” It is made clear that high-level DNC
operative Creamer realized that this direct coordination between
Democracy Partners and the campaign would be damning when he
said: “Don’t repeat that to anybody.” .... "The duck has to be
an Americans United for Change entity. This had to do only with
some problem between Donna Brazile and ABC, which is owned by
Disney, because they were worried about a trademark issue.
That's why. It's really silly. We originally launched this duck
because Hillary Clinton wants the duck. In any case, so she
really wanted this duck figure out there doing this stuff, so
that was fine. So, we put all these ducks out there and got a
lot of coverage. And Trump taxes. And then ABC/Disney went crazy
because they thought our original slogan was 'Donald ducks his
taxes, releasing his tax returns." They said it was a trademark
issue. It's not, but anyway, Donna Brazile had a connection with
them and she didn't want to get sued. So we switched the
ownership of the duck to Americans United for Change and now our
signs say 'Trump ducks releasing his tax returns.' And we
haven't had anymore trouble.".... As Project Veritas points out,
this direct coordination between Clinton, Brazile and Americans
United For Change is a violation of federal election laws.
Concern Grows Over Soros-Linked Voting Machines
LifeZette - The U.K.-based Smartmatic company posted a
flow-chart on its website that it had provided voting machines
for 16 states, including important battleground states like
Florida and Arizona. Smartmatic Chairman Mark Malloch-Brown is a
former U.N. official and sits on the board of Soros’ Open
Society Foundations. Since the story first broke, the flow-chart
has disappeared from Smartmatic’s website, raising further
questions about the real status of the Soros-tied voting
equipment and whether it is truly being deployed in U.S.
elections. According to a spokesperson for the National
Association of Secretaries of State, Smartmatic is not on a list
of federally certified providers for election systems and that
officials in several states’ have contested that their equipment
came from Smartmatic. Why, then, had Smartmatic bragged about
providing over 50,000 voting machines for U.S. elections?.... A
2006 classified U.S. diplomatic cable obtained and released by
WikiLeaks reveals the extent to which Smartmatic may have played
a hand in rigging the 2004 Venezuelan recall election under a
section titled "A Shadow of Fraud." The memo stated that "Smartmatic
Corporation is a riddle both in ownership and operation,
complicated by the fact that its machines have overseen several
landslide (and contested) victories by President Hugo Chavez and
his supporters.".... Smartmatic had claimed it provided machines
to Arizona, California, Colorado, Washington, D.C., Florida,
Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Nevada,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin — it
has since pulled that information off its website.
TRUMP Cleveland Rally Has 1.7 MILLION Views - Hillary Cleveland
Rally has 3,825 Views
Gateway Pundit - Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton held rallies
in Cleveland this past weekend. Hillary Clinton had a few
hundred people show up. Donald Trump filled a stadium. Now this…
Donald Trump’s Cleveland speech on Facebook has 1.7 million
views. Hillary Clinton did not post her rally on Facebook. But
it was posted on YouTube. She has 3,825 views. And if you look
at the number of likes versus dislikes it’s clear Trump
supporters were a large part of her audience.
14% Of Polled Wells Fargo Customers Have Decided To Leave The
Bank
Zero Hedge - Wells Fargo's illegal cross-selling and fraudulent
account creation practices appear to have caught up with the
bank, just days after CEO John Stumpf announced his surprise
resignation. As Bloomberg reports, management consultancy cg42
released a poll showing 14% of Wells Fargo customers have
decided to leave the bank, "potentially withdrawing billions of
dollars and crimping revenue." The data confirms what a separate
poll by SurveyMonkey Intelligence released last week revealed.
According to the survey, since the scandal broke, Wells Fargo
has been losing as much as 140,000 of its mobile customers every
week. The report finds that while the bank reported a downturn
in new customer applications and accounts opened since the
scandal broke, Wells Fargo curiously hasn’t reported on its
customer churn rates. That is, the rate at which Wells Fargo is
losing customers as they close their accounts after the
scandal.... The good news for Wells is that this exodus has yet
to be reflected in the public figures released by the bank....
Still, Wells is not taking any chances and in an attempt to
quell the scandal that has engulfed its consumer bank, the bank
will start broadcasting nationwide television commercials Monday
night, outlining steps it has taken to halt abuses. As Bloomberg
adds, "the move escalates a public-relations campaign that has
featured advertisements online and in newspapers, as the firm
tries to convince customers it’s putting their interests first.
Pennsylvania Pipelines Bursts, Leaks 55,000 Gallons Of Gas Into One Of
US’ Most Endangered Rivers
Natural Blaze - A pipeline owned by the same company behind Dakota
Access leaked 55,000 gallons of gasoline into a major river, endangering
the drinking water of six million people. pipeline managed by Sunoco
logistics burst Thursday night after heavy rainfall in Pennsylvania. The
spill dumped 55,000 gallons of gasoline into Wallis Run, a tributary of
the Loyalsock Creek that drains into the Susquehanna River. The breach
was detected at 3 am when the pressure of the pipeline dropped
significantly, leading Sunoco to shut down the pipeline…. The
Susquehanna had previously been declared the third most endangered river
in the US by the NGO American Rivers. It has come under threat due to
the development of the natural gas industry, particularly the practice
of hydraulic fracturing or “fracking.” Fracking has caused major
problems in the US due to the so-called “Cheney’s loophole” that exempts
natural gas companies from the vast majority of US environmental
regulations…. Though the recent floods have been blamed for the spill,
some are calling this into question due to Sunoco’s lengthy history of
poor pipeline management. Indeed, pipelines managed by Sunoco Logistics
spill more frequently than another, with more than 200 recorded leaks
since 2010. This is also not the first spill of a Sunoco pipeline in
Pennsylvania.
Snooping requests approved by DC-area federal courts up 500% since 2011
RT - Newly released data obtained by the Washington Post from the
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) indicates that federal
investigators are increasingly reliant on electronic surveillance
requests of federal judges in the process of covertly monitoring
domestic suspects' phone, email, and other communications, such as
social media. In Northern Virginia, there have been 4,113 such requests
since 2011, with only one being revealed to the public. There were 305
secret electronic surveillance requests in 2011, while requests are on
pace to surpass 1,800 in 2016.... Brett Max Kaufman, staff attorney at
the ACLU’s Center for Democracy, said additional transparency of basic
information on federal court cases would reveal more about federal
investigators' increasing reliance on electronic surveillance, as well
as the courts that have approved such requests. Such a move "is an
important first step for courts to recognize that they have been
enabling a kind of vast, secret system of surveillance that we now know
to be so pervasive," Kaufman told the Post. "It’s hard to understand
whether this surveillance is necessary or whether there is overreach
without basic information about how often these orders are sought or
granted, or who is granting them. Even judges themselves do not know,"
Kaufman said. The data revealed by the courts did not include
information about the crime being investigated, any associated crime, a
charged defendant, or whether an investigation is ongoing or not, the
Post reported.
Security firm claims implantable cardiac devices can be hacked
ExtremeTech - The device at issue here is an Implantable Cardioverter
Defibrillator (ICD). This is essentially a more advanced version of a
pacemaker.... An investment firm called Muddy Waters started warning
about the safety of St. Jude’s ICD products recently, which has led to a
legal battle. Muddy Waters is a short-selling operation, meaning it bets
on a company’s stock price falling in order to make money. St. Jude says
the allegation of security issues is simply meant to harm its stock
price and is not based on a real danger. As part of the ongoing case,
Muddy Waters contracted with cyber security firm Bishop Fox to perform
an independent analysis of St. Jude’s implantable cardiac devices. It
recently produced a 53-page report where it says Muddy Waters’ claims
regarding the possibility of ICD cyber attacks are “by and large
accurate.” St. Jude’s latest medical implants are different from past
devices because they use a wireless protocol to communicate with a
monitoring station called Merlin@home. It uses radio frequency signals
to transmit and receive data from the implant, which saves patients from
going to the doctor several times per year just to have the implant’s
performance checked. However, Bishop Fox says it successfully hijacked
this signal and was able to take control of the implant. At a distance
of 10 feet, researchers claim they were able to instruct the ICD to
cease operation, then produce a powerful T-wave shock. A patient
subjected to this attack could have a heart attack.... Bishop Fox says
it believes the same attack could be accomplished from as far as 100
feet away with more powerful equipment. The claims are currently being
investigated by St. Jude and the FDA, but the federal agency said
patients should continue using their ICDs as instructed by doctors. If
this turns out to be a real threat, the fix is going to be costly. It’s
harder to recall defective electronics when they live inside your chest.
Gluten could be in your medication and pills
(NaturalNews) In today's world, it's gotten a whole lot easier
to avoid gluten in food, thanks to mandatory labeling
requirements imposed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA). But these requirements only apply to food, which means
that consumers who use pharmaceutical drugs aren't being told
when their medications contain gluten in the form of unlabeled
wheat derivatives…. A national survey conducted by the Beyond
Celiac organization recently revealed that nearly 25 percent of
Celiac patients experience gluten-related symptoms whenever they
take their prescription medications, suggesting that a great
many drugs contain unlabeled gluten ingredients. And while
certain groups are working towards a change, the government has
thus far refused to standardize a system whereby gluten-tracking
is required for all pharmaceuticals…. Steve Plogsted, a clinical
pharmacist at Columbus Children's Hospital in Ohio, has built an
extensive website entitled "GlutenFreeDrugs.com" that lists
nearly 500 name-brand medications and their gluten status.
Have thyroid problems? Use garlic
Living Traditionally - Garlic does more than taste good, it’s
very nutritious and contains several bioactive compounds. Garlic
makes a very effective treatment for hyperthyroid conditions,
due to the high levels of iodine…. Autoimmune thyroid conditions
such as Graves’ Disease and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis involve
pro-inflammatory cytokines. Garlic can help to inhibit these
pro-inflammatory cytokines. Numerous studies demonstrate that
garlic has a positive effect against pro-inflammatory cytokines.
One study showed that the garlic derivative diallyl sulfide
inhibited the production of cytokines by suppressing nitric
oxide and prostaglandin E2 production in activated macrophages.
The recommended dosage for adults is no more than one clove two
or three times a day and that children have one quarter to one
half a clove, once or twice a day. Here are some more reasons to
eat garlic: Garlic is full of antioxidants that fight
cancer-causing free radicals. Garlic contains allicin, which is
an antioxidant that removes infectious pathogens from the skin –
preventing acne. Raw garlic can help control hypertension –
again thanks to allicin. Garlic contains sulfur compounds that
shorten the life span of the common cold. The anti-cancer
properties of garlic can reduce the risk of lung cancer by
nearly 50 percent for nonsmokers. Garlic thins the blood and
reduces the risk of blood clots. Garlic’s anti-inflammatory
properties ease the pain of osteoarthritis.
Black Garlic is Toxic to 14 Types of Cancers
Living Traditionally - Developed in Korea, black garlic has been
gaining popularity among Western foodies for several years now,
but it has recently caught the eye of the health-minded due to
studies revealing its impressive nutritional properties. Black
garlic is produced by “fermenting” whole bulbs of fresh garlic
in a humidity-controlled environment in temperatures of about
140 to 170 degrees F for 30 days…. Once out of the heat, the
bulbs are then left to oxidize in a clean room for 45 days. This
lengthy process causes the garlic cloves to turn black and
develop a soft, chewy texture with flavors reminiscent of
“balsamic vinegar” and “soy sauce,” with a sweet “prune-like”
taste…. In a 2009 mouse study, Japanese researchers found that
black garlic was more effective than fresh garlic in reducing
the size of tumors…. In another study, black garlic was found to
have twice the antioxidant levels as fresh—the aging/fermenting
process appears to double the antioxidants. Black garlic is
packed with high concentrations of sulfurous compounds,
especially one in particular: s-allylcycteine (SAC). Science has
shown a number of health benefits from SAC, including inhibition
of cholesterol synthesis…. Be mindful, however, that black
garlic’s benefits may be more effective than fresh garlic for
some conditions but not others, given its allicin content is
low. For example, I suspect it may not be as effective if you
have an infection, as allicin is thought to be the primary
anti-infective agent in garlic, and fresh garlic is higher in
allicin than black.
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How
to make Black Garlic
Free Online Thyroid Connection Summit - October 24 - 31
Tens of millions worldwide have some form of thyroid
dysfunction, and 60% don’t know they have it or how it occurred.
Dr. Amy Myers has identified 5 environmental factors that are
the root cause of all thyroid dysfunction: diet, leaky gut,
toxins, infections and stress. Every one of these is a piece of
the pie — for some, one piece may be bigger — but all play a
role to some degree. Each day of The Thyroid Connection Summit
will focus on a different root cause, with the first two days
dedicated to understanding your thyroid and the worldwide
thyroid epidemic.
Cool Way to Indulge Your Love of Animals and Support the Military
Dr. Becker - When members of the military are called upon for
deployment, those with pets are often challenged to find a suitable home
for their animals while they’re away. Some military personnel may be
lucky enough to have a family member who can care for their pets, but
not all do — and in some cases both members of a two-person household
may be deployed at the same time. Boarding in such cases is cost
prohibitive, not to mention would be extremely stressful for the animals
since deployments last for months and may be extended. Some military
members have no choice but to surrender their pets to animal shelters or
rescue groups and are not able to be reunited when they return.
Fortunately, a number of programs are now available that connect foster
homes with military pets. It’s a win-win situation for everyone
involved. Pets get to spend their owners’ deployment being cared for in
a loving home, military personnel get peace of mind knowing their pets
are safe and happy, and foster pet parents get a piece of unconditional
love from a new furry family member while helping to give back to those
who serve the U.S…. There are many military foster programs in the U.S.
that are actively matching military pets with temporary foster homes. At
PACT for Animals (People + Animals = Companions Together), for instance,
they’ve received applicants for more than 200 animals in the last year
and have found foster homes for one-third of those. PACT is unique in
that they also offer foster homes for people who have been hospitalized
and need emergency care for their pets…. Guardian Angels for Soldier’s
Pet is another organization that offers not only foster programs for
active military members but also provides pet assistance to wounded
soldiers and veterans, homeless veterans, fallen soldiers and cases
where military service members are reassigned out of the country and
cannot take their pets with them…. If you’d like to get involved,
searching for “military pets foster programs” followed by your state
abbreviation is the best way to find an organization in your area.
Monday - October
24, 2016 - Today In History:
1795 - The country of Poland was divided up between Austria, Prussia,
and Russia.
1861 - The first transcontinental telegraph message was sent when
Justice Stephen J. Field of California transmitted a telegram to U.S.
President Lincoln.
1901 - Daredevil Anna Edson Taylor became the first person to go over
Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel. She was 63 years old.
1929 - In the U.S., investors dumped more than 13 million shares on the
stock market. The day is known as "Black Tuesday."
1939 - Nylon stockings were sold to the public for the first time in
Wilmington, DE.
1945 - The United Nations (UN) was formally established less than a
month after the end of World War II. The Charter was ratified by China,
France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and by a
majority of other signatories.
1949 - The cornerstone for the U.N. Headquarters was laid in New York
City.
1960 - All remaining American-owned property in Cuba was nationalized.
The process of nationalizing all U.S. and foreign-owned property in
Cuban had begun on August 6, 1960.
1962 - During the Cuban Missile Crisis, U.S. military forces went on the
highest alert in the postwar era in preparation for a possible
full-scale war with the Soviet Union. The U.S. blockade of Cuba
officially began on this day.
2001 - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that gave
police the power to secretly search homes, tap all of a person's
telephone conversation and track people's use of the Internet.
2005 - Civil rights activist Rosa Parks died at age 92.
2007 - Facebook Inc. sold a 1.6 percent stake to Microsoft Corp. for
$240 million, spurning a competing offer from Google Inc.
Media Cited Terrorist Leader to Claim No Terrorists Are in
Aleppo
The AntiMedia - On Wednesday, the Guardian released an article
titled “U.S. and U.K. reject Russian offer of ‘pause’ in
airstrikes on Syria.” Aside from the fact it’s riddled with the
outlet’s usual pro-U.S.-U.K. and anti-Russian propaganda, the
article sank to the lowest of possible lows in an attempt to
present the Russian military as an aggressor in Aleppo in which
there are allegedly no terrorist groups — only moderate fighting
forces. How? By citing the leader of a terrorist group.
Al-Farouk Abu Bakr, an Aleppo commander in the “powerful
Islamist group” Ahrar al-Sham said, speaking from Aleppo: “‘When
we took up arms at the start of the revolution to defend our
abandoned people we promised God that we would not lay them down
until the downfall of this criminal regime,’ he said, referring
to President Bashar al-Assad’s government.” “There are no
terrorists in Aleppo.” .... There are many issues with the
Guardian’s publication of this statement. First, in the
Guardian’s latest apparent attempt to see how gullible its
readers are, the outlet neglects to explain the ideological
leanings of Ahrar al-Sham.... Ahrar al-Sham is heavily
affiliated with Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (formerly known as Jabhat
al-Nusra, al-Qaeda’s official Syrian branch) and has conducted
numerous operations together with the al-Qaeda affiliate. The
group also used to work with ISIS until January 2014 and only
parted ways after ISIS killed one of their members — not because
the groups shared any noticeable differing ideologies.
Daesh Executes Hundreds of Men and Boys as Battle for Mosul
Rages
Sputnik News - Daesh forces have executed 284 people in Mosul,
including dozens of children, as they fight to keep their grip
on the city. The men and boys are reported to have been rounded
up over October 20 and 21 and brought in three waves to the
city's former College of Agriculture, where they were shot and
then dumped in mass graves. Iraqi News reports that the victims
were residents of towns and villages in the city’s northwest
outskirts, and that 61 of them were no more than 14 years old.
As the Iraqi army and supporting forces continue the battle
launched this week to retake Daesh's capital in Iraq, there is
widespread fear that the militants inside the city will use
captive residents as human shields or simply murder them rather
than allow them to be liberated. There are also worries that
Daesh will use chemical weapons indiscriminately as their hold
on the city weakens, leaving residents without protection
vulnerable. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al
Hussein issued a statement October 21 calling for all militaries
to make protecting citizens a priority.... “There is a grave
danger that ISIL fighters will not only use such vulnerable
people as human shields but may opt to kill them rather than see
them liberated," Zeid said.
Calais migrants clash with police, get teargassed ahead of
camp’s final dismantling
RT - Dozens of migrants near the French port of Calais clashed
with police over the weekend. The slum-like camp known as the
‘Jungle,’ which houses thousands of migrants, is scheduled to be
shut down and demolished next week. People from the Jungle threw
stones at police on Saturday night and early Sunday morning, AFP
reported. Law enforcement responded with tear gas. The clashes
came before the scheduled demolition of the camp that will begin
on Monday. French authorities expect to remove all of the
migrants and refugees from the site in approximately a week’s
time. Thousands of police officers are expected to arrive in
Calais to assist in the demolition in what the authorities call
a “humanitarian” operation. Those who refuse to leave will be
arrested, the Mirror reported, citing a letter distributed to
the camp residents. Up to 10,000 migrants, primarily from the
Middle East and North Africa, are estimated to be living in the
Calais camp near the English Channel. While most hope to cross
the French-British border and get to the UK, they are set to be
relocated to other reception centers across France and in other
countries after being moved out of the Jungle, AP reported....
Claude Roche, from France’s center-right Union of Democrats and
Independents (UDI), told RT that migrants staying in Calais’
so-called “Jungle” camp who are to be relocated to refugee
shelters across the country “refuse to be assimilated.” “They
are not interested in France. They don’t speak a word of
French,” Roche said, adding that if migrants want to find a
place for themselves in the French society they must “become
French,” which means to “adapt to the French customs and
culture. “ Another factor that derails integration attempts is
the common practice of the refugees to form closed communities
which prevents them from becoming full-fledged members of French
society, Roche said.
U.N. goes all-in for unlimited migration
WND - The United Nations has cooked up a “New Urban Agenda”
coming soon to a city near you. It was unveiled this week in
Quito, Ecuador, at the so-called Habitat III conference. And
part of the plan, enthusiastically embraced by Hillary Clinton,
calls for unlimited migration across open borders. Migrants
displaced by war, failing economies or other hardships will be
seen as having “rights” in nations other than their own. Cities
are seen as the key battlegrounds and the U.N. conference in
Quito had a lot to say about how your city will be expected to
embrace migrants of all types, from all regions of the world…. [Hillary]Clinton
earlier this year announced her $135 billion “breaking every
barrier” program to transform America’s cities. In this plan,
she makes 37 pledges promising everything from removal of blight
to construction of affordable housing in areas that are
currently out of the price range of refugees, immigrants, the
chronically unemployed and under-employed. She intends to build
on the “successes” of her husband and the Obama administration
in using public-private partnerships to transform cities.
Obama’s contribution in this area included his Affirmatively
Furthering Fair Housing rule, which forces grant-receiving
cities to infuse their low-crime suburban areas, deemed “too
white,” with subsidized housing marketed to low-income renters.
This fits right in with the U.N.’s 2030 Agenda.
Venezuela Braces For Revolution After Maduro Blocks Recall
Referendum
Zero Hedge - Venezuela likely inched one step closer to
revolution on Friday when Maduro's leftist government took steps
to block a recall referendum that could have resulted in his
ouster.... The Maduro government has claimed that the recall was
halted due to "irregularities in a first-round of signature
gathering" though the public, 80% of whom polls suggest
supported the recall efforts, aren't buying it. Meanwhile,
Maduro loyalists are calling for opposition leaders to be
imprisoned for attempts to commit election fraud.... Of course,
the integrity of "elections" in Venezuela have long been
questioned particularly after WikiLeaks posted the following
cable linking Hugo Chavez to a mysterious company that came out
of nowhere in 2000 and suddenly snatched up major contracts to
supply voting machines around the world. The company, Smartmatic,
included a Hugo Chavez campaign adviser on it's board.
Curiously, according to Gateway Pundit, the company's board also
included Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, a man who served on the board
of George Soros’s Open Society Foundations and who was formerly
the vice-chairman of Soros’s Investment Funds. "Ironically,"
shortly after winning a "multi-million" dollar contract to
supply these voting machines in Venezuela, Chavez won a
landslide victory in the 2004 elections that all but destroyed
his political opposition.
Venezuela state oil firm default would cause problems for US
refiners
RT - Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) is in danger of
defaulting on its debts. This spells trouble for American
refineries on the Gulf Coast, as Venezuela is the main supplier
of foreign oil to the region. PDVSA has been struggling to
persuade bondholders to swap $5.33 billion of bonds maturing in
2017 for longer-term securities due in 2020. Low oil prices will
adversely affect the company's ability to generate cash flow
from operations, which will impair the company's ability to make
scheduled payments on its existing debt, including the existing
notes," PDVSA said in a press release earlier this week. If the
exchange offers are not successful, it could be difficult for
the company to make scheduled payments on its existing debt,
including the existing notes, which would result in the company
evaluating all alternative options," it added. In 2015,
Venezuela was the top supplier to the US Gulf Coast refineries.
“If PDVSA defaults, there could be a disruption of oil supply to
the US as creditors may try to seize payments made in the US.
Bondholders will definitely try to stake a claim on those
dollars,” Lucas Aristizabal, a senior director at Fitch Ratings
told Bloomberg. According to the media’s information, top
importers in the region are PDVSA subsidiary Citgo Petroleum,
Phillips 66, Valero Energy and PBF Energy. At the same time,
according to Aristizabal, China will not face the same problems
as the US. Venezuela is repaying a $45 billion loan from China
with crude and the oil changes ownership when it’s put on
tankers, making it nearly impossible to be seized.
Gun-Controlled Australia Admits Criminals Still Armed, Launches
New Amnesty
Breitbart - In September, Breitbart News reported that
Melbourne, Australia, had a gun problem; that they had witnessed
more than one shooting a week on average since January 2015.
Moreover, 'The Age' reported... known criminals were caught with
firearms 755 times [in 2015], compared to 143 times in 2011....
Now the government of Australia is admitting that hundreds of
thousands of “illegal guns”–i.e., “illicit firearms”–are in the
hands of criminals some 20 years after Australia’s gun ban was
implemented. And Reuters reports an amnesty will be put in place
in 2017 where those in possession of said weapons can turn them
in with no questions asked. Justice Minister Michael Keenan
summarized: The amnesty will provide an opportunity for those
individuals who, for whatever reason are in possession of an
unregistered firearm, to hand it in without fear of being
prosecuted. While Australia has some of the strongest firearm
controls in the world, illicit firearms remain the weapon of
choice for criminals.
Australia to Search Out and Prosecute Anti-Vax Nurses and
Midwives; Calls for Public to Turn Them In
Brandon Turbeville - According to a report by the Guardian, the
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has announced a fatwa
of jihad against nurses and midwives who discourage vaccination
or are critical of vaccines. After releasing “vaccination
standards” the board’s statement reads: The board is taking this
opportunity to make its expectations about providing advice on
vaccinations clear to registered nurses, enrolled nurses and
midwives. The board expects all registered nurses, enrolled
nurses and midwives to use the best available evidence in making
practice decisions. Of course, when the board says “best
available evidence” it means vaccine fanaticism and
unquestioning adherence to faith-based science. Under Australian
law, promoting false, misleading or deceptive information will
be prosecuted by the Australian health practitioner regulation
agency. The NMBA is specifically targeting nurses and midwives
who question the safety or effectiveness of vaccination via
social media. The statement goes even further by urging members
of the public to report nurses or midwives who are doing so –
even on social media…. They are merely saying that if you
express that belief even on social media, you will lose your
job, have your license to practice taken away and possibly be
sent to jail.
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Benghazi Disappears from Hillary's State Dept. Calendar
LifeZette - Copies of Hillary Clinton’s schedule as secretary of
state from Sept. 1 to Sept. 9 in 2012 were labeled with the
wrong year in State Department records. Those just happen to be
the days leading up to the terrorist attacks that killed four
Americans in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11 of that year. But
instead of 2012, the records label those days 2010. The
conservative advocacy group Citizens United, which requested the
full schedule for Clinton’s four years in office under the
Freedom of Information Act, discovered the discrepancy after the
State Department produced the records for 2012 this week. Left
uncorrected, it is conceivable that an organization or a person
may in the future file a FOIA request for Clinton’s public
schedule in September 2012 and be told that the first nine days
do not exist.... The latest release of schedules completes an
order by a federal judge for the State Department to speed up
its production of the documents. Citizens United and the
Associated Press both requested the daily calendars. Initially,
the State Department had said it would not be able to comply
until after the election. The judge ordered the agency to move
faster.
Wikileaks Releases Part 16 Of The Podesta Files: Total Is Now
26,803 Emails
Zero Hedge - With just over 2 weeks to go until the election,
today Wikileaks continued its ongoing Podesta files dump when it
unveiled another 708 emails in Part 16, bringing the total
emails released to 26,803 total emails, or more than half of the
50,000 email set for release. While this latest release was
expected, Wikileaks made a more surprising announcement
overnight when it said on Twitter that it would "release a
statement tomorrow about Assange. Our editor is safe and still
in full command despite reduced communications with staff."
Army Major Says "Everything's in Place" to Round Up Antiwar
Dissenters for Military Detention
Activist Post - Earlier in 2016, a U.S. military official said
the U.S. “needs and wants Russia as an enemy,” which was
followed by a litany of falsehoods about Russian threats from
elected and appointed officials. A hacked email showed a NATO
general plotting conflict with Russia, as American and NATO
military forces amass along Russia’s borders.... In order to
sustain public support for its war-making, the State must
suppress dissent. If it cannot achieve this through media
control and other subtle means, it is prepared to take more
forceful measures. According to retired Army Major Todd Pierce,
the U.S. government has everything in place to round up antiwar
dissenters and put them in military detention. In an interview
with Mondoweiss, Pierce – who served in the 349th Psychological
Operations Company and the 205th Infantry Brigade as a senior
NCO, then as Judge Advocate General until 2012 – said: Well
let’s say we do ramp up a war with Russia and we do get a more
active antiwar movement. Say a Donald Trump who’s already let
everybody know what he thinks of the constitution, or Hillary
Clinton.… And Obama has said he can kill American citizens. The
military goes to them and says hey, these dissenters are going
to cause us to lose a war, like the Vietnam war. Let’s put them
in military detention, let’s impose censorship. Everything’s in
place right now. Pierce is a self-professed former
neoconservative until the Gulf War began opening his eyes to the
folly of U.S. imperialism, and then he personally witnessed how
government began using 9/11 to assume totalitarian control in
the name of fighting the tactic of terrorism. He now works as a
Guantanamo defense attorney. "We have total surveillance of the
US population through the NSA. That’s what these huge data
storage facilities are about, to store all the data that they’ve
gathered. They’ve gone to the public and say, We’re not
listening to your phone calls. But what they are doing is
storing it. It’s all there, just like a huge data file. Like the
Stasi– they would go look at their file on someone, and go use
that against them. Well, we have all that data collected,
including people’s attitudes. So if the day comes, which if
people like Vermeule and Posner have said, we may have to impose
censorship and have military detention."
Whistleblower: Intelligence Worker Likely Behind DNC Leaks, Not
Russia
The AntiMedia - During an interview on Aaron Klein’s Sunday
radio program, former high-ranking NSA intelligence
official-turned-whistleblower, William Binney, discussed the
alleged Russian involvement in our elections, suggesting the
cyber attack against the DNC may not have originated from the
Russian government. Instead, Binney says, a “disgruntled U.S.
intelligence worker” is likely behind the breach.... Speaking as
an analyst, Binney added that a testimony by the former Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Robert S. Mueller from
March 2011 shows the FBI has access to a series of databases
that helps them “to track down known and suspected terrorists.”
According to Binney, what Mueller meant is that the FBI has
access to the NSA database and that it’s accessed without any
oversight, meaning the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), as
well as the FBI, have open access to anything the NSA has access
to. “So if the FBI really wanted [Clinton’s and the DNC emails]
they can go into that database and get them right now,” Binney
told Klein. Asked if he believed the NSA had copies of all
Clinton’s emails, “including the deleted correspondence,” Binney
said: “Yes. That would be my point. They have them all and the
FBI can get them right there.”.... In August 2016, Judge Andrew
Napolitano commented on the DNC hack. On “Judge Napolitano
Chambers,” the Judge said that while the DNC, government
officials, and the Clinton campaign all accuse the Russians of
hacking into the DNC servers, “the Russians had nothing to do
with it.”.... If Judge Napolitano and Binney are right and the
NSA did hack the DNC, what was the motive? According to the
Judge, “members of the intelligence community simply do not want
[Clinton] to be president of the United States.”
Risk of 'Mass Exodus' of Doctors from Medicare
LifeZette - In what may be the most significant modification to
Medicare since the program began in 1966, on Oct. 15, the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the
final rule for implementing the Medicare Access and CHIP
Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). It dramatically changes how
Medicare pays doctors for their services.... Before MACRA,
Medicare used a fee-for-service payment system, reimbursing
separately for each individual service provided, without regard
to the quality of the care. The new system will reward doctors
for providing high-quality, efficient care that leads to better
patient outcomes, and penalize those who fail to do so. At least
— that’s the idea.... This sounds good, but all the emphasis on
better quality care comes with a trade-off. To assess the
quality of care provided by doctors in the MIPS [Merit-Based
Incentive Payment System] pathway, the physicians will have to
report on a number of measures that many feel do nothing to help
them improve the care they provide. Doctors already devote a
considerable amount of time reporting on quality measures. A
recent analysis found that a typical medical practice currently
spends, on average, 785.2 hours a year per physician to track
and report quality measures.... This is cause for real concern.
If faced with increased reporting and administrative burdens,
declining reimbursements and new payment arrangements that put
their income at risk, many doctors — especially independent
practitioners — may feel that they simply can't afford to
participate in Medicare any more. One recent survey of
physicians found nearly 40-percent expect a "mass exodus" from
Medicare over MACRA. Given the predicted shortage of doctors
over the next decade and an aging population, this would be
disastrous.
Trump Lays Out His Plan For First 100 Days In Office: Here Are
The Highlights
Zero Hedge - In a keynote speech in Gettysburg, Pa., about his
plans for his first 100 days in office, Donald Trump laid out
what he sees as the the core priorities of a Trump
presidency.... In terms of actual political measures that Trump
would propose and/or enact, he listed the following six: 1. ”A
Constitutional Amendment to impose term limits on all members of
Congress." 2. ”A hiring freeze on all federal employees." 3. ”A
requirement that for every new federal regulation, 2 existing
regulations must be eliminated." 4. ”A 5-year ban on White House
and Congressional officials becoming lobbyists after they leave
government." 5. ”A lifetime ban on White House officials
lobbying on behalf of a foreign government." 6. ”A complete ban
on foreign lobbyists raising money for American elections."
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Unrest and Martial Law? Leaked Military Drill Anticipates "No
Rule of Law" After Election Results
Mac Slavo - According to an unnamed source – who has provided
accurate intel in the past – an unannounced military drill is
scheduled to take place during a period leading up to the
election and throughout the month after. It appears that the
system is gearing up to handle outbreaks of violence, chaotic
rallies and poll stations, and the possibility that the people
of the United States may become very dissatisfied with the
outcome by using military force and martial law. The drill
could, of course, go live at any time; Homeland Security and the
military are prepared to contend with a period of unrest, and
restore order to a divided and broken country – regardless of
whether people like their new leader or not. As you know, DHS is
already monitoring this election and prepared to take over its
‘critical infrastructure’. The scope of this drill would, of
course, take things much further: Date: October 30th – 30 days
after the election. Suspected Region: Northeast, specifically
New York.... 1st Phase: NROL (No Rule of Law) – drill involving
combat arms in metro areas (active and reserve). Source says
active duty and reserve service members are being vaccinated as
if they are being deployed in theatre.... 2nd Phase: LROL
(Limited Rule of Law) – Military/FEMA consolidating resources,
controlling water supply, handing out to public as needed....
3rd Phase: AROL (Authoritarian Rule of Law) – Possible new
acronym or term for “Martial Law”. Curfew, restricted movements,
basically martial law scenario.... Source said exercise involves
FEMA/DHS/Military.
Donald Trump Says He Would Block AT&T-Time Warner Merger as
President
Hollywood Reporter - Donald Trump expressed that he would not
approve the AT&T and Time Warner merger if elected president.
“Deals like this destroy democracy,” said Trump during a rally
in Gettysburg, Pa., on Saturday, where he discussed what he
would do in the first 100 days of his presidency. Trump also
said he would like to break up the Comcast-NBCUniversal merger.
He opened up his speech, claiming the election is “rigged”
against him and expressed that members of the media “lie and
fabricate stories to make a candidate they don’t like look as
bad and dangerous as possible.” The AT&T deal, which has been
valued at $85 billion, has not been finalized and would be
subject to regulatory approval. Comcast was denied in its effort
to buy Time Warner Cable…. Elsewhere on Sunday, Tim Kaine also
expressed that he agrees with Senator Al Franken's concerns that
the AT&T-Time Warner merger can lead to "higher costs, fewer
choices and even worse service for customers."
Illinois Judge Orders Phyllis Schlafly Website to Take Down All
Pro-Trump Articles
The Gateway Pundit - Phyllis Schlafly was an early Donald Trump
supporter. After the RNC Convention in July Phyllis released her
last video celebrating Donald Trump’s nomination. Phyllis was a
Missouri Republican delegate at the convention. PSEagles.com
reported: “Phyllis Schlafly spent her whole life organizing
Republicans and communicating conservative political views. She
created the www.eagleforum.org web site in 1996 to help further
those goals, in conjunction with many other efforts. It contains
gigabytes of her works. Now a court order has thrown the site
into doubt. A group of six disgruntled eagles have filed a
lawsuit, and Illinois judge John B. Barberis has sided with
them. Their main political argument is that they oppose Donald
Trump, and their main legal argument is that Phyllis Schlafly’s
death has left a power vacuum, so that they can take over one of
her several Eagle organizations, called “Eagle Forum c4”. The
worst part is that they wish to use Phyllis Schlafly’s name,
image, reputation, and legacy to support causes opposite to what
she stood for. She spent the last six months of her life trying
to stop them from carrying out their vendetta. I hope to keep
her works online and available, and I hope to separate them from
the platform of her opponents. I do not know too much about
Judge Barberis, except that he is the lowest rated judge in
Illinois. He is busy doing fundraisers for his campaign in a
election next month to be a judge on a higher court. His Oct. 20
order is very strange. It is an amendment to a Temporary
Restraining Order that issued on April 29, 2016, and that
expired 10 days later. It is against Eagle Forum c4 officers as
defendants, but then suspends them from Eagle Forum c4, so that
they have no ability to carry out the order. The lawsuit is
against Eagle Forum c4 but orders me personally to assist in
transferring “Eagle Forum [c4] Property”. This is in spite of
the fact that I am not a party to the case, and the court papers
say that I am “not associated or affiliated with Eagle Forum
[c4] in any way.” The judge ordered that all pro-Trump articles
posted on www.eagleforum.org since April 10, 2016 be removed. He
also said the parties are enjoined from advocating any position
with respect to the litigation. I have never heard of any
political advocacy organization being ordered not to express
opinions on a web site. Not in the USA, anyway. I thought that
the First Amendment prohibited that sort of thing.
Thousands of California soldiers forced to repay enlistment
bonuses a decade after going to war
LA Times - Short of troops to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan a
decade ago, the California National Guard enticed thousands of
soldiers with bonuses of $15,000 or more to reenlist and go to
war. Now the Pentagon is demanding the money back. Nearly 10,000
soldiers, many of whom served multiple combat tours, have been
ordered to repay large enlistment bonuses — and slapped with
interest charges, wage garnishments and tax liens if they refuse
— after audits revealed widespread overpayments by the
California Guard at the height of the wars last decade.
Investigations have determined that lack of oversight allowed
for widespread fraud and mismanagement by California Guard
officials under pressure to meet enlistment targets. But
soldiers say the military is reneging on 10-year-old agreements
and imposing severe financial hardship on veterans whose only
mistake was to accept bonuses offered when the Pentagon needed
to fill the ranks.... Facing enlistment shortfalls and two major
wars with no end in sight, the Pentagon began offering the most
generous incentives in its history to retain soldiers in the
mid-2000s. It also began paying the money up front, like the
signing bonuses that some businesses pay in the civilian sector.
“It was a real sea change in how business was done,” said Col.
Michael S. Piazzoni, a California Guard official in Sacramento
who oversaw the audits. “The system paid everybody up front, and
then we spent the next five years figuring out if they were
eligible.”
For The Cost of an iPhone, You Can Now Buy a Wind Turbine That Can Power
an Entire House For Lifetime
World Truth.TV - Indian startup Avant Garde Innovations has developed a
low-cost wind turbine that can generate 3-5 kW hours [kilowatt hours -
kWh] of electricity daily.... Avant Garde Innovations...has come up with
a low-cost wind turbine that can generate enough electricity to power an
entire house for a lifetime. The size of a ceiling fan, this wind
turbine can generate 5 kWh/kW per day — with just a one-time cost of
US$750.... For the startup, opportunity is massive. India is the world’s
sixth largest energy consumer, accounting for 3.4 per cent of global
energy consumption. Federal governments in India, and the central
government for that matter, are unable to bear the huge infrastructural
cost required to bring electricity to remote villages....The small wind
turbine prototype that it has developed is highly scalable for power
capacities of 300 kW or even higher.
Massive web outage blamed on 'Internet of Things'
Washington Times - Millions of common internet-connected devices like
security cameras and digital video recorders were used to conduct the
colossal cyberattack that made it difficult for Americans to access some
of the world’s most popular websites Friday, researchers said. Websites
including Twitter, Amazon, Spotify and Airbnb were hard to reach Friday
as the result of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack waged
against Dyn, a New Hampshire-based internet company that operates a
widely used Domain Name System (DNS) — a phonebook of sorts that ensures
Web users can reach certain sites by typing their respective domain
names instead of hard-to-remember numerical IP addresses. By flooding
Dyn’s systems with unprecedented amounts of illegitimate internet
traffic, attackers successfully sidelined its DNS services three
separate times on Friday and caused widespread outages across Europe and
North America and prompting a response from the White House; at a
briefing Friday afternoon, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said
FBI and Department of Homeland Security officials were both “monitoring
the situation” and “investigating all potential causes.” Flashpoint, a
U.S.-based security firm, said the infrastructure used to wage the
debilitating DDoS attack Friday was composed at least partially by
compromised cameras and other digital devices capable of connecting to
the internet – an ever-growing category of interconnected products and
appliances considered to make up a phenomenon colloquially referred to
as the Internet of Things, or IoT.
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AT&T and Time Warner reveal merger to create ISP, TV, and media giant
Ars Technica - AT&T and Time Warner Inc. have made their rumored merger
official, with AT&T to purchase the media company for $85.4 billion in
cash and stock.... AT&T's announcement Saturday evening listed some of
the many media properties the company will own if the merger is allowed
by US regulators.... owning Time Warner would give AT&T incentive to
raise the prices its rivals (such as Comcast, Charter, and Verizon) pay
to distribute Time Warner programming on their cable TV systems, which
could indirectly raise consumers' TV bills. AT&T could favor Time Warner
video on its own networks by letting it stream without counting against
the data caps applied to video services like Netflix. AT&T could also
harm online video services that compete against DirecTV by charging
higher prices for content or refusing to license videos.... “I'm
skeptical of huge media mergers because they can lead to higher costs,
fewer choices, and even worse service for consumers," Sen. Al Franken
(D-Minn.) said today. "In the coming days, I'm going to be pressing for
further details about this reported deal and how it would affect the
American consumer, who deserves access to the content they want and
whose pocketbook continues to be squeezed by rising cable and Internet
costs.” Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump today said his
administration would block the AT&T/Time Warner merger "because it’s too
much concentration of power in the hands of too few."
Was "Google Home" designed to spy inside our homes?
MassPrivateI - Google Home (GH) is always listening to everything that
goes on inside your home. It's like paying the NSA, sorry I meant
Google, $129.00 to bug your home…. GH does more than listen to music, it
can control your lights, thermostats, radios, TV's, refrigerators, smart
plugs and more. GH has partnered with Nest, Phillips, IFTTT and Samsung
who also make the 'family hub refrigerator'. Google Assistant's new
surveillance feature called “My Day,” gives you morning updates,
weather, commute times and a summary of your schedule (assuming you opt
in). At least GH doesn't have SEVEN microphones like Amazon's Echo.
"Amazon Echo runs on Amazon Web Services. In the default mode the device
continuously listens to all speech, monitoring for the wake word to be
spoken.' "High speech accuracy is achieved through sophisticated natural
language processing (NLP) algorithms built into the Echo's
text-to-speech (TTS) engine.”… Voice Search (Google Assistant) uses
pattern recognition to transcribe spoken words to written text. For each
voice query made to Voice Search, we store the language, the country,
the utterance and our system’s guess of what was said. A Computerworld
article warns everyone about the dangers of 'always on' devices. "There
are plenty of privacy issues with this type of always listening
technology," said Dan Olds, an analyst with OrionX, a technology analyst
firm. "It's obvious that any device that is always listening could also
be always storing and always analyzing anything that is within earshot
of the receiver."
5 Life Saving Health Benefits of Turmeric
Natural Blaze - Here are five reasons why you should include
turmeric in your diet: 1. Inhibits the Growth of Cancer Cells -
A recent study found that pancreatic cancer (PC) cell growth was
inhibited with the introduction of curcumin to cancer cells. In
the study, there was observed suppressed cell growth, cell cycle
arrest and induced cell apoptosis, meaning programmed PC cell
death. This means that turmeric taken daily could prove to be an
effective measure to prevent cancer or mitigate the growth of
cancer. 2. Very Good Source of Vitamin B6 - Turmeric is a great
source for vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), as well as Iron, Potassium
and Manganese. B6 assists in the process of generating usable
energy for the body out of food and helps to fight infection.
Adding turmeric to your daily diet will ensure that you do not
suffer a deficiency of vitamin B6, which can lead to anemia,
dermatitis or a number of other maladies. 3. Potent
Anti-diabetic Properties - An April 2015 study showed that
turmeric powder exhibited potent anti-diabetic, anti-oxidant and
anti-inflammatory properties. All three properties would be
helpful in alleviating complications associated with diabetes,
such as for anti-hyperglycemic therapy. It was also shown to
impede molecular complications of type 2 diabetes milletus.
Curcumin extract was found to be effective in preventing type 2
diabetes in prediabetic patients. 4. Treatment for Depression -
A study published just this month suggests that curcumin may be
helpful in treating depression. When given active drug
treatments comprising variant doses of curcumin and combined
curcumin/saffron, patients with major depressive disorder
experienced an effective reduction in depressive and anxiolytic
symptoms. 5. Improves Vascular Endothelial Function - A study
comparing the benefits of exercise to those derived from
turmeric found significant improvement to vascular endothelial
function, suggesting that daily curcumin ingestion may help to
prevent against cardiovascular disease.
9 contaminated foods from China to avoid
(NaturalHealth365) While many shipments from China to the U.S.
are turned away due to unsafe additives, drug residues,
mislabeling and general filth, some produce shipments from China
are making their way into our country under the guise of being
“organic.”…. 1. Fish - Around 80 percent of tilapia fish sold in
the U.S. comes from China, and about half of U.S. cod. With the
horrific water pollution issues in China, no one should be
eating their fish. 2. Chicken - China is often beset with
foodborne illnesses like avian flu. For this reason as well as
environmental concerns, chicken imported from China should be
avoided. 3. Apples and apple juice - The U.S. has recently moved
to allow the import of Chinese apples. Non-organic apples are
already on the list of the U.S. “dirty dozen,” but even
so-called organic fruit from China likely poses a health risk.
With half of U.S. apple juice coming from China as well, buyers
should definitely beware. 4. Rice - Yes, rice is a staple in
China and a lot of U.S. rice is imported from there. However,
some Chinese rice has been found to be made of resin and potato,
resulting in a plastic-like consistency. 5. Mushrooms - Around
34 percent of processed mushrooms are imported from China. It’s
best to verify that any mushrooms you buy are American- or
Canadian-grown. 6. Salt - Salt made for use in industrial
settings has made its way on to dining room tables throughout
the world. Looking for a safer option? Discover the true health
benefits of sea salt – and avoid the processed salt sold on the
market today. 7. Black Pepper - A Chinese vendor was caught
trying to pass off flaked mud as black pepper. Again, know your
source and protect your health. 8. Green Peas - Phony green peas
have also been discovered in China. They are made of soy, sodium
metabisulfite, green dye, and a small amount of real peas.
Simply put, don’t buy any peas from China. . Garlic - Nearly
one-third of garlic in U.S. food stores is from China, but some
of it has been found to be laced with the pesticide methyl
bromide….
Video: Study Found Nanoparticles of Metal in Human Brains:
Geoengineering, How to Detox
Natural Blaze - A recent study found nanoparticles of metal in
human brains, raising the eyebrows of geoengineering researchers
such as the prolific Patrick Roddie of Stop Spraying Us. While
the study doesn’t connect geoengineering to the particles, it is
well understood that exposure to geoengineering poisons the body
with heavy metals. This video examines the metal findings, and
rain tests performed by Stop Spraying Us which found high levels
of aluminum, barium and other metals in the rainwater of cities
such as Sacramento, California. Sacramento is where we captured
footage of some of the worst chemtrails you may have ever seen,
in the same time period when Stop Spraying Us found 4700μg/L
aluminum in the city’s rainwater. We also examine a few
solutions to heavy metal exposure, including silica from
diatomaceous earth to detox aluminum from the body, and selenium
to detox mercury from the body.
35 Ways to Include Chia Seeds in Your Daily Diet
EcoWatch - Just 2 tablespoons (1 oz) contain 11 grams of fiber,
4 grams of protein and 137 calories (1). They're a great source
of omega-3 fatty acids and some minerals essential for bone
health, including calcium, phosphorus and magnesium. 1. Chia
Water - One of the simplest ways to include chia seeds in your
diet is to add them to water. To make chia water, soak 1/4 cup
(40 grams) of chia seeds in 4 cups (1 liter) of water for 20–30
minutes. To give your drink some flavor, you can add chopped
fruit or squeeze in a lemon, lime or orange. 2. Juice-Soaked
Chia - Add 1/4 cup (40 grams) of chia seeds to 4 cups of fruit
juice (1 liter) for half an hour to make a fruit juice that's
full of fiber and minerals. 3. Chia Pudding - You can make chia
pudding similar to chia water. For a thicker pudding texture,
add more chia seeds and let the mixture soak longer. You can
make this pudding with juice or milk and then include flavorings
such as vanilla and cocoa like in this recipe. 4. Chia in
Smoothies - If you want to make your smoothie even more
nutritious, then add some chia seeds….
The Ancient Edible Plant That Combats Dandruff, Heals Wounds,
And Provides Energy, Too
Off the Grid News - The burdock plant has a long history of use
in many countries, including in the United States. Burdock (Arctium
lappa) has been valued for its ability to ease skin problems,
scalp issues, and especially for targeting lung, liver and
stomach problems. This plant is mentioned in written history as
far back as the 1600s and is also discussed in the 1869 book
Physio-Medical Dispensatory…. Burdock is a terrific one to learn
about, as it can be used not only for medicine, but the roots
are sometimes used as food. The truth, though, is that the
entire plant can be eaten. Burdock roots are actually quite
popular in Japan, where they are skinned and then cut into thin
rounds and used in soups or stir fry. Young, tender leaves are
eaten in the same way that lettuce is, and in salads or
sandwiches.
Friday - October
21, 2016 - Today In History:
1797 - "Old Ironsides," the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, was launched
in Boston's harbor.
1805 - The Battle of Trafalgar occurred off the coast of Spain. The
British defeated the French and Spanish fleet.
1849 - The first tattooed man, James F. O’Connell, was put on exhibition
at the Franklin Theatre in New York City, NY.
1879 - Thomas Edison invented the electric incandescent lamp. It would
last 13 1/2 hours before it would burn out.
1917 - The first U.S. soldiers entered combat during World War I near
Nancy, France.
1925 - The U.S. Treasury Department announced that it had fined 29,620
people for prohibition (of alcohol) violations.
1927 - In New York City, construction began on the George Washington
Bridge.
1944 - During World War II, the German city of Aachen was captured by
U.S. troops.
1945 - Women in France were allowed to vote for the first time.
1967 - Thousands of demonstrators marched in Washington, DC, in
opposition to the Vietnam War.
1983 - The Pentagon reported that 2,000 Marines were headed to Grenada
to protect and evacuate Americans living there.
1986 - The U.S. ordered 55 Soviet diplomats to leave. The action was in
reaction to the Soviet Union expelling five American diplomats.
1991 - Jesse Turner, an American hostage in Lebanon, was released after
nearly five years of being imprisoned.
1994 - North Korea and the U.S. signed an agreement requiring North
Korea to halt its nuclear program and agree to inspections.
2003 - The U.S. Senate voted to ban what was known as partial birth
abortions.
2003 - North Korea rejected U.S. President George W. Bush's offer of a
written pledge not to attack in exchange for the communist nation
agreeing to end its nuclear weapons program.
Syria warns it will ‘down Turkish planes next time,’ calls
bombing of Kurds ‘flagrant aggression’
RT - Damascus has reacted harshly to the bombing of Kurdish
militias in northern Syria on Thursday morning by Turkey’s air
force, vowing to intervene next time Ankara sends its planes
over its border. In a statement, the Syrian Defense Ministry
accused Turkey of “flagrant aggression, which targeted innocent
citizens,” saying that it considers it “a dangerous development
that could escalate the situation.”
“Any attempt to once again breach Syrian airspace by Turkish war
planes will be dealt with and they will be brought down by all
means available,” warned Damascus, whose planes, which have
flown in concert with a Russian expeditionary force, have been
avoiding direct confrontation with unauthorized NATO jets.
Turkish artillery guns have been firing at Kurdish militias, who
are now fighting against Ankara-backed rebels over territory won
back from Islamic State in northern Turkey on Wednesday. Turkey
said that the airstrikes took out up to 200 Kurds, though the
YPG, the Kurdish militia, initially put its losses at 15. Syria
called the victims “150 innocent civilians” and said that “these
irresponsible acts will have dire consequences that will
threaten the region's stability and security.” The US, Turkey’s
NATO ally, has meanwhile distanced itself from the airstrikes,
with State Department spokesperson John Kirby tweeting on
Thursday that “contrary to some reports, US was not involved in
Turkey airstrikes last night.”
‘ISIS terrorists fleeing Mosul for Syria’s Raqqa’ – French
President Hollande echoes Russian concern
RT - Islamic State militants are fleeing the battle for the
Iraqi city of Mosul and are traveling to the group’s Syrian
stronghold, Raqqa, French President Francois Hollande said.
Ahead of the Mosul operation, Russia warned of the relocation of
jihadists to Syria. “We can’t afford mistakes in pursuit of
terrorists, who are already fleeing Mosul for Raqqa,” Hollande
is cited as saying by AFP. The French leader was speaking in
Paris at a meeting of top officials from more than 20 members of
the US-led coalition, aimed at working out a stabilization plan
for Mosul. The battle for the strategic Iraqi city, which was
held by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) since 2014, began
on Sunday and has since intensified. The Iraqi military and
US-led coalition said that the operation to retake Mosul may
take weeks or even months. Late on Thursday, the Iraqi military
said it had captured the town of Bartella, situated some 15
kilometers from Mosul. Lieutenant-General Talib Shaghati called
the liberation of the town an “important” achievement for the
operation, PressTV reported.
Aleppo humanitarian pause extended by 24 hours – Russian Defense
Ministry
RT - Russia has decided to extend the humanitarian pause around
Aleppo, Syria, for another 24 hours, the Russian defense
minister has said. Militants killed 14 local officials and
wounded three Russian officers on the first day of the pause.
“On an order from the commander-in-chief of the Russian
military, Vladimir Putin, we have decided to extend the
humanitarian pause for one more day. The extension of the
humanitarian pause in Aleppo was supported by the leadership of
the Syrian Arab Republic,” Sergey Shoigu said. Three Russian
military officers were lightly wounded when militants opened
fire targeting a humanitarian corridor leading from Aleppo, near
the El-Masharka government checkpoint, the Russian Center for
Reconciliation reports.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Announces “Separation” From
United States, Alligns With China; Seeks Alliance With Putin
Zero Hedge - After the relentless barrage of verbal abuse and
negative sentiment aimed at Barack Obama and the US, coupled
with increasingly complimentary statements toward Beijing, it
was only a matter of time before Philippine President Rodrigo
Duterte put an end to the speculation if and when he would
officially pivot the country’s long-held diplomatic alliance
away from the US and toward China. He did so today when, during
a visit to China’s capital, Duterte announced his “separation”
from the United States, declaring he had realigned with China as
the two agreed to resolve their South China Sea dispute through
talks. Duterte is currently in Beijing, where he is visiting
with at least 200 business people to pave the way for what he
calls a new commercial alliance as relations with longtime ally
Washington deteriorate. “In this venue, your honours, in this
venue, I announce my separation from the United States,” Duterte
told Chinese and Philippine business people, to applause, at a
forum in the Great Hall of the People attended by Chinese Vice
Premier Zhang Gaoli. “Both in military, not maybe social, but
economics also. America has lost.” Duterte’s efforts to engage
China, months after a tribunal in the Hague ruled that Beijing
did not have historic rights to the South China Sea in a case
brought by the previous administration in Manila, marks a
reversal in foreign policy since the 71-year-old former mayor
took office on June 30. As Reuters adds, his trade secretary,
Ramon Lopez, said $13.5 billion in deals would be signed during
the China trip. An even more dramatic admission came moments
later when Duterte also voiced his desire to expand the newly
hachced Asian axis to include Russia as well.
US deploys 3,500-strong armored brigade to S. Korea amid
mounting tensions with North
RT - The 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, one of the oldest tank
units in the US Army, will move to South Korea for a nine-month
“rotational deployment.” It comes just one day after the
Pentagon threatened an “overwhelming response” to any attack on
Seoul. The US Army said on Wednesday that it had begun the
“rotational deployment” of the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team
(1st ABCT) of the 1st Infantry Division from Fort Riley, Kansas,
to the Camp Casey north of Seoul. Brigade General Patrick D.
Frank, deputy commander of the 1st Infantry Division, said in a
statement the brigade’s 3,500 soldiers and officers “are
well-trained and fully prepared for this important mission to
South Korea” that would last for nine months. A typical Armored
Brigade Combat Team in the US Army includes 90 M1 Abrams tanks,
90 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, and 112 M113 armed
personnel carriers. Other vehicles, such as ‘Humvees’, operate
in a supporting role. The US military refrained from providing
more details of the deployment, but it comes amidst the latest
of “North Korea’s provocations.”… Among other measures, the two
countries will stage a massive two-day military exercise,
scheduled to start on October 22.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Wikileaks Releases Part 13 Of Podesta Data Dump; Total Emails
Released Is Now 23,423
Zero Hedge - The third and final debate may have come and gone,
but the daily Wiki Podesta dump continues. In the now
traditional daily routine moments ago Wikileaks released yet
another 3,000 emails in Part 13 of its ongoing Podesta Email
dump, which brings the total number of released emails to
23,423.
* Related:
Detailed List [With Links] of Top Wikileaks Podesta Emails
WIKILEAKS: Hillary Took Algeria Off Terror Watch List After
Donation to Clinton Foundation
The Gateway Pundit - A new Wikileaks document reveals Hillary
took Algeria off the US terror watch list after they made a
hefty donation to the Clinton Foundation’s Haiti relief project.
How is that legal? The Clinton camp was discussing Joe
Scarborough’s discussion on the Algerian donations to the
Clinton Foundation. The Clinton advisors defended the move in
the email saying it’s “legal gray area.”
Wikileaks Releases First Batch Of Emails Sent To And From
President Obama's Secret Email Address
Zero Hedge - Just when it seemed we could not get any more email
leak excitement, here comes Wikileaks with what it claims is the
first batch of emails obtained from a secret address used by
president Barack Obama (bobama@ameritech.com). The emails appear
to all have been released previously, however Wikileaks has
filtered the set of emails which have the "bobama" term in the
email address….
* Related Video:
Obama weighs in on Hillary Clinton's private emails
Wikileaks: Podesta’s Daughter Received His Shares in
Putin-Linked Company
Breitbart - An email uncovered in the Wikileaks hacks reveals
that Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s “75,000
common shares” — obtained from his membership on the executive
board of an energy company, Joule Unlimited, which received
millions from a Putin-connected Russian government fund — were
transferred to his daughter, Megan Rouse…. Last week, Donald
Trump’s presidential campaign’s Senior Communications Advisor
Jason Miller demanded that Podesta either explain his connection
to Joule or resign as Clinton’s campaign chairman. “The
disclosure that Clinton Chair John Podesta transferred his
shares in Putin-backed Joule Unlimited to an anonymous holding
company when he joined the Obama Administration is extremely
concerning,” Miller said in a statement. “Because the holding
company is completely anonymous, we do not know whether or not
he still has deep financial ties to Vladimir Putin and his
regime,” Miller’s statement continued. “As such, Mr. Podesta
needs to either reveal who is behind the holding company or he
must resign from the Clinton campaign immediately.” Podesta has
yet to comment publicly on his involvement with Joule Unlimited.
Lawmaker Behind Illegal Immigrant Marriage Ban Under Fire
Breitbart - State Rep. Valerie Hodges (R-LA) pushed the reform
to keep illegal immigrants from using marriage in the state to
receive legal status, a plan that was widely backed by
Republicans and anti-illegal immigration Attorney General Jeff
Landry. It is illegal for any Louisiana resident to get married
in the state without the proof of lawful presence. Though the
law will keep illegal immigrants from wrongfully using marriage
as a way to become legal residents, it does not distinguish from
refugees in the process. A refugee without documentation of
birth but is a lawful resident cannot get married in the state
at present. Hodges told the Associated Press that she never
wanted the law to keep legal residents from getting married in
the state, calling it “basically a technical oversight.” Now, a
refugee is suing, saying the law is unconstitutional because it
prevents legal immigrants from getting married. Hodges, though,
says she is looking to pass an amendment to clarify future
enforcement.
Virginia Bill Would Expand Health Freedom; Set Stage to Nullify
Obamacare
Tenth Amendment Center - A bill prefiled in the Virginia Senate
would help facilitate healthcare freedom and set the stage to
nullify Obamacare in practice in the state. Sen. William Stanley
Jr. (R-Moneta) prefiled Senate Bill 800 (SB800) on Oct. 7. The
legislation specifies that direct primary care agreements
(sometimes called medical retainer agreements) do not constitute
insurance, thereby freeing doctors and patients from the onerous
requirements and regulations under the state insurance code. The
bill would also specify that a direct primary care practices are
not subject to the jurisdiction of the State Corporation
Commission (SCC) and not required to obtain a certificate of
authority or license to market, sell,or offer to sell a direct
primary care agreements. The bill will be officially introduced
Jan. 11, 2017, and taken up by the Senate Committee on Commerce
and Labor. The Virginia legislature overwhelmingly passed a
similar bill during the last legislative session, but the
governor rejected the bill, sending it back with a
recommendation that it not go into effect unless reenacted by
the 2017 Session of the General Assembly. In other words, the
bill would have had to go through the legislative process all
over again this year before taking effect. The House rejected
the amendment by a 34-66 vote. McAuliffe then vetoed the bill.
***Live Updates*** Trump, Clinton Share Stage at Annual Al Smith
Charity Roast
A day after their contentious Las Vegas debate, Donald Trump and
Hillary Clinton will share the stage for the final time this
election cycle at the annual Al Smith Dinner in New York. The
candidates will poke fun at themselves and each other at the
white-tie fundraiser that benefits Catholic Charities.
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CNN’s Starr: Clinton’s Answer On Nuke Launch Time Used
‘Extremely Classified’ Info, Military ‘Not Especially Thrilled’
Breitbart - On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN Newsroom,” CNN
Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr reported that Democratic
presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s
statement about the time it takes to launch nuclear weapons is
“extremely classified,” and while there is a lot of information
available to public on what the process is for launching nuclear
weapons, “if you know information to be classified, and you’re a
government official, even if it’s in the open source, even if
it’s on the Internet, you are not supposed to disclose it.” She
further stated, “the bottom line is, the US military, not
especially thrilled to be discussing in precise detail what it
takes to launch nuclear weapons.” Starr said that whether
Clinton’s comment violated any operational security was a
“fairly complicated question.” She continued, “A military
spokesman told us that they do not discuss operational timelines
for launching nuclear weapons. This is some of the most
classified information.
Billionaire Clinton "Hillblazer" Pushes New Tax That Funnels
Middle Class Money To Wall Street
Zero Hedge - David Sirota just penned a very important and
interesting article zeroing in on how Wall Street is maneuvering
to propose and implement a new retirement tax on Americans under
a Hillary Clinton Administration. Leading the charge is
billionaire financial oligarch Tony James, who is COO of private
equity giant Blackstone. Mr. James is a generous contributor to
Hillary Clinton’s Presidential run, and is listed as a
“Hillblazer” by her campaign for having raised at least $100,000
toward her candidacy. While many Americans already know that
much, most of you will be totally unaware of his aggressive plan
to force a 3% payroll tax on the public which will be
immediately funneled to Wall Street management firms, including
“alternative managers” such as hedge funds and private equity.
It seems like a very bizarre time to initiate such a proposal
considering many public pension funds are actively ditching
alternative managers after realizing they’ve been paying
extraordinarily high fees for pitiful performance. In other
words, they’ve been ripped off…. International Business Times
reports: The proposal would require workers and employers to put
a percentage of payroll into individual retirement accounts “to
be invested well in pooled plans run by professional investment
managers,” as James put it. In other words, individual voluntary
401(k)s would be replaced by a single national system, and much
of the mandated savings would flow to Wall Street, where
companies like Blackstone could earn big fees off the assets.
And because of a gap in federal anti-corruption rules, there
would be little to prevent the biggest investment contracts from
being awarded to the biggest presidential campaign donors.
Tax Foundation Analyzes Tax Plans: Trump Tops Clinton For GDP &
Wage Growth
Zero Hedge - The Tax Foundation has an interesting analysis of
Trump’s tax plan compared to Hillary’s. Hillary is negative on
GDP, capital investment, wage growth, and jobs. Trump is
positive on all four under two different models…. Donald Trump’s
tax plan would significantly cut taxes, while mostly steering
clear of the more difficult task of broadening the tax base. His
plan would cut the individual income tax for most taxpayers by
cutting marginal rates and expanding the standard deduction. He
would cut corporate income taxes by reducing the corporate
income tax rate from 35 percent to 15 percent and allowing
businesses to choose between a deduction for net interest
expense and the full expensing of capital investments. His plan
would also introduce a number of new childcare expense-related
credits and deductions while eliminating both the personal
exemption and head of household filing…. Hillary Clinton’s plan
would raise taxes overall in order to fund new programs. Her
plan would significantly raise taxes on high-income taxpayers by
enacting a 30 percent minimum tax called the “Buffett Rule,” a
cap on itemized deductions, and a 4 percent “surtax” on incomes
above $5 million. Her plan would also significantly increase the
estate tax, especially on very large estates. Her plan would cut
taxes for middle-income taxpayers and small businesses. She
would expand tax credits for middle- and low-income taxpayers,
expand expensing for small businesses, and simplify their taxes.
Small business is up in arms over Hillary's plan to raise the
estate tax
CNBC News - Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has proposed
increasing the estate tax to a top rate of 65 percent, arguing,
in effect, that the rich have been getting away with murder and
enraging small-business owners and farmers who worry a higher
estate tax could put them out of business. Clinton wants to cut
the exemption for the "death tax" from $5 million today to $3.5
million, with a 45 percent tax on amounts between that and $10
million. She'd set a 50 percent rate on assets over $10 million,
55 percent over $50 million and 65 percent on amounts exceeding
$500 million for an individual, $1 billion for married couples.
As with the progressive income tax, each rate applies until the
next threshold is reached, when the next rate kicks in….
Meanwhile, Donald Trump wants to get rid of the estate tax
entirely, saying that would spur economic growth. But he would
apply capital gains tax upon the owner's death, with exemptions
for small businesses and family farms on the first $10 million
in assets…. Though there is little evidence many businesses have
gone under from estate taxes, it's a hot-button issue for those
who see the tax jeopardizing family assets like farms built over
a lifetime — or several lifetimes. Groups opposed to estate
taxes note that many small businesses, even if they survive,
must give up an arm and a leg selling assets to pay the tax.
Many, they complain, shoulder heavy expenses for strategies like
buying large life insurance policies to soften the blow. There
are approximately 2.5 million small businesses and 90,000 farms
worth more than $5 million in the United States, according to
National Federation of Independent Business, potentially
exposing many to the tax.
Apple Stock Sinks After Reports Of iPhone 7 Bursting Into Flames
Zero Hedge - As BGR reports, an iPhone 7 owner appears to be the latest
victim, claiming that he left his iPhone 7 in his car and came back to
find the vehicle filled with smoke with the interior badly burned. While
the cause of the fire hasn’t yet been confirmed by officials, photos
from the scene show that the fire indeed destroyed the interior of the
car…. Australian surfing instructor Mat Jones says that he left his
week-old iPhone 7 under a pair of pants in his car while he went out to
give a lesson. When he came back from surfing, he says the windows of
his car were completely black. When he opened his door, he immediately a
wave of heat as smoke escaped from the car. Jones says he bought the new
iPhone 7 just one week ago, and he claims that he has not dropped it or
used any third-party chargers to recharge the device. While this is
obviously no indication of any sort of widespread problem, similar
incidents often occur after a phone suffers some type of trauma.
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
The 9 Most Productive Vegetables You Can Grow Indoors During
Winter (Video)
Off the Grid News - 1. Tomatoes do well indoors with plenty of
light and warmth, but they need a good-sized container –
preferably at least five gallons, even if you grow dwarf or
patio varieties. Once the tomatoes bloom, you’ll probably have
to help with pollination by giving the plants a gentle shake to
release the pollen. Choose indeterminate tomatoes, which will
grow and product fruit indefinitely. 2. Eggplant and peppers
belong to the same plant family as tomatoes, and their growing
conditions are similar. Look for dwarf varieties that take up
less valuable growing space. Carrots generally need deep soil to
accommodate the long roots, but you can plant dwarf or round
types successfully in pots. Sprinkle the seeds over the surface
of moist potting soil, and then clip the tiny seedlings to ½
inch apart soon after they germinate. Once the carrots reach 3
inches, thin them again to a distance of about an inch. 4.
Radishes are easy to grow just about anywhere, and growing them
indoors is no exception. Like carrots, round or dwarf varieties
fit best in containers. 5. Potatoes don’t require a lot of
space, but they need large, deep pots because you’ll need to add
straw or compost to build up layers over the plants as they
grow. You can even grow potatoes in a garbage bag with the top
rolled down; then roll up the top as they grow. 6. Mushrooms are
a fun indoor crop. It’s easy to get started with kits, but you
can also purchase mushroom spawn and do it yourself. The growing
medium depends on the type of mushroom, but you may need to
stock up on straw or sawdust. (Or rotten manure if your
mushrooms are in a garage)….
The Shrimp America Imports are Injected with Toxic Chemicals
that Cause Cancer, Damage Organs
Natural Blaze - Vietnam currently needs around 130 billion
breeding shrimp every year, but since local brood stock can meet
only 40% of that demand, Vietnamese producers are injecting
carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), gelatin, and glucose to make the
available shrimp weigh more. The biggest suppliers of shrimp
products in Vietnam import more than 50% of their raw material
for processing from other countries, such as China. Imagine the
double whammy: about 100 million pounds of shrimp – or about 8%
of all the shrimp Americans consume – comes from Vietnam, which
gets their majority of its shrimp from China, who have an
ineffective food regulation system. After nearly $150 million
worth of shrimp were imported to the USA from China between
January and October 2015, the Food and Drug Administration
issued an import alert on Dec. 11, 2015, about the “presence of
new animals’ drugs and/or unsafe food additives” from seafood
imported in China, including shrimp. CMC — a water-soluble
anionic linear polymer used in pharmaceuticals and cosmetics —
can cause diarrhea, abdominal cramps, eye pain, irritation,
redness or lingering vision changes. Nonetheless, the scandal of
injecting shrimp with CMC as well as an industrial gel — a
cheaper non-edible carcinogenic version of CMC that harms the
liver and blood — has persisted; and no one seems to pay
attention to its disastrous side effects…. Gel-injected shrimp
is not the only cause of concern for the American consumers.
Farmers in Vietnam freeze the shrimp in contaminated water
before it is exported to the United States. Microbiologist
Mansour Samadpour claims that the water they use actually
supports the development of diseases and bacteria. “Those
conditions — ice made from dirty water, animals near the farms,
pigs — are unacceptable.”
7 Foods That Increase Bone Cartilage & Regenerate it
Natural News Blogs - Cartilage acts like a pad or cushion,
protecting your bones at the joints during movement. Cartilage
is a type of connective tissue that serves as a communicating
medium between musculo-skeletal elements such as bones,
ligaments and the muscles. Cartilage is regenerated according to
what food you eat. Some recent studies have shown how eating
foods rich in the amino acid lysine can be of great help,
because this amino acid participates in the renewal of the
collagen, which is the main part of your cartilage…. 1.
Pomegranate extract repair cartilage damaged by osteoarthritis,
it lowered levels of an inflammatory chemical linked with
overproduction of a certain enzyme. This enzyme is essential for
cartilage replacement but when too much is produced, cartilage
wears down. Joints likely absorb the juice when you drink it. 2.
Almonds - These nuts are rich in omega 3 fatty acids, vitamin E,
and manganese. Omega 3 reduces inflammation. Vitamin E is an
antioxidant that protects the body from damage. Manganese helps
glucosamine work quicker and more effectively as it repairs
joints. 3. Turmeric and Ginger - One of the best ways to
increase bone cartilage is to include more ginger and turmeric
into your diet. Both ginger and turmeric are revered for their
amazing anti-inflammatory properties. Not only can these two
super roots help to protect your remaining cartilage from
suffering further damage, but they can also help to provide
relief from pain. 4. Garlic protects your joints and cartilage.
You could also eat onions, leeks, or chives—these foods have
organo-sulfur compounds in them, which, unsurprisingly, are an
organic source of sulfur. Sulfur is not something normally
thought of when considering diet, but for preventing joint pain,
it is rather important. 5. Coconut oil is rich in essential oils
that reduce inflammation, reduce pain, hydrate tissues, and
protect against viruses, bacteria, and fungi that deal damage to
our bodies. It can be used both internally and topically…..
Bromide in Your Bread Depletes Iodine Leading to Numerous
Diseases, Including Cancer
Living Traditionally - Bromides are a common endocrine
disruptor. Because bromide is also a halide, it competes for the
same receptors that are used in the thyroid gland (among other
places) to capture iodine. This will inhibit thyroid hormone
production resulting in a low thyroid state. Iodine is essential
for your body, and is detected in every organ and tissue. There
is increasing evidence that low iodine is related to numerous
diseases, including cancer. Various clinicians and researchers
have found iodine effective with everything from goiter to
constipation. Bromide can be found in several forms. Methyl
Bromide is a pesticide used mainly on strawberries, found
predominantly in the California areas. Brominated Vegetable Oil
(BVO) is added to citrus drinks to help suspend the flavoring in
the liquid.
The 9 Best All-Natural Shaving Products
Men's Journal - Now that you’ve rid your kitchen of
chemically-laden junk, it only makes sense that your medicine
cabinet follow suit. The new line-up of organic shaving products
has evolved past questionable heath food store stock to include
a diverse assortment of top notch pucks, gels, and creams. We
compiled a list of our favorite all-natural alternatives.
Bye-bye, Barbasol.
Homemade Shaving Cream Recipe
To use, apply a thin layer to skin and shave. Makes about 4-6
ounces whipped. Ingredients: 1/3 cup coconut oil, 1/3 cup shea
butter, 2 tablespoons olive, jojoba or sweet almond oil, 2
tablespoons liquid castile soap.
Healthy Ways to Successfully Remove Mold Naturally
Natural News Blogs - The symptoms of mold allergies can range
from mild to serious. Mild symptoms would incorporate rashes,
stuffiness, or itching. More serious symptoms would incorporate
fever, or tightness in the chest. In the event that a man has
asthma or chronic lung disease, they might be at a considerably
greater risk. In extraordinary cases, mold may even make an
infection in the lungs. Below are some of the three major ways
that can effectively and successfully eliminate molds and
mildew. Use of plants: Plants absorb carbon dioxide and
discharge clean oxygen. A few plants likewise purify the air.
“House plants can purify and rejuvenate air inside our houses
and workplaces, safeguarding every one of us from any reactions
connected with prevalent toxins, for example, formaldehyde,
ammonia, furthermore benzene,” as indicated by a study finished
by NASA to choose which plants are best for air purification.
Use of crystal salt lamp. Crystal Salt Lamp likewise works as an
air purifier. Whenever lit, the lamp emits negative ions that
fight against emphatically charged particles that cause you to
feel stuffy and sluggish. The lit salt crystal dispels any
confusion air naturally of allergens like smoke, pet dander,
pollens, and other air pollutants. It dilutes odors with the
goal that you can breathe less demanding. Individuals with
asthma regularly think that its accommodating in reducing their
symptoms. You can keep the lamp lit for whatever length of time
that you get a kick out of the chance to keep up this purifying
effect. Utilization of Consistent Candles. Consistent paraffin
candles are petroleum inferred and can omit chemicals like
benzene, toluene and soot into the air. These sorts of candles
accomplish more harm than good for indoor air quality and ought
to be avoided. Immaculate Beeswax Candles, burn with almost no
smoke or scent and purify the air by discharging negative ions
into the air.
Paralyzed Dog Gets Acupuncture, And Now She Can Run
The Dodo - A 4-year-old dog named Luca was lucky to get a loving family
when she was just a puppy — but no one knew there was something going on
inside her that would render her hind legs paralyzed. Luca was diagnosed
with Intervertebral Disk Disease (IVDD), a serious condition that causes
nerve compression, which results in pain and even paralysis. Luca had
emergency neurosurgery to treat her disease, but even after the
successful procedure, she had to learn how to use her legs all over
again. So her family decided to do something a little different — they
took Luca to an acupuncturist…. After just one visit, Luca's family
began to notice a difference. "Luca seemed to be stronger, and more
mobile even after one treatment, with further improvement after the
second one," Lou said. Some skeptics say that acupuncture for animals
has a placebo affect for the concerned humans who love their pets — it
makes people feel like they're doing something to heal their animals, so
they see improvement because they want to. But others, including experts
in veterinary medicine, see acupuncture as a viable option, if paired
with regular medical care…. "Luca showed immediate and lasting
improvement after each visit," Lou said.
* Related Video:
PBS Spotlight on Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM)
Video: His Dog Waits Patiently While He Goes To Play In The Puddle
Sometimes it's the smallest things that put the biggest smiles on our
faces. This clip certainly abides by that philosophy. This little boy
was out on a walk with his larger-than-himself dog (though, they're
clearly not alone...someone had to hold the camera!) when he decided
that an approaching puddle seemed pretty appealing. After gently laying
down the leash, he takes a few romps through the water, while his
patient pup awaits his return. If there was ever a time to book it, this
was it. It's clear that this dog loves his little owner far too much for
that!
Video: An American Story (1992)
World War II has ended and many soldiers return to their houses and
families. But three of them find themselves with big problems when they
arrive at their home village.
Thursday - October
20, 2016 - Today In History:
1740 - Maria Theresa became the ruler of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia
with the death of her father, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI.
1774 - The new Continental Congress, the governing body of America’s
colonies, passed an order proclaiming that all citizens of the colonies
"discountenance and discourage all horse racing and all kinds of gaming,
cock fighting, exhibitions of shows, plays and other expensive
diversions and entertainment."
1803 - The U.S. Senate approved the Louisiana Purchase.
1818 - The U.S. and Great Britain established the boundary between the
U.S. and Canada to be the 49th parallel.
1827 - The Battle of Navarino took place during the Greek War for
Independence.
1903 - A joint commission ruled in favor of the U.S. concerning a
dispute over the boundary between Canada and the District of Alaska.
1935 - Mao Zedong arrived in Hanoi after his Long March that took just
over a year. He then set up the Chinese Communist Headquarters.
1942 - Pierre Laval told the French labor that they must serve in
Germany.
1944 - Allied forces invaded the Philippines.
1944 - During World War II, the Yugoslav cities of Belgrade and
Dubrovnik were liberated.
1979 - The John F. Kennedy Library in Boston was dedicated.
1984 - The U.S. State Department reduced the number of Americans
assigned to the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon.
1993 - Attorney General Janet Reno warned the TV industry to limit the
violence in their programs.
1994 - The website WhiteHouse.gov was launched.
1995 - Britain, France and the U.S. announced a treaty that banned
atomic blasts in the South Pacific.
2009 - European astronomers discover 32 exoplanets.
Major Russian naval deployment to intensify Aleppo assault: NATO
diplomat
Reuters - Russian warships off the coast of Norway are carrying
fighter bombers that are likely to reinforce a final assault on
the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo in two weeks, a senior NATO
diplomat said on Wednesday, citing Western intelligence. The
fleet passed by the Norwegian city of Bergen on Wednesday, the
diplomat said, while Russian media has said it will move through
the English Channel, past Gibraltar and into the Mediterranean
Sea to the Syrian coast. "They are deploying all of the Northern
fleet and much of the Baltic fleet in the largest surface
deployment since the end of the Cold War," the diplomat said on
condition of anonymity. "This is not a friendly port call. In
two weeks, we will see a crescendo of air attacks on Aleppo as
part of Russia's strategy to declare victory there," the
diplomat said. Photos of the vessels have been released by the
Norwegian military, taken on Monday. A Norwegian newspaper
quoted the head of the Norwegian military intelligence service
saying the ships involved "will probably play a role in the
deciding battle for Aleppo". Russia, which supports Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad with an air campaign against the
Western rebels in the devastated eastern part of Aleppo, has
said the deployment will target Islamic State militants in
Syria. But the NATO diplomat said the additional military
firepower was designed to drive out or destroy the 8,000 rebels
in Aleppo, the only large city still in opposition hands, and
allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to start a withdrawal….
The fleet off Norway includes Russia's only aircraft carrier,
the Admiral Kuznetsov, which is carrying jet fighters, and the
Soviet-era nuclear-powered battle cruiser Pyotr Velikiy, or
Peter the Great. Other Russian vessels in the group include the
anti-submarine warships of the Severomorsk and Vice-Admiral
Kulakov and support ships, Russian media has reported.
First-ever Russia-Egypt paratrooper drills in Africa underway
(VIDEO)
RT - Russian and Egyptian paratroopers have for the first time
taken part in joint military drills in the African desert. Some
200 servicemen participated in the exercises, aimed at boosting
anti-terrorism effectiveness. An array of military equipment is
being used on both sides, including Russia’s IL-76mg and Egypt’s
Casa and C-130, as well as a range of parachute systems,
deployed at altitudes of 2,000 (609 meters), 6,000 and 7,000ft,
somewhere over Alexandria, according to the Russian Ministry of
Defense…. Observers from over 30 countries are keeping watch.
These are the first war drills between the two countries ever to
be carried out on the African continent, and involve desert and
the type of terrain that Russians don’t often find themselves
in. However, the two countries already took part in joint naval
drills in the Mediterranean in June 2015, off the Alexandria
coast. The drills come as part of an agreement between Russia
and Egypt and are designed to bolster joint response to
terrorism. According to members of the Russian command contacted
by RT Arabic, Egypt has requested that the emphasis be on
special operations and hostage rescue, particularly in an urban
setting…. The drills have been christened ‘Friendship
Defenders-2016’, and will run October 15-26.
Iran Seeking ‘Many Billions of Dollars’ in Ransom to Free U.S.
Hostages
Washington Free Beacon - Iran is seeking “many billions of
dollars” in payments from the United States in exchange for the
release of several U.S. hostages still being detained in Iran,
according to reports by Iran’s state-controlled press that are
reigniting debate over the Obama administration’s decision
earlier this year to pay Iran $1.7 billion in cash. Senior
Iranian officials, including the country’s president, have been
floating the possibility of further payments from the United
States for months. Since the White House agreed to pay Tehran
$1.7 billion in cash earlier this year as part of a deal bound
up in the release of American hostages, Iran has captured
several more U.S. citizens. Future payments to Iran could reach
as much as $2 billion, according to sources familiar with the
matter, who said that Iran is detaining U.S. citizens in Iran’s
notorious Evin prison where inmates are routinely tortured and
abused.
Russian MPs pass bill to suspend plutonium reprocessing deal
with US
RT - The State Duma has overwhelmingly voted in favor of a bill
that suspends a Russian-American deal on reprocessing
weapons-grade plutonium extracted from decommissioned warheads.
The bill, submitted on October 3 by the president’s office, was
backed by 445 MPs, with one abstention. The reprocessing deal
was ratified in 2000 and involved Russia and the US disposing of
excessive plutonium by fabricating nuclear plant fuel from it
and transmuting it in a reactor. The US later decided that the
process was too costly and that it would rather mix its
plutonium with special dilutants and store it indefinitely.
Moscow sees that as a gross breach of the deal, saying the US
could potentially restore the fissile material. The bill, which
was drawn up by the Kremlin, says the deal may come back into
force if the US takes a number of steps to rectify its past
anti-Russian actions, including the expansion of NATO and
imposition of economic sanctions against Russia. Moscow,
however, has little hope of the US doing that, Russian Deputy
Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told MPs prior to the vote….
Amongst other demands, Moscow wants Washington to curb its
military presence on the territory of NATO members which have
joined the alliance since September 1, 2000, to the number at
which they were at the moment of signing the agreement.
Saudi-Led Airstrike on Yemeni Funeral ‘Deliberate Error’ – UK
Minister for Middle East
Sputnik News - The airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition on a
funeral ceremony in Yemen’s capital Sanaa that killed over 100
people was a “deliberate error”, UK Minister for the Middle East
Tobias Ellwood said on Wednesday. On October 8, an airstrike hit
the funeral ceremony in Sanaa. The attack claimed at least 140
lives leaving over 500 injured…. On October 15, the Saudi-led
coalition admitted in the official statement the fact that one
of its aircraft was behind a deadly bombing, adding that the
attack was carried out based on false information. "I went to
Riyadh last week to tell them that they need to come out with a
report immediately, they did that, it was released on the
weekend and they put their hand up and said this was a gross
breach of standard operating procedures,” the minister added.
Police truck runs over demonstrators protesting US troops in
Philippines (VIDEO)
RT - A rally protesting the presence of American troops in the
Philippines has turned violent outside the US embassy in Manila,
with police using tear gas against demonstrators. Several people
were run over by a police van. AP footage shows the van
repeatedly ramming into protesters as it drove back and forth
among the crowd. It occurred after demonstrators surrounded the
vehicle and began hitting it with wooden batons seized from
police. At least three student activists were taken to hospital
after being run over, protest leader Renato Reyes told AP.
Police arrested 23 protesters who broke into a line of riot
police and hurled red paint at officers and a US government
employee. Responding to the violent dispersal of protesters,
Reyes said "there was absolutely no justification for it." "Even
as the president vowed an independent foreign policy, Philippine
police forces still act as running dogs of the US," he added.
Jihadi rehab: Swedish city plans free driver’s license, housing
& tax perks for returning fighters
RT - A Swedish city is considering giving jihadists returning
from Syria and Iraq free housing, a driver’s license, and tax
benefits to ease their reintegration, but social media users
have slammed the proposal, saying it ignores the terrorists’
victims. The support for extremists was proposed by Anna
Sjöstrand, a municipal coordinator against violent extremism in
the city of Lund in southern Sweden…. Sjöstrand’s proposal was
based on a report written by author and criminologist
Christoffer Carlsson, who says that it is difficult for people
to abandon extremism and reintegrate into society without
support…. The proposal has been eviscerated on social media,
however, with users saying that Sweden is forgetting about the
terrorists’ victims. “Lund wants to help terrorists with
housing, driver’s license and job, but forgets the victims,” one
user wrote on Twitter, while another added: “Rapists, child
murderers, terrorists. Everyone should be treated equally.” Some
users were calling for Sjöstrand’s resignation.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
The Simpsons uncanny ability to 'predict' future American events
MINA - One of the most prominent of their “predictions” relates
to the current state of US politics. Donald Trump’s presidential
bid was first depicted on the cartoon series – playing out in a
2000 episode some 16 years before the billionaire was actually
chosen as the Republican Party’s nominee. And that’s far from
being the only case of an episode of The Simpsons reflecting
future events. Here, we list six other past episodes in which
The Simpsons bizarrely predicted, depicted, or referred to major
contemporary events that were yet to unfold.
General Cartwright is paying the price for Hillary Clinton’s
sins
Washington Post - The Obama administration Justice Department
has investigated three senior officials for mishandling
classified information over the past two years but only one
faces a felony conviction, possible jail time and a humiliation
that will ruin his career: former Joint Chiefs of Staff vice
chairman General James E. Cartwright. The FBI’s handling of the
case stands in stark contrast to its treatment of Hillary
Clinton and retired General David Petraeus — and it reeks of
political considerations. Monday marked a stunning fall from
grace for Cartwright, the man once known as “Obama’s favorite
general,” who pleaded guilty to the felony charge of lying to
the FBI during its investigation into the leaking of classified
information about covert operations against Iran to two
journalists. His lawyer Greg Craig said in a statement that
Cartwright spoke with David Sanger of the New York Times and Dan
Klaidman of Newsweek as a confirming source for stories they had
already reported, in an effort to prevent the publication of
harmful national security secrets. Under his plea deal,
Cartwright could face up to five years in prison and a $250,000
fine. Last year, Petraeus cut a deal with the Justice Department
after admitting he had lied to the FBI and passed hundreds of
highly classified documents to his biographer and mistress Paula
Broadwell. He pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor of
mishandling classified information and was sentenced to two
years probation and a $100,000 fine.
Wikileaks Releases Another 1,803 Podesta Emails In Part 12 Of
Data Dump; Total Is Now 18,953
Zero Hedge - The daily dump continues. In the now traditional
daily routine, one which forces the Clinton campaign to resort
to ever more stark sexual scandals involving Trump to provide a
media distraction, moments ago Wikileaks released yet another
1,803 emails in Part 12 of its ongoing Podesta Email dump, which
brings the total number of released emails to 18,953….As there
is a total of 50,000 emails, Wikileaks will keep the media busy
over the next three weeks until the elections with another
30,000 emails still expected to be released.
* Related:
Detailed List of Top Wikileaks Podesta Emails (Update 7)
New Clinton emails appear to contradict her sworn testimony
Washington Examiner - Emails recovered from Hillary Clinton's
server by the FBI and made public Wednesday cast doubt on the
former secretary of state's own testimony about her email use.
Responding to a set of questions under oath last week, Clinton
said through her lawyer that she did not recall discussing her
server with Bryan Pagliano, the IT aide whose immunity deal was
the first to emerge publicly from the year-long FBI probe.
"Secretary Clinton states that she does not recall having
communications with Bryan Pagliano concerning or relating to the
management, preservation, deletion, or destruction of any emails
in her clintonemail.com email account," Clinton testified
through her lawyer, David Kendall, after raising objections to
the question. But emails provided to conservative-leaning
Judicial Watch through the Freedom of Information Act show
Clinton included Pagliano in discussions about her Blackberry,
iPad and server when her network experienced problems in 2012.
The two email chains, included among 15 pages of documents
published by Judicial Watch on Wednesday, show Pagliano wrote
directly to Clinton and copied Justin Cooper, a former Clinton
Foundation aide who also provided assistance for the email
system, in March 2012…. The new records were among the roughly
15,000 emails FBI agents turned over to the State Department at
the conclusion of their investigation.
Illegals Seeking Asylum Up 900%, Get Cash, Welfare, School Loans
Washington Examiner - The number of illegals seeking asylum to
gain easy access to the United States has jumped 900 percent in
less than 10 years, greatly expanding the Immigration population
receiving Social Security benefits, school loans, green cards,
welfare and other taxpayer funded services, according to figures
from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. While about
8,000 mostly Latin Americans in 2009 sought asylum, the number
is expected to reach 80,000 or more this year, according to a
projection from the Center for Immigration Studies. The report
said 80 percent come from just three countries that have already
flooded the border with youths and young families, El Salvador,
Guatemala and Honduras. Most claim a fear of torture, abuse, or
retaliation, fulfilling the U.S. requirement that they must
voice some credible fear of returning home. The surge was
sparked by a freeing up by President Obama of the restrictions
to those requesting asylum. Now they are let into the United
States while they pursue their asylum request.
Video: Third Presidential Debate (C-SPAN)
***Live Updates*** Trump vs. Clinton, Round 3
Breitbart - Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton square off in their
third and final presidential debate tonight at the University of
Nevada, Las Vegas.
*Related:
Third Presidential Debate Fact-Check
Trump: Clinton Should Return Money From Countries That Abuse
Women
The Daily Caller - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump
called out the Clinton Foundation for accepting money from
countries such as Saudi Arabia that abuse women and gays and
minority groups in the debate Wednesday, asking why she doesn’t
“give back the money.” “It is a criminal enterprise,” Trump
said, referring to the Clinton Foundation. “Saudi Arabia giving
$25 million, Qatar, all of these countries, you check about
women and women’s race — these are people that push gays off
buildings. They kill women and treat women horribly, and yet you
take their money.”… “The Clinton Foundation is a disgrace,” he
added. “And you know it, and they know it, and everybody knows
it.” Clinton replied by stating the Clinton Foundation donates
90 percent of money to charity, saying she’s “very proud” and
that it has the “highest rating from the watchdogs.” She then
pivoted to a comparison between the Clinton Foundation and the
Trump Foundation, which she said wasted money taken from other
people.
‘ADDRESS THAT’ — Chris Wallace GRILLS Hillary On Clinton
Foundation Corruption (Video)
The Daily Caller - During Wednesday night’s presidential debate,
Chris Wallace held Hillary Clinton’s feet to the fire over
allegations that the Clinton Foundation engaged in
“pay-for-play” behavior when she served as secretary of state.
“There have been a lot of developments over the last ten days
since the last debate,” Wallace posed. “I’d like to ask you
about them. These are questions that the American people have,
Secretary Clinton, during your 2009 Senate confirmation hearing,
you promised to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of
interest with your dealing with the Clinton Foundation while you
were Secretary of State.” “Emails show that donors got special
access to you,” he continued. “Can you really say you kept your
pledge to that Senate committee, and what happened and what went
on between you and the Clinton Foundation? Why isn’t it what Mr.
Trump calls pay to play?” “Well, everything I did as secretary
of state was in furtherance of our country’s interests and our
values,” Clinton responded. “The State Department said that.”
Clinton then listed what she described as all the “good” the
Foundation does across the world before Wallace interrupted her.
“Secretary, respectfully, this is an open discussion,” Wallace
noted. “A specific question went to pay for play. Do you want to
address that?” She did not.
DRUDGE POLL: Who Won The Final Presidential Debate?
'Russian Hacker' Arrested In Prague Last Week, Announcement
"Tactically Delayed" Until Day Of US Debate
Zero Hedge - Two days before the Obama administration formally
accused the Russian government of hacking Democrats, NYTimes
reports that a man identified as a "Russian hacker suspected of
pursuing targets in the United States" was arrested in the Czech
Republic. While the arrest was made on Oct 5th, officials stated
that "we postponed the announcement for tactical reasons," which
makes one wonder whether this is the debate-day-distraction
Hillary needs? The United States director of national
intelligence, James R. Clapper Jr., said in a statement on Oct.
7 that high-level Russian officials were trying to interfere
with American elections…. But, as The New York Times reports, a
"russian hacker" was arrested two days before this... and the
announcement delayed until today... Debate Day!?
WIKILEAKS: Podesta Says It’s OK for Illegals to Vote With
Driver’s License….
The Gateway Pundit - In the latest Wikileaks Podesta documents
John Podesta actually says it is OK for illegals to vote if they
have a driver’s license. John Podesta: “I think Teddy’s idea
scratches the itch, is pretty safe and uncomplicated. On the
picture ID, the one thing I have thought of in that space is
that if you show up on Election Day with a drivers license with
a picture, attest that you are a citizen, you have a right to
vote in Federal elections” These people are criminals. Almost
half of California’s driver’s licenses went to illegal aliens
last year. 12 states and the District of Columbia allow driver’s
licenses to illegal immigrants.
US Air Force Base Poisons Colorado Creek With Cancer-Causing Chemicals
Sputnik News - A US Air Force base in Colorado has admitted to
accidentally releasing 150,000 gallons of water containing toxic
chemicals into the sewer system of nearby Colorado Springs. Peterson Air
Force base said on October 18 that the water contained perfluorinated
compounds (PFCs), chemicals used on bases to put out fires and which
have been linked to several kinds of cancer, low birth weight in babies
and other health issues. The Air Force statement has not clarified how
high the levels were. Officials from nearby communities and the Colorado
Department of Public Health have assured residents that the contaminated
water has not reached drinking water sources, only sewers. The
wastewater first passed through a treatment plant, but the plant is not
designed to remove PFCs. The wastewater then flowed into Fountain Creek.
Fountain Creek flows south toward Pueblo and into the Arkansas River,
the Denver Post detailed.... BS news reports that the process of
releasing wastewater is not a simple one. "There is at least two valves
that have to be turned on, and the electrical control for this is above
ground," base environmental chief Fred Brooks explained in their report.
"That's separate from that, so it's at least a three-step process."....
Last year, PFCs were discovered in public water sources in the vicinity
of Colorado Springs near Fountain Creek and Windmill Gulch.... In the
past few years, groundwater around bases in California, Texas, Michigan
and Pennsylvania has been found to be contaminated with carcinogens,
including PFCs.
Update: Natural Hormones on the Chopping Block Yet Again
Alliance for Natural Health - Good news—in a group of documents
dated November 3, 2016, the FDA has responded to our concerns,
indicating that compounded hormone creams WILL NOT BE on the
agency’s chopping block at the next advisory committee meeting.
We are glad to hear that the FDA is only considering the
elimination of patches; creams, gels, foams, and ointments are
not at risk, or at least not yet at risk. As welcome as this
news is, we must still closely monitor the FDA’s ongoing review
of compounding ingredients and delivery systems and fight for
consumer access to important natural medicines including
natural, bio-identical hormones delivered to the body in the
appropriate way.
The 16 Fake, Sneaky Names Food Companies Use For MSG
Off the Grid News - Monosodium glutamate first hit the American
food market in the 1960s as a seasoning and “meat tenderizing”
powder called “Accent.” Kikunae Ikeda, a Japanese scientist who
identified the natural flavor enhancing substance found in
seaweed, learned how to mass produce MSG back in 1908. MSG is
the “sodium salt of the common amino acid glutamic acid,”
according to the definition by the FDA, which acknowledges it
can cause “headaches, numbness, flushing, tingling,
palpitations, and drowsiness.”… Although MSG still has the GRAS
rating, it does require manufacturers to list MSG as an
ingredient on their products. Manufacturers have gotten around
this requirement, however, by calling MSG something else. Here
are some of the names they use to disguise MSG: 1. glutamic acid
2.monopotassium glutamate or simply “glutamate” 3. yeast extract
or yeast nutrient 4. hydrolyzed proteins (hydrolyzed vegetable
protein, animal protein or plant protein) 5. soy protein isolate
and soy protein concentrate 6. whey protein (whey protein
concentrate and whey protein isolate) 7. autolyzed plant protein
8. hydrolyzed oat flour 9. textured protein 10. caseinate
(sodium caseinate and calcium caseinate) 11. natural flavorings
or simply “flavoring” 12. ultra-pasteurized 13. enzyme modified
14. carrageenan 15. maltodextrin or malt extract 16. protein
fortified Some manufacturers even hide MSG under the catch-all
“bouillon” term.
7 Healthy Reasons to Eat Black Sesame Seeds
Natural News Blogs - The black sesame seed may be small, but it
is a powerful food. The nutrients found in sesame seeds may
contribute to cardiovascular health, reduce inflammation,
support respiratory health, protect against colon cancer and
osteoporosis as well as other conditions…. 1. Relieves Arthritis
- The high copper content in black sesame seeds helps in
reducing pain and swelling associated with arthritis. In
addition, this mineral keeps your bones and joints flexible and
healthy. 2. Improves Eye Health - As per traditional Chinese
medicine, eyes are closely related to liver healthy. When liver
is affected the eyes become tired and dry and vision may become
blurred. Black sesame seeds are a natural tonic for liver, which
in turn is believed to nourish and support eyes’ function. 3.
Prevent Cancer - Black sesame is the one that have the highest
phytosterol content among all seeds, which is inevitable in the
fight against severe disease such as: leukemia, multiple
myeloma, colon cancer, lung cancer, beast cancer, etc. 4.
Prevents Anaemia - One cup of black sesame seeds contains about
20 mg of iron, which is about 115% of your daily recommended
intake of iron, the mineral that is essential for transporting
oxygen around your body. 5. Prevent Osteoporosis - Eating black
sesame seeds regularly, provides you with good intake of zinc
and calcium, both minerals that are needed by the body for good
bone health….
The Most Popular Shaving Cream Contains 10 Chemicals that Cause
Cancer and Destroy Your Liver
Living Traditionally - Everyday we expose ourselves to
dangerous, toxic chemicals. Some are known to contain cancer
causing agents, contribute to hormone imbalance, headaches,
allergies, depression, chronic fatigue, learning disabilities,
hyperactivity and irritability. Shaving creams are loaded with
toxic ingredients…. 1. Phthalates: Phthalates can disrupt the
functioning of hormones, which can harm important balances
throughout the entire body, including those impacting the immune
system and brain. Traces of phthalate metabolites found in human
urine are associated with obesity and insulin resistance in men
because they inhibit testosterone function. About 80% of people
are exposed to this type of toxin. 2. ISOPENTANE: This chemical
helps some ingredients to dissolve into others. It can also
cause dry skin, contact dermatitis, dizziness, headaches, and
nose and throat irritation. 3. Parfum (fragrance): Would you
rather smell good or live longer? Parfum is a potpourri of
toxicity, with many of the 3,000 chemicals used to make
fragrance untested — neither in isolation nor in combination.
Some that have been submitted to lab tests, however, have been
associated with neurotoxicity and cancer. So either perform the
extensive research to determine what those cancer-causing
chemicals are, or just cut the stuff. 4. Methylparaben is used
as a preservative, mimics estrogen (see Sodium Lauryl Sulphate
above) and has been linked to tumor growth. 5. Triethanolamine:
This ingredient, along with DEA (diethanolamine) and MEA (monoethanolamine)
are responsible for the foaming attributes of shave creams and
gels. Research has linked them with hormone disruption, and they
can form cancer-causing nitrates and nitrosamines. They are
easily absorbed by your skin.Triethanolamine is a skin and
respiratory toxicant. What’s more, animal studies have also
shown Triethanolamine can cause bladder and liver cancer, as
well as cell mutation in testicles….
Wednesday - October
19, 2016 - Today In History:
1765 - In the U.S., The Stamp Act Congress met and drew up a declaration
of rights and liberties.
1781 - British General Charles Lord Cornwallis surrendered to U.S.
General George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia. It was to be the last
major battle of the American Revolutionary War.
1814 - In Baltimore, MD, the first documented performance of "The
Defence of Fort McHenry" with music took place at the Holliday Street
Theatre. The work was later published under the title "The Star-Spangled
Banner."
1914 - In the U.S., government owned vehicles were first used to pick up
mail in Washington, DC.
1915 - The U.S. recognized General Venustiano Carranza as the president
of Mexico. The U.S. imposed embargo to all parts of Mexico except where
Carranza was in control.
1943 - The Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers began in Russia during
World War II. Delegates from the U.S.S.R., Great Britain, the U.S., and
China met to discuss war aims and cooperation between the nations.
1944 - The U.S. Navy announced that black women would be allowed into
Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES).
1951 - U.S. President Truman signed an act officially ending the state
of war with Germany.
1960 - The United States imposed an embargo on exports to Cuba covering
all commodities except medical supplies and certain food products.
1983 - The U.S. Senate approved a bill establishing a national holiday
in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.
1984 - Four U.S. employees of the CIA were killed in El Salvador when
their plane crashed.
1989 - The U.S. Senate rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that
barred the desecration of the American flag.
2008 - Retired Gen. Colin Powell, a Republican who was President George
W. Bush's first secretary of state, broke with the party and endorsed
Democrat Barack Obama for president.
US admits fighting ISIS in Mosul risks civilian lives
RT - The US says its anti-ISIS operation in Mosul and elsewhere
in Iraq has been a success, despite the “inevitable” suffering
it brings to civilians. However, Washington has a contradictory
perception of the anti-terrorist efforts by the Syrian and
Russian forces in Aleppo. “What we have seen [in Aleppo] is the
regime carry out continued fighting against moderate Syrian
opposition forces and really not target in meaningful way Daesh
or [Al-] Nusra,” State Department spokesman Mark Toner said,
using an acronym for Islamic State’s original name in Arabic. As
the battle for Mosul raged for a second day, Toner was asked
about differences between the US-led fight and similar
anti-terrorist efforts in Aleppo. “First of all, we are working
in a supportive capacity, it's the Iraqi government, Iraqi
forces that are carrying out operation in Mosul and that is to
go after and destroy Daesh, drive it out of Mosul,” he said. “It
has been very successful in doing so throughout other cities and
regions in the country.” n Washington, officials admit that the
fight for Mosul will go hand-in-hand with the “inevitable”
displacement of civilians, but believe putting lives in danger
is worth the candle. “We are aware civilian lives are at risks
in Mosul,” Toner has said. “It's been well documented with, for
example, in respect to Tikrit and Ramadi and other places that
have been liberated, that ISIL shows no hesitation to use
civilians as human shields, to booby-trap houses, to place mines
and they are willing to do it with no regard for the safety of
civilians.” On Monday, the British Red Cross said that more than
1 million people are expected to flee their homes and leave
Mosul…. In the meantime, in rebel-held Aleppo in neighboring
Syria, scores of civilians have been blocked off from
government-controlled areas, with no access to humanitarian aid.
US and UK reject Russian offer of Syria airstrikes 'pause'
The Guardian - The US and the UK have rejected a Russian and
Syrian offer of a temporary “pause” on airstrikes in Aleppo as
the basis for reopening talks, saying there has to be a credible
and durable ceasefire that should initially last as long as 48
hours. Moscow had announced a temporary halt in the military
push ahead of a planned eight-hour humanitarian pause on
Thursday, designed to give rebel militants and the injured a
chance to leave the city. The US State Department said the
Russian offer was too little, too late, and the UN humanitarian
spokesman said that relief workers needed longer than eight
hours to help extricate the injured. Moscow announced on Tuesday
that Russian and Syrian warplanes had halted their bombardment
of the rebel-held districts of the city. Russia’s defence
minister, Sergei Shoigu, said “The early halting of airstrikes
is necessary to declare a ‘humanitarian pause’. It will …
guarantee a safe exit of civilians through six corridors and
prepare for the evacuation of the ill and the wounded from the
eastern part of Aleppo.” Russian president Vladimir Putin’s
spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said the halt in the airstrikes was a
goodwill gesture to pave the way for Thursday’s pause. “The
Russian military is offering yet another chance, and we hope
that our partners will allow us all to take advantage of that,”
Peskov said.
Media Silent as Anti-Corporate Trade Deal Protests Take Europe
by Storm
Activist Post - Over the weekend, thousands of protesters across
multiple countries condemned impending trade deals promoted by
governments and their corporate partners. Though the protests
received little coverage from mainstream media, they stretched
from Paris to Warsaw. The demonstrations came amid the
Commission on International Trade of the European Parliament’s
plans to finalize the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
(CETA) this week. The policy has been likened to so-called “free
trade” deals pushed by President Barack Obama and other Western
governments. CETA, which has been in the works for seven years,
would eliminate tariffs between Canada and European nations,
which proponents argue would foster increased trade and create
jobs. Nevertheless, the deal has been criticized for granting
too much power to multinational corporations, the Guardian
reports. Though the European Commission recently drafted a
statement claiming “environmental and health standards will not
be diluted,” not all policymakers are convinced. Passage of CETA
hit a roadblock after the parliament of the Wallonia region of
Belgium rejected it. Wallonia’s minister-president, Paul
Magnette, vowed to block the entire country from ratifying the
deal. This has proponents of CETA concerned about the
agreement’s future, as all 28 member states of the European
Union must unanimously agree on it before it can be further
negotiated and ratified.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Pentagon will now pay for transgender soldiers to have gender
reassignment surgery - but retirees and family of service
members are not covered
Daily Mail - The move follows the Pentagon's decision in June to
lift its ban on transgender troops serving in the military. Now
any soldier whose ability to serve is 'adversely affected by a
medical condition or medical treatment related to their gender
identity,' they will be eligible for reassignment surgery or
hormone therapy, according to the Defense Department. Children
of soldiers and retirees will also be able to take advantage of
the new transgender health benefits such as hormone therapy.
However, only active service members will be eligible for
gender-reassignment surgery which can cost anywhere between
$7,000 and $50,000 per operation, as experts say the move could
cost up to $8.4 million a year, Circa Politics reports. The
announcement has been met with criticism from both sides, with
The National Center for Transgender Equality complaining the
benefits don't go far enough and that the key operation should
be extended to family and retired service members. Meanwhile the
conservative Center for Military Readiness argues that it covers
expensive treatments devoid of any military purpose. 'I think
this is a gross misuse of military medical dollars,' Ron Crews,
executive director of the Chaplain Alliance for Religious
Liberty added. He also complains that military personnel are
also getting transgender education which he claims takes up
valuable time.
Wikileaks Releases Another 1,894 Podesta Emails In Part 11 Of
Data Dump; Total Is Now 17,150
Zero Hedge - The daily dump continues. In the now traditional
daily routine, one which forces the Clinton campaign to resort
to ever more stark sexual scandals involving Trump to provide a
media distraction, moments ago Wikileaks released yet another
1,894 emails in Part 11 of its ongoing Podesta Email dump, which
brings the total number of released emails to 17,150. As a
reminder among yesterday's most recent revelations we got
further insights into the campaign staff exchanges on handling
media queries about Clinton “flip-flopping” on gay marriage,
galvanizing Latino support and locking down Clinton’s healthcare
policy. Just as notable has been the ongoing revelation of just
how "captured" the so-called independent press has been in its
"off the record" discussions with John Podesta which got the
head Politico correspondent, Glenn Thrush, to admit he is a
"hack" for allowing Podesta to dictate the content of his
article. With another 33,000 or so emails left until election
day, we expect the emergence of another Trump "sexual assault"
accuser to emerge momentarily. Here are some initial
observations from the latest leak…
Ecuador says it cut WikiLeaks founder's internet over US
election interference
The Guardian - Ecuador has confirmed that it cut off internet
access to Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblowing site
WikiLeaks, stating it believed he was using it to interfere in
the US presidential election. The move followed a raft of leaked
emails published by WikiLeaks, including some from the
Democratic National Committee (DNC) released just before the
party’s convention in July, and more recently a cache of emails
from the account of Hillary Clinton campaign adviser John
Podesta. On Tuesday, officials released a statement saying that
the government of Ecuador “respects the principle of
non-intervention in the internal affairs of other states” and
had cut off the internet access available to Assange because “in
recent weeks, WikiLeaks has published a wealth of documents,
impacting on the US election campaign”. On Tuesday, officials
released a statement saying that the government of Ecuador
“respects the principle of non-intervention in the internal
affairs of other states” and had cut off the internet access
available to Assange because “in recent weeks, WikiLeaks has
published a wealth of documents, impacting on the US election
campaign”. Assange’s internet access was cut off on Monday
morning. It was not immediately clear who was responsible,
though a tweet from the site’s official account claimed it had
been “intentionally severed” by a “state party”.
Shock Report: Clinton Operative Turns On Hillary: The “Fixer” Is
Set To Release 24 Years Worth Of Documents, Notes and Journals
Mac Slavo - Though often criticized for being a tabloid, during
the 2008 Presidential election the National Enquirer broke the
story about then-candidate John Edwards and his mistress. The
investigation tanked Edwards’ Presidential dreams. Today, they
may have just done the same to Hillary Clinton…. According to
The National Enquirer, the man hired by Bill and Hillary Clinton
to clean up their messes – “The Fixer” – has turned on them and
is set to release a treasure trove of evidence. From documents,
notes and journals covering some 24 years, the revelations could
be explosive. According to the The Enquirer, the shadowy figure
has been confirmed as a Clinton operative and is set to tell all
in coming days and weeks.
Record 64.7 million non-English speakers in U.S.
WND - The report by the Center for Immigration Studies, which
breaks down new Census data, shows a record number of new
immigrants in the country whose primary language is not English,
and the fastest growing language is Arabic. In 2015 a record
64.7 million U.S. residents spoke a foreign language at home –
up 5.2 million since 2010 and up 1.5 million in just the last
year. The largest percentage increase from 2010 to 2015 was for
speakers of Arabic, Hindi (an India language) and Urdu
(Pakistan’s national language). More than one in five U.S.
residents now speaks a foreign language at home, according to
the CIS report…. President Obama has been issuing more than
130,000 green-cards per year to persons from Muslim-majority
countries using various legal programs such as refugee
resettlement, the visa lottery, employment-based programs and
other channels. School systems from St. Cloud, Minnesota,
Wichita, Kansas, and Twin Falls, Idaho, to Amarillo, Texas, and
Fargo, North Dakota, have been overwhelmed by Third World
refugees over the past 10 years, forcing them to hire expensive
linguistics experts and translators. The language barrier also
presents new challenges to 9-1-1 emergency centers, hospitals,
jails and other public institutions. More than 15 languages are
spoken in the Amarillo school system, and when you include the
different dialects, the number balloons to 75, according to
Mayor Paul Harpole’s testimony before the state legislature.
More than 40 languages are spoken in the Fargo school system,
according to a report cited by the city council.
Elections Expert: “We Now Have 4 Million Ineligible and Dead
Voters on American Voter Rolls” (Video)
Gateway Pundit - Elections expert J. Christian Adams told FOX
and Friends on Tuesday morning there are 4 million dead people
on US voter rolls [according to the Pew Charitable Trust].
Adams, who was the Voting Section Attorney at the US Department
of Justice, filed six suits in the past year against
Philadelphia and Broward County, Florida where the voter rolls
are corrupted. Adams said he had one case in Texas where the
person died in 1944. Far left groups continually sue to keep the
voter rolls the way they are. The Obama administration has no
desire to clean up these voter rolls.
Rigging the Election – Video 2: Mass Voter Fraud
Project Veritas Action - [Profanity] James O’Keefe’s new
explosive series on the DNC and Hillary Clinton campaign,
Democratic party operatives tell us how to successfully commit
voter fraud on a massive scale. Scott Foval, who has since been
fired, admits that the Democrats have been rigging elections for
fifty years.
Related:
Rigging the Election - Video I: Clinton Campaign and DNC Incite
Violence at Trump Rallies
Saudis, China Dump Treasuries; Foreign Central Banks Liquidate A
Record $346 Billion In US Paper
Zero Hedge - One month ago, when we last looked at the Fed's
update of Treasuries held in custody, we noted something
troubling: the number dropped sharply, declining by over $27.5
billion in one week, the biggest weekly drop since January 2015,
pushing the total amount of custodial paper to $2.83 trillion,
the lowest since 2012. One month later, […] foreign central
banks continued their relentless liquidation of US paper held in
the Fed's custody account, which tumbled by another $22.3
billion in the past week, pushing the total amount of custodial
paper to $2.805 trillion, another fresh post-2012 low…. Among
the biggest sellers - on a market-price basis - not surprisingly
was China, which in July "sold" $34 billion in US paper (the
actual underlying number while different, as this particular
series is adjusted for Mark to Market variations, will be
similar), the biggest monthly dump going back to 2012, and
bringing its total to $1.185 trillion, the lowest total since
2012.
Ford To Idle Four Factories Due To Slowing Car Demand, Rising
Inventories
Zero Hedge - Over the weekend we recapped some of the less than
impressive moments in the recent US car industry history, which
suddenly appears to be bombarded with a barrage of bad news:
starting with Ford's disastrous August sales when the company
admitted "sales have reached a plateau", continuing to the surge
in delinquent subprime auto borrowers hitting nearly a 7 year
high as the marginal creditworthy car buyers disappears, then
noting the record $4,000 in industry-wide new car incentives in
September as preventing a plunge in last month's auto sales, and
recalling last week's downgrade of the US auto sector by Goldman
which said that the US "cycle has peaked". As a result of
slowing demand and declining US auto sales coupled with growing
inventory, Ford Motor is halting one of two plants that builds
its top-selling F-150 pickup as it idles four factories this
month amid slowing U.S. auto sales. As Bloomberg reports,
starting this week, Ford is shutting its Louisville, Kentucky,
factory building the Escape and Lincoln MKC sport utility
vehicles, as well as two plants in Mexico that make the Fusion
sedan and Fiesta subcompact, according to an e-mailed statement.
Next week, the second-largest U.S. automaker will close the
F-150 factory near Kansas City for seven days. And starting Oct.
31, the Louisville plant will be idled for another week. The
plant closings follow last week’s shutdown of Ford’s Mustang
factory in Michigan after sales of the sports car plunged 32% in
September.
40 Cops With Riot Gear, Armored Vehicle and LRAD Swarm 5 Praying Native
Americans at DAPL (Video)
BlackListed News - Over the past several weeks, the police state has
come out in full force as Native Americans fight to protect their water
sources from the threat of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Mainstream media
remained largely silent as federal, state and local authorities worked
on behalf of Energy Transfer Partners to squash dissent. […] on October
15 when five Native American Water Protectors left a protest near the
Standing Rock Sioux Reservation to pray on the shoulder of a public road
[…] 40 cops from at least eight departments in three different states –
complete with riot gear, automatic rifles, an armored vehicle and even
an LRAD acoustic weapon – swarmed the five praying, unarmed Native
Americans.… Over 100 Water Protectors, journalists, and legal observers
have been arrested in recent weeks on charges ranging from inciting a
riot to trespass. Journalist Amy Goodman from NPR has been charged with
inciting a riot for her coverage private security dogs attacking water
protectors. Emmy winning documentary film producer Deia Schlosberg was
arrested on 3 felony charges and is facing 45 years in prison.”
Report: One in two American adults is in a face recognition database
Privacy SOS - A breathtaking new report from the Center for Privacy and
Technology at Georgetown Law School finds that one in two American
adults is in a face recognition database. The numbers are so huge in
large part because states are increasingly allowing the FBI and other
law enforcement agencies to use drivers license databases as “perpetual
lineups,” the report says. Face recognition technology is spreading like
wildfire throughout the United States, without the necessary public
debate, legal restrictions, and policy guidance to ensure it can be used
without violating the civil rights and civil liberties of millions of
people not suspected of serious crimes. There is no state or federal law
requiring government agencies to limit face recognition searches, or to
perform audits to ensure system accuracy or check for abuse.
Nonetheless, sheriffs departments, state and local law enforcement
agencies, and the FBI are all in the face recognition game to varying
degrees nationwide. Some of the large trend-setting police departments,
like the NYPD and LAPD, reportedly have facial recognition programs, but
refused to provide records in response to Georgetown’s requests. to
investigate the extent to which this disparate impact is occurring
nationwide.
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
Goji Berries: The Cancer-Fighting Chinese Superfood You Can Grow
At Home
Off the Grid News - Growing goji berries is fairly simple. You
will need to purchase a bare root plant or seeds from sources
like online nurseries. To speed up your harvest, get a bare root
goji beery plant so that you can get its fruits sooner rather
than later. Use a mix of soil with a tinge of sand. Choose a pot
that will fit your plant; the crown of the plant should be just
at the top of the hole when placed in soil. Pat down the soil
around the plant, and then water. Apply some mulch around the
plant to keep in the moisture. To care for the plant, simply
keep it moist by watering and applying more soil, as needed. Not
only are goji berries a simple plant to care for, but they also
spread like weeds, once established…. Pruning is essential after
the plant is one-year-old. Trim off all of the lower branches,
up to 15 inches from the soil. Also, fertilizer is not needed
because the nitrogen will kill the goji berry plant. Goji
berries have been used in China for centuries for energy and
long life. China, in fact, produces most of the world’s
commercially sold goji berries. Other health benefits include:
Fighting cancer — They have huge levels of carotenoids, which
battle cancer. Eye care – Goji berries can help stop macular
degeneration thanks to high levels of antioxidants. Healthy skin
– The beta-carotene in the berries boosts skin health.
Regulating blood sugar. These berries can control the amount of
sugar released into the blood, making them very beneficial for
persons with diabetes.
Natural Hormones on the Chopping Block Yet Again
Alliance for Natural Health - The FDA’s Pharmacy Compounding
Advisory Committee (PCAC) has announced its next meeting, where
it will make recommendations on whether creams can be used in
compounding, and whether any of five specific substances will be
allowed. The likelihood of their recommendation not being
followed is remote. Both transdermal and topical delivery
systems have been nominated to the Demonstrably Difficult to
Compound list, and are thus in extreme jeopardy. A decision
against them will have dire consequences. Unfortunately, very
few people understand this. It is unlikely that even the members
of the committee understand it. But Big Pharma and their allies
at the FDA understand the situation fully—and are pulling the
strings. Natural hormone experts like Jonathan V. Wright, MD,
have warned for years that many hormones should not be taken by
mouth, either because the liver will “tag” them for elimination
from the body before they can do their job or will abnormally
alter them (in men, oral DHEA often is metabolized into
unusually large levels of the hormone estrone); or because it is
not healthy to take them this way—for example, in women, oral
estrogens raise risk of blood clots and stroke. The FDA listens
only to big drug companies, which do not want the trouble of
selling hormones in cream form—so the agency will refuse to
offer them except as tablets. If compounded topical versions are
no longer available, it means that many natural hormones will
only be available in the ineffectual (or risky!) tablet form.
This would remove your ability to choose not only compounded
bioidentical hormones, but also pain medications, and more.
Many, many other medicines are delivered through topical creams
or transdermal patches…. As vitally important as the creams are,
some of the other substances on the chopping block are important
too. The five substances being reviewed are diindolylmethane
(DIM), trichloroacetic acid, kojic acid, glycolic acid, and
vasoactive intestinal peptide. DIM is especially important. It
is a naturally occurring compound found in Brassica vegetables
like Brussels sprouts, cabbage, mustard greens, and kale, and
has anti-cancer and immune-modulating properties.
The plastic plague: Hormone-disrupting chemicals in everyday
things like water bottles
Daily Mail - Plastic bottles contain hormone-disrupting
chemicals that can cause cancer, diabetes, ADHD and autism,
scientists confirmed in a report on Tuesday.
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) interfere with the body's
hormonal system, affecting development and leaving the body open
to a staggering range of diseases. But they are found in
thousands of everyday products, ranging from plastic and metal
food containers, to detergents, flame retardants, toys and
cosmetics. These chemicals are responsible for scores of
illnesses - costing the US an eye-watering $340 billion in
health-related costs each year, the bombshell report by NYU
Langone revealed. The most common EDC-related illness is
neurological - including attention-ADHD, autism and loss of IQ.
The invisible but dangerous chemicals also boosted obesity,
diabetes, some cancers, male infertility and a painful condition
known as endometriosis, the abnormal growth of tissue outside
the uterus.
3 Corporations that Manufacture BPA
Brandon Turbeville - Unsurprisingly, the number one chemical
producer in the United States – Dow Chemical – is one
manufacturer. In addition, and also unsurprisingly, Bayer AG via
its subsidiary, Bayer Polymers, is also a major producer. With
the recent merger between Bayer and Monsanto, however, Dow may
be unseated as the top chemical maker, as Bayer/Monsanto seek to
coat the world in pesticides, herbicides, and toxic plastic
chemicals. Hexion Specialty Chemicals is also a producer of BPA
with its product being found in Deer Park Water bottles….
Despite a growing consumer-based movement to eliminate BPA from
food packaging and other consumer products, as well as the
growing science demonstrating the toxicity of BPA even at lower
levels than previously thought, the FDA that has approved the
substance as safe for use in corporate America, is largely
refusing to budge.
10 Reasons Wheat Is Toxic Whether You are Gluten Sensitive or
Not
Natural Blaze - More and more studies are showing why wheat
products – at least in America – are terribly unhealthy whether
you have a sensitivity to gluten or not. There are more
components of wheat than gluten. Let’s think beyond gluten,
which is made up of two proteins: gliadin and glutenin. Gliadin
is the one that gives a lot of people trouble and can exacerbate
ADHD, autism, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Americans get
a lot more gliadin from the same amount of wheat than they did
in 1960…. Allow me to summarize about 10 issues plaguing modern
American wheat. Organic wheat and so-called “whole-grain” wheat
are not excused from this list! 1. Our bread, noodles and other
flour products are stripped of their parts and nutrients,
bleached (yum! yum!) and then fortified with synthetic vitamins
that are harsh on the liver. Don’t forget the dough conditioners
and other additives. . The ancient, tall “amber waves of grain”
are almost a thing of the past. Trading our diverse crop
practices for convenient monoculture spells disaster. 3.
Desiccating (drying) wheat before harvest with toxic Roundup or
glyphosate causing us to literally eat a pesticide that causes
breast cancer in parts per trillion. Glyphosate has been heavily
detected in beer and other wheat products as well as other crops
that are desiccated with glyphosate such as oats. 4. Desiccating
(drying) wheat before harvest with toxic Roundup or glyphosate
causing us to literally eat a pesticide that causes breast
cancer in parts per trillion. Glyphosate has been heavily
detected in beer and other wheat products as well as other crops
that are desiccated with glyphosate such as oats….
Tuesday - October
18, 2016 - Today In History:
1767 - The Mason-Dixon line was agreed upon. It was the boundary between
Maryland and Pennsylvania.
1867 - The U.S. took formal possession of Alaska from Russia. The land
was purchased of a total of $7 million dollars (2 cents per acre).
1898 - The American flag was raised in Puerto Rico only one year after
the Caribbean nation won its independence from Spain.
1929 - The Judicial Committee of England’s Privy Council ruled that
women were to be considered as persons in Canada.
1944 - Czechoslovakia was invaded by the Soviets during World War II.
1958 - The first computer-arranged marriage took place on Art
Linkletter's show.
1969 - The U.S. government banned artificial sweeteners due to evidence
that they caused cancer.
1970 - Quebec's minister of labor was found strangled to death after
eight days of being held captive by the Quebec Liberation Front (FLQ).
1983 - General Motors agreed to hire more women and minorities for five
years as part of a settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission.
1989 - The space shuttle Atlantis was launched on a mission that
included the deployment of the Galileo space probe.
1990 - Iraq made an offer to the world that it would sell oil for $21 a
barrel. The price level was the same as it had been before the invasion
of Kuwait.
1997 - A monument honoring U.S. servicewomen, past and present, was
dedicated at Arlington National Cemetery.
2013 - Saudi Arabia became the first nation to reject a seat on the
United Nations Security Council. Jordan took the seat on December 6.
Islamic State launches defensive suicide bombings around Mosul
The Long War Journal -The Islamic State claims to have launched
at least 12 suicide bombings during the first day of the battle
for Mosul, Iraq. The group’s Amaq News Agency posted the claims
in English and Arabic on its social media sites, including
Telegram.... However, Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU)
says that all 12 suicide bombers were neutralized, eight by the
Iraqi Army and four by the Peshmerga.... The Associated Press
described the situation to Mosul’s east, which is one of the key
approaches for the battle. The “main roads and fields were
littered with homemade bombs” and “suicide car bomb attacks had
slowed the troops’ progress” according to the AP, which cited
Lt. Col. Mohammad Darwish of the peshmerga. The fog of war makes
it impossible to verify the efficacy of the Islamic State’s
suicide attacks. The Islamic State has used suicide bombers in
both its offensives and as a defensive tactic when losing
ground. For example, Amaq claims that Abu Bakr al Baghdadi’s men
launched 29 suicide attacks in Libya during the first nine
months of 2016.... The Islamic State employed similar tactics in
Anbar province, where it has suffered significant setbacks....
As The Long War Journal has previously reported, Amaq’s claims
regarding the number of suicide attacks should not be accepted
at face value. The figures have not been independently verified.
It is possible that some attacks are counted even if they
failed, and this may be the case in Mosul during the first days
of heavy fighting. The Islamic State has also used children or
adolescents in its bombings, meaning that some of the attackers
are not truly willing “martyrs.”
Petraeus on Battle for Mosul: 'The Question Is, What Happens
Afterward'
CNS News - The fight for Mosul will be "orders of magnitude
larger than any fight that the Iraqis, with our assistance and
the coalition support, have taken on," Petraeus told ABC's "This
Week." "There will be dug-in troops, there will be tunnels,
there will be suicide bombers, improvised explosive devices.
"But at the end of the day, the Iraqi forces, with our
assistance, are going to prevail. There's no question. The
Islamic State fighters in Mosul are dead men walking, and I
think they increasingly know it. They're even trying to desert
and they're being executed. "So there's no question about the
outcome of the fight. The challenge here is actually after the
fight. It's governance." Petraeus said the new government must
represent and respond to "the most complex human terrain in all
of Iraq." "There are a lot of grievances,' he said. "There are
Sunni Arabs, Shia Arabs, Turkmen. There are Kurds from three
different political parties. You've got Yazidis, Christians,
Shabak. A lot of grievances, scores that may be settled. "And in
that kind of complexity, governance is going to have to emerge
or else you'll start preparing fields for the planting of the
seeds of Islamic State 3.0."
The Story Changes: The Pentagon Is No Longer Sure Yemen Fired
Missiles At A US Ship
Zero Hedge - According to Reuters earlier today the Pentagon
declined to say whether the USS Mason destroyer was targeted by
multiple inbound missiles fired from Yemen on Saturday, as
initially thought, saying a review was underway to determine
what happened. "We are still assessing the situation. There are
still some aspects to this that we are trying to clarify for
ourselves given the threat -- the potential threat -- to our
people," Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook told a news briefing."So
this is still a situation that we're assessing closely." And
yet, the US had no problem with "clarifying" the source of the
threat on Thursday when it fired American cruise missiles at
Yemeni targets. At this point we refer readers to what we said
on Thursday, when we once again put on the cynical hat, and
voiced what those who have not been brainwashed by US media
thought, to wit: In retrospect one now wonders if the "cruise
missiles" that fell close to the US ships were merely the latest
false flag providing the US cover to launch another foreign
intervention.To be sure, the Houthis, who are battling the
internationally-recognized government of Yemen President Abd
Rabbu Mansour al-Hadi, denied any involvement in Sunday's
attempt to strike the USS Mason.
US-Russia Standoff Leaves NASA Without Manned Launch
Capabilities
Sputnik News - NASA's associate administrator for human
exploration and operations William Gerstenmaier said that NASA
will not extend an agreement with the Russian Federal Space
Agency Roscosmos for the delivery of astronauts to the
International Space Station on board its Soyuz spacecraft after
2018.... Commenting on this, Mikhail Kokorich, head of the
private Russian space company Dauria Aerospace, told RT that
NASA's decision will not affect Russia's space sector.... He
added that cooperation in space exploration added to a
full-fledged partnership between Russia and the United States
and that NASA's decision not to use Russian spaceships indicates
a rapid cooling of bilateral relations.... Right now, the United
States is developing its own manned spacecraft. One such
program, being implemented by the American aerospace
manufacturer and space transport services company Space X, is
related to the Dragon spacecraft and the two-stage rocket Falcon
9. The other program is being fulfilled by the company Orbital
ATK, which is developing the Antares rocket. In addition, NASA
is dealing with the creation of its own spaceship, and one of
such spacecraft, CST-100 the Starliner, developed with the
assistance of Boeing.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
FBI releases 100 new pages on Clinton emails
The Hill - The FBI on Monday released 100 new pages of material
from its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email
system, opening the possibility that classified information may
have been mishandled. The new notes and interview summaries are
likely to shed new light on the bureau’s yearlong investigation
into Clinton and her allies and spark additional outrage from
congressional Republicans. Despite claiming that the former
secretary of State and her aides had been “extremely careless,”
FBI Director James Comey has insisted that his investigators did
not find evidence to support a criminal charge against the
Democratic presidential nominee. The Justice Department
ultimately decided not to press charges over the matter.
However, Republicans have refused to accept the department’s
conclusion and have accused officials, including Comey, of
creating a double standard for Clinton. Responding to the
congressional pressure, the FBI has previously released some of
the notes from its investigation, including a summary of
Clinton’s interview with federal officials. The new release on
Monday contains summaries of interviews conducted by the FBI -
known by the form number of 302 - of several contractors and
government officials involved with the State Department in some
fashion. Many of the names have been redacted. One story that
appears sure to outrage critics of the Obama administration is
evidence that high-ranking State Department staffer Patrick
Kennedy pressured the FBI not to classify an email in Clinton’s
archive. The email contained information about arrests following
the 2012 attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, and
Kennedy offered a “quid pro quo” to keep it unclassified, one
FBI official claimed. The State Department has disputed the
characterization, noting that portions of the email were
ultimately classified.
Clinton’s FBI Files Literally Mention “The Shadow Government” at
the State Dept.
Activist Post - Bill Clinton once reportedly told senior White
House reporter Sarah McClendon, “Sarah, there’s a government
inside the government, and I don’t control it.” Average citizens
who talk about things like that, however, are typically referred
to as “Conspiracy Theorists” as if its a pejorative term. Then
again, how much of a conspiracy is it when the FBI’s own
documents confirm the existence of something referred to as “The
Shadow Government”? Check out page 56 [link in article] from the
FBI’s files on the Clinton investigation which is making the
rounds on Reddit: A powerful group of high-ranking state
officials referred to as “The Shadow Government.” Really? So
Skull and Bones John Kerry is sitting over there in a group
literally nicknamed “The Shadow Government” which decides what
information will be released to the public and what will be
censored in regard to fellow high-ranking elitist Hillary
Clinton? It’s almost a laughable cliché… except there it is in
black and white. And still there are people in this country who
claim there’s no such thing as a cover up and it’s all a
conspiracy.
Wikileaks Releases Another 3,183 Podesta Emails In Part 10 Of
Data Dump; Total Is Now 15,256
Zero Hedge - We wondered if Wikileaks would take a break after
the FBI released 100 pages of 302s [FBI summaries of interviews]
earlier today, to avoid thinning the focus on its own releases.
The answer, it turns out, was no. In a now familiar daily
routine, one which forces the Clinton campaign to bring up ever
starker sexual scandals involving Trump to provide a media
distraction, moments ago Wikileaks released yet another roughly
3,183 emails in Part 10 of its ongoing Podesta Email dump, which
brings the total number of released emails to 15,256. As a
reminder some of the recent email drops have produced
revelations about Hillary Clinton and her campaign, including
strategies to court black voters and billionaire donors, full
transcripts of Clinton’s speeches to Goldman Sachs in which she
avoided criticizing Wall Street and discussions about how to
“frame” information for “news hyenas.” With another 35,000 or so
emails left until election day, we expect the emergence of
another Trump "sexual assault" accuser to emerge momentarily.
The
Most Revealing Emails from the #PodestaFiles, Separated By
Category (Parts 1 - 10)
Vaskal.- John Podesta is Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential
campaign Chairman. Podesta previously served as Chief of Staff
to President Bill Clinton and Counselor to President Barack
Obama. On October 7th, 2016, WikiLeaks published thousands of
emails belonging to Podesta's private email archives. More
emails were released in the days that followed. Below is a
compilation [links] of some of the most revealing and damaging
emails discovered.
Wikileaks Activates "Contingency Plans" After Unknown "State
Party" Cuts Julian Assange's Internet Connection
Zero Hedge - In what may be the first official retaliation
against Julian Assange and Wikileaks since the organization
started disseminating the hacked Podesta emails, this morning
WikiLeaks announced it has "activated contingency" plans after
Assange's internet link was intentionally cut off by a state
party, WikiLeaks has said in a tweet.... Previously on Sunday,
there was concern about Assange's well-being when Wikileaks
tweeted out what some suggested were the "dead man keys" that
are allegedly the encryption codes for highly damaging secret
documents to be uneviled in the case of Assange's death. These
may have been the "contingency plans" referred to in the
subsequent Wiki tweet. Even former outspoken Trump advisor Roger
Stone got involved tweeting that "John Kerry has threatened the
Ecuadorian President with "grave consequences for Equador" if
Assange is not silenced" adding that "Reports the Brits storm
the Ecuadorian Embassy tonite while Kerry demands the UK revoke
their diplomatic status so Assange can be seized." So far this
appears to be just wild speculation. The latest news in the
Assange saga comes as WikiLeaks continues to release on a daily
basis hacked emails from Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager John
Podesta, which could ruin Clinton’s chances of becoming the next
US president. Clinton’s campaign has suggested that WikiLeaks is
working together with the Russian government to help defeat them
in favor of Trump. So far there had been no intervention by
outside entities to attempt to silence Julian Assange, so the
latest intervention "by a state party", if confirmed would be a
notable escalation in the status quo, and suggests that
Wikileaks may have even more damaging revelations to come.
Hillary's Server Hacked After All? FBI Docs Reveal A
Confidential File Was Found On A Romanian Server
Zero Hedge - The latest document release by the FBI, which
contains a further 100 pages of "302s" or summaries from
interviews conducted with various parties close to Hillary's
private server, reveals a troubling fact: according to an
interview conducted on June 6, 2016 with an unnamed employee
working for a US defense contractor specializing in the areas of
"missile, space and intelligence", classified documents linked
to Hillary Clinton's private server were discovered in Romania
during a broader search for confirmation whether Clinton's
private server had been breached from the outside.... What the
probe found was disturbing, and contradicts the findings
presented by FBI director James Comey.... Specifically, the 302
notes that during the witness' review of the data, he found "one
sensitive Excel file listing the names of known or suspected
jihadists in Libya", and that a "portion of the file was in
Russian." The report notes that "the file did not come from
Blumenthal's server, but contained a reference to an IP address
range that included the IP address of Clinton's server." In
other words, not only could Hillary's home server have been
hacked, but a file listing the names of jihadists in Libya may
have found its way to an unsecured server in Romania. And this
is where something strange happened: "Upon viewing this file",
the unnamed witness "became concerned he had found a classified
document and stopped the project." Considering that the FBI had
expressly concluded that there was no evidence that Hillary's
home server had been hacked by outside forces, and that this
particular confidential document was found on a Romanian server
but did not originate from Blumenthal's server, the other
distinct possibility is that it came from Hillary's server.
Which is why we wonder why the FBI quickly squashed the project
at this moment, before following up with Hillary or her staff to
determine if her server was the source of the confidential file
found half a way around the world.
CNN Claims It's Illegal To Download Wikileaks Emails
The Daily Caller - CNN’s Chris Cuomo told viewers it is illegal
for them to possess emails leaked by the website WikiLeaks, and
as a result they could not read them and had to rely entirely on
the media to learn about their content. Cuomo’s comments were
made early Wednesday morning, but they attracted no attention
until a clip was uploaded to YouTube Sunday morning. In the
clip, Cuomo opens a segment on leaked emails from Hillary
Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s inbox by warning
viewers they have to get all their information about the emails
from the media, and nowhere else. If they try to check out the
emails themselves, Cuomo warns, they’re breaking the law. “Also
interesting is, remember, it’s illegal to possess these stolen
documents,” Cuomo says. “It’s different for the media, so
everything you’re learning about this, you’re learning from us.”
Cuomo’s claim is faulty on a few counts. While the government
might potentially prosecute somebody purely for the act of
downloading stolen documents, legal experts are divided on
whether such a prosecution would be constitutional. Even if
downloading the emails were illegal, that is totally irrelevant
in this case, because nobody has to download the WikiLeaks
emails in order to read them. They’re all freely available to
read on a website anybody can access. Whatever the legal status
of downloading the emails, there is absolutely no restriction on
simply reading them, despite what Cuomo implies.
Police Officers' Lawsuit Against Freddie Gray Prosecutor Marilyn
Mosby Could Strip Her of Immunity
Breitbart - Warren Alperstein, a legal analyst, told the local
[Baltimore] CBS affiliate that if the lawsuits filed by the
officers are allowed to continue, Mosby could lose her immunity
and her compulsion to testify in the case could cause major
rifts in the state’s attorney office. “You can bet that the
officers and the attorneys are champing at the bit to get Mrs.
Mosby under oath,” Alperstein told CBS. Alperstein noted that
the highly political decisions Mosby made by her failed attempts
to prosecute the officers for the death of Freddie Gray could
force her to testify and eliminate her immunity. “In a civil
case like this, you as a defendant don’t have that right. You
must testify or be held in contempt of court,” said Alperstein.
“It is unprecedented. It is unheard of.” The lawsuits were filed
starting in April just before every officer Mosby tried to
prosecute for the suspect’s death was thrown out of court. In
their complaints, the officers charged that Mosby knew many of
the statements she was making during her announcements to indict
the officers were false and were made for political, not legal,
reasons. The lawsuits allege false arrest, false imprisonment,
defamation or false light, and other assertions. For her part,
in a recent speech delivered at Johns Hopkins University, Mosby
implied that the current legal actions being taken against her
by the officers may have to do with her race.
IRS ordered to clear tea party backlog within month, years after
targeting revealed
Washington Times - A federal judge has ordered the IRS to
finally clean up the tea party targeting mess, giving the tax
agency less than a month to decide on a handful of applications
that are still pending more than three years after officials
first admitted they were targeting the conservative groups and
subjecting them to intrusive scrutiny. The IRS also must file a
brief detailing the steps it has taken to prevent further
targeting and to make sure the tea party groups don’t face any
more fallout from the stigma of having been singled out in the
first place, U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton said in an
order issued late Friday. Judge Walton ordered final decisions
on two applications that have been pending for years and said
four other groups that had withdrawn their applications amid the
unconstitutional targeting can resubmit and the IRS must decide
on those, too, by Nov. 11. The Albuquerque Tea Party, which
filed its application in December 2009, has been waiting nearly
seven years. Unite in Action, a Michigan-based group, applied in
2010.... The order doesn’t mean the groups have to be approved.
The IRS can go through its regular process to decide whether the
organizations meet the criteria for nonprofits — and in
particular whether they limit their political activities in
accordance with the rules.
DNC Lawyers Argue Neutrality Is Merely a ‘Political Promise’
Observer - Democratic National Committee (DNC) lawyers responded
on October 14 in support of their motion to dismiss the class
action lawsuit against the DNC and former chair Debbie Wasserman
Schultz, maintaining that a fair and balanced Democratic primary
is just a “political promise.”.... similar to policy proposals
made in campaign platforms that aren’t fulfilled when in
office.... In their initial motion to dismiss the lawsuit, DNC
lawyers argued Bernie Sanders supporters were aware the DNC and
Wasserman Schultz were biased against their candidate. Now their
argument is a neutral DNC and DNC chair are just political
promises, leaving voters susceptible to the deception that the
DNC would treat Clinton and Sanders equally. The lawyers argue
liability only applies to consumer-merchant relationships....
These DNC lawyers are the same counsel Hillary Clinton used
throughout her presidential campaign.... The [initial] arguments
made by the DNC’s lawyers were proven invalid after the
WikiLeaks dump of emails resulted in the resignation of
Wasserman Schultz and three other top staff members, who were
exposed to be working against the Sanders campaign in favor of
Clinton. Despite Wasserman Schultz's disgrace, Clinton
immediately hired her and establishment Democrats supported her
reelection bid to Congress.
O'Keefe Reveals 'Bird-Dogging' to Incite Violence at Trump
Events
Breitbart - Democrats have used trained provocateurs to
instigate violence at Republican events nationwide throughout
the 2016 election cycle, including at several Donald Trump
rallies, using a tactic called “bird-dogging,” according to a
new video investigation released Monday by James O’Keefe’s
Project Veritas. The goal of “bird-dogging”: to create a sense
of “anarchy” around Donald Trump that would undermine his
political support. Often, the tactic uses the most vulnerable
people — including the elderly and disabled — to maximize shock
value. O’Keefe’s extensive video investigation reveals that the
Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee
(DNC) are involved in “bird-dogging” and other provocative
tactics through a web of consultants led by Robert Creamer, a
veteran Chicago activist and convicted felon who is thought to
have planned Democrats’ political strategy during the push for
Obamacare in 2009 and 2010.... Creamer affirms on one video that
Clinton is aware of “all” of his work, and that Democracy
Partners has a daily telephone call with the Clinton campaign to
coordinate efforts.... [one of Creamer’s consultants, Scott ]
Foval also tells Project Veritas’s undercover journalist that
Republicans are less adept at such tactics because they obey
rules: “They have fewer guys willing to step out on the line for
what they believe in. … There is a level of adherence to rules
on the other side that only when you’re at the very highest
level, do you get over.” In another video, Foval admits that his
organization is responsible for an incident in Asheville, North
Carolina in September, where an elderly woman was allegedly
assaulted outside a Trump rally. In that incident, the
69-year-old woman, wearing an oxygen tank, heckled a visually
impaired 73-year-old Trump supporter, then pursued him. She
claimed he then punched her in the jaw, though she had no
visible injury; his attorney claims she touched him on the
shoulder first, and then fell to the ground as he turned around.
The national media covered her claims widely, while largely
ignoring his. Foval explains that the woman had been “trained”
as a part of his operation.
Deutsche Bank to pay $38 million in U.S. silver price-fixing
case
Reuters - Deutsche Bank AG has agreed to pay $38 million to
settle U.S. litigation over allegations it illegally conspired
with other banks to fix silver prices at the expense of
investors, according to court papers filed on Monday. The
settlement, disclosed in papers filed in Manhattan federal
court, came in one of many recent lawsuits in which investors
have accused banks of conspiring to rig rates and prices in
financial and commodities markets. The settlement had been
expected since April, though terms had yet to be disclosed. In
court papers, lawyers for the investors say the deal will likely
be an "ice breaker" that will serve as a catalyst for other
banks to settle. Vincent Briganti, a lawyer for the investors,
said the deal provides "substantial monetary compensation plus
cooperation from Deutsche Bank in the continued prosecution of
this important case against the non-settling defendants." The
settlement is subject to court approval. A spokeswoman for the
German bank declined to comment.
MIT nuclear fusion record marks latest step towards unlimited clean
energy
The Guardian - A nuclear fusion world record has been set in the US,
marking another step on the long road towards the unlocking of limitless
clean energy. A team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
created the highest plasma pressure ever recorded, using its Alcator
C-Mod tokamak reactor. High pressures and extreme temperatures are vital
in forcing atoms together to release huge amounts of energy. Nuclear
fusion powers the sun and has long been touted as the ultimate solution
to powering the world while halting climate change. But, as fusion
sceptics often say, the reality has stubbornly remained a decade or two
away for many years. Now MIT scientists have increased the record plasma
pressure to more than two atmospheres, a 16% increase on the previous
record set in 2005, at a temperature of 35 million C and lasting for two
seconds. The breakthrough was presented at the International Atomic
Energy Agency’s fusion summit in Japan on Monday. Successful fusion
means getting more energy out than is put in and this requires the
combination of pressure, temperature and time to pass a critical value
at which point the reaction becomes self-sustaining. This remains
elusive but the MIT record shows that using very high magnetic fields to
contain the plasma may be the most promising route to practical nuclear
fusion reactors.
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
EcoWatch - Florida Faces Worst Orange Harvest Crisis Since Records Began
in 1913
Production of the official fruit of Florida continues to plummet as the
first forecast from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the
2016-2017 growing season indicates a 14 percent drop in the state's
orange crop. On Wednesday, the USDA predicted farmers will have enough
oranges to fill 70 million boxes for the season. Last season, Florida
produced 81.5 million boxes, a 52-year low. This latest forecast shows
that the region is in the midst of the worst orange harvest crisis since
records began in 1913, according to The Guardian. After the
announcement, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam said that
the forecast is disheartening and further proof of the difficult times
facing Florida's citrus industry which has been dealing with citrus
greening, an incurable bacterial disease that can kill a tree within two
years…. The state has set aside $8 million in the budget to help fight
against greening, in addition to $14.7 million for a citrus health
response program within the Florida Department of Agriculture and
Consumer Services, reports The Tampa Bay Times. Farmers themselves have
put $100 million into fighting the disease that is spread through
hurricanes and storms that hit the state.
Salmon scam: Is your wild salmon really wild?
(NaturalHealth365) In a report released by the conservation group
Oceana, researchers collected 82 samples of “wild-caught” salmon from
restaurants and grocery stores from locations across the country. And
DNA analysis showed that a shocking 43 percent were actually mislabeled
– a disgraceful statistic. 69 percent of the mislabeling involved farmed
Atlantic salmon being sold as wild-caught; the remainder involved
inferior Pacific salmon, such as pink and chum, being sold as sockeye
and king salmon. Fish prepared and served in restaurant dishes were the
most likely to be mislabeled. Oceana reports that small vendors and
restaurants were found to be less trustworthy in their labeling than
large grocery stores – which are required to label their offerings with
species and country of origin, as well as farmed or wild status. The
report showed that 67 percent of the salmon served at restaurants was
mislabeled – as opposed to only 20 percent at grocery stores…. Even more
infuriating is the fact that the Oceana report merely re-emphasizes what
has been over a decade of deception in salmon labeling. In 2004, the New
York Times, tipped off by Vital Choice Wild Seafood, reported on
mislabeling at the now-defunct Fulton Fish Market in Manhattan. Of 8
salmon fillets advertised as “wild-caught Alaskan salmon,” 6 were
actually farmed Atlantic salmon – with full knowledge by the vendors,
who stated that the practice was “good for business,” as farmed salmon
is cheaper to buy.
10 Surprising Off-Grid Reasons You Should Stockpile Diatomaceous
Earth
Off the Grid News -
Diatomaceous earth is the fossilized remains
of diatoms, which are found in oceans and other water bodies.
The diatoms live for only about three days and their hard shell,
made of silica, remains. The diatoms are ground up into a fine
powder. Don’t ever consume the pool variety or the insecticide
version, as these are higher in crystalline content, which can
harm the kidneys and shut them down. Food grade, 100 percent
fossil shell flour is the right type to get. Take a look at all
of these uses – and then buy a bag of it.… 1. Heal old
injuries…. Add DE to juice, water, smoothies, yogurt or soup a
few times a day in a dosage of 1 heaping tablespoon and you will
see a big difference in these old injuries within a week or two.
2. Heal broken bones. Silica is a mineral that replaces calcium
if you don’t have enough… 1 heaping tablespoon twice daily. And
while it’s working, it strengthens connective tissue in the
bones. You end up with stronger bones. For children, use 1
teaspoon twice daily. 3. Chase away flying insects. Outdoor work
is miserable when the mosquitoes and flies show up…. Sprinkle it
on the grass or sand on your property so it looks like snow, and
do it before you go to bed. The dew will take it into the
ground, and all the mosquito and fly population will dwindle to
almost nothing in days. 4. Add it to your foods for
preservation.… Studies show this works well by placing some on
the bottom of the bucket, and then halfway through the bucket
and then on top of the food in the bucket…. The DE won’t harm
the cooking process at all. 5. Fix stitches and scars. After
cleaning the wound, sprinkle DE on it, and then cover it up. The
DE will not only kill infections that can cause bad scarring but
also stimulate healing without stitches. Silica is what the body
needs for strong connective tissue. 6. Heal gum issues. These
days receding gums are a huge problem, even in people in their
20s. DE resolves these problems. That’s because the silica in DE
is one of the most important nutrients for the gums – and it’s
not in the soils That means you don’t get it in your foods.
Here’s what to do: Wet your toothbrush. Then scoop up about
three-fourths an inch of the DE powder on top of your
toothbrush. Lift your upper lip and place the DE right against
the gums and teeth in this area. Repeat with the rest of the
sections in your mouth….
As Flint Water Crisis Unfolded, Pharma Company Raised Price of
Lead Poisoning Drug 2,700 Percent
Activist Post - Valeant Pharmaceuticals raised the price of a
drug used to treat lead poisoning by 2,700 percent after
acquiring the drug in 2013. By 2015 – as the issue of lead
poisoning became prominent news – the price for a package of
vials rose from $950 to $26,927. This intravenous treatment,
called Calcium EDTA, has been available for decades at a stable
price, and is the most effective for severe and life-threatening
cases of lead poisoning. The dramatic price increase has drawn
the ire of poison control specialists and hospitals since it
began, but their concerns don’t make the MSM news headlines….
The problem is, the drug does not have a long shelf life and is
not needed in large quantities, since severe lead poisoning is
relatively uncommon. This is precisely the excuse Valeant gives
for its egregious price hikes, with a company spokesman telling
STAT, “The list price increases over the past several years have
enabled us to provide to the market consistent availability of a
product with high carrying costs and very limited purchase
volume of 200 to 300 units per year.” The greed of Valeant
Pharmaceuticals – which does little more than buy up other
pharma companies and raise drug prices – was celebrated by Wall
St. for two years until an accounting scandal and congressional
hearings began tarnishing its image. In October 2015, we
reported that Valeant raised prices on a number of critical
brand-name drugs by an average of 66 percent — five times as
much as its closest industry peers. These included Cuprimine, a
decades-old drug that treats an inherited disorder called Wilson
disease, and a diabetes drug called Glumetza. Valeant relies on
insurance companies and government programs to shield most
patients from the skyrocketing costs, but this leads to higher
premiums and co-payments, as well as an extra burden on
taxpayers.
Standard prostate cancer treatment doubles dementia risk
What Doctors Don't Tell You - Prostate cancer treatment ADT
(androgen deprivation therapy) doubles the chances of dementia,
a new study has discovered. It’s the standard treatment for
prostate cancers that have spread—and doctors perhaps need to
start looking for a safer alternative, say researchers. ADT
lowers testosterone levels, but this also seems to have an
impact on the patient’s chances of developing dementia or
Alzheimer’s disease years later. n the new study, researchers
from Stanford University tracked the progress of 1,829 prostate
cancer patients for five years after they had been given ADT. In
that time, 7.9 per cent developed dementia compared with 3.5 per
cent of other prostate cancer patients who weren’t given ADT….
The risk was greatest among men who were aged 70 and older and
who had been taking ADT for at least a year.
Combining Garlic and Lemon Significantly Reduces Blood Pressure
and Total Cholesterol
Natural Blaze - Data published in the PubMed-listed
International Journal of Preventive Medicine indicated that 20
grams per day of garlic and one tablespoon of lemon juice
produced significantly greater reductions in total cholesterol,
LDL-cholesterol, and fibrinogen compared to garlic alone, lemon
juice alone, or control. With their unique combination of
flavonoids and sulfur-containing nutrients, allium
vegetables–such as garlic–belong in your diet on a regular
basis. There’s research evidence for including at least one
serving of an allium vegetable–such as garlic–in your meal plan
every day. Raw honey garlic lemon shots are known as an
effective method to supercharge your immune system.
MSG In Dog Food Can Cause Brain Damage
Dogs Naturally - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classifies it
as GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) but still, quite a lot of people
do experience unpleasant symptoms like headaches, flushing, sweating,
nausea, heart palpitations, chest pain and facial numbness or tingling
after eating food with MSG in it…. MSG lurks in many pet foods as well.
And your dog can’t tell you he has a headache after eating it…. MSG is
used as a flavor enhancer … but it’s actually quite tasteless itself. It
works by tricking the brain into thinking food tastes good. It’s a type
of neurotransmitter known as an excitotoxin, meaning it over-stimulates
the brain, causing an overproduction of dopamine. This creates a brief
sensation of wellbeing. But it damages the brain and alters its ability
to respond to the signal from the hormone leptin that tells us we’re
full … which is why, when you eat foods containing MSG, you just want to
keep eating, making the food seem almost addictive. Of course, when it
comes to dogs, most of them are greedy and just want to keep eating
anyway … but if your dog’s eating kibble, MSG in his food might be
increasing his seemingly endless hunger!… Studies by Dr John Olney at
Washington University using neonatal mice and varying injected doses of
MSG found that the injections caused obesity, neuroendocrine
disturbances, behavioral disturbances, as well as fetal brain damage in
mice whose mothers who ate it when pregnant. Other studies in animals
have shown that MSG is toxic to various organs such as the liver, brain,
thymus, and kidneys…. The FDA allows more than 40 ingredients that
contain it. But because it isn’t added directly to the food, it doesn’t
have to be listed on the label. One of the pet food industry’s favorite
forms of MSG is hydrolyzed protein, also used to enhance flavor. If you
see “natural flavoring” or “digest” on the label, it’s probably
hydrolyzed protein. Apart from natural flavor, it can also appear under
other names, including: Any type of protein isolate (e.g. soy protein
isolate). Any type of textured protein (such as textured vegetable
protein). Autolyzed yeast. Hydrolyzed yeast. Yeast extracts or yeast
nutrient or yeast food. Soy extracts….
Video: Amazing Cat Uses Sign Language to Ask for Food
Cat knows how to sign 'eat' and get attention.
Monday - October
17, 2016 - Today In History:
1739 - Thomas Coram was granted a Royal Charter from George II so a
"hospital for the maintenance and education of exposed and deserted
young children" in London, England.
1777 - American troops defeated British forces in Saratoga, NY. It was
the turning point in the American Revolutionary War.
1931 - Al Capone was convicted on income tax evasion and was sentenced
to 11 years in prison. He was released in 1939.
1933 - "News-Week" appeared for the first time at newsstands. The name
was later changed to "Newsweek."
1973 - The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) began an
oil-embargo against several countries including the U.S. and Great
Britain. The incident stemmed from Western support of Israel when Egypt
and Syria attacked the nation on October 6, 1973. The embargo lasted
until March of 1974.
1978 - U.S. President Carter signed a bill that restored full U.S.
citizenship rights to Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
1979 - Mother Teresa of India was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1987 - U.S. First Lady Nancy Reagan underwent a modified radical
mastectomy at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland.
1994 - The Angolan government and rebels agreed to a peace treaty that
ended their 19 years of civil war.
2001 - Pakistan placed its armed forces on high alert because of troop
movements by India in the disputed territory of Kashmir. India said that
the movements were part of a normal troop rotation.
2003 - In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration approved a drug,
known as memantine, to help people with Alzheimer's symptoms.
2007 - President George W. Bush, raising Beijing's ire, presented the
Dalai Lama with the Congressional Gold Medal and urged Chinese leaders
to welcome the monk to Beijing.
Claim: America “Plotting Secret Attack on Syria” With 9,000 ISIS
Fighters From Mosul
Mac Slavo - A new claim from Russia suggests that the United
States and Saudi Arabia, along with other partners, are planning
to use ISIS once again to destabilize Assad in Syria. If the
account is to be believed, U.S. and British troops will use the
pretext of ‘retaking Mosul’ in Iraq – which is currently held by
ISIS – to give ISIS troops escape into Syria under cover of
being attacked. The implication is that they would bomb targets
that are already emptied of jihadists, who will actually be
helping to achieve their objectives in neighboring Syria. via
The UK Sun: "Thousnds of ISIS fighters are to be given safe
passage out of Iraq to fight in Syria, Russian military leaders
claim. The jihadi army – and their families – will allegedly be
let back in to Syria to battle president Bashar al-Assad and his
Russian allies.… Nearly a thousand US and British troops have
been sent to retake Mosul – the largest city under ISIS control.
But under the supposed agreement – allegedly brokered by Saudi
Arabia – the US-led coalition will only bomb targets agreed with
the militants in advance… “In preparation for the operation in
Mosul, US intelligence agencies and Saudi Arabia agreed that
before the assault all militants will be offered a safe route to
leave the city with their families.… “More than 9,000 ISIS
fighters will be transferred to the eastern regions of Syria to
follow a major offensive operation, which involves the capture
of Deir ez-Zur and Palmyra.”.... If this proves to be accurate,
it will represent a new front in the Syrian war, and the
likelihood of direct confrontation between the United States and
Russia – as these ISIS troops would be taking on Russian troops
as well.
The siege of Mosul begins
The Long War Journal - Iraqi forces, backed by Kurdish, Sunni,
and Shiite militias as well as US airpower, are have launched
their long-awaited offensive to retake Mosul, the last major
city in Iraq under the Islamic State’s control. Iranian-backed
Shiite militias are expected to play a key role in liberating
Mosul from the Islamic State, which has occupied the city since
June 2014.... The anti-Islamic State coalition has been
preparing the battlefield to retake Mosul for well over six
months.... If the Islamic State digs in and defends Mosul, the
fight is expected to be bloody. More than 6,000 Islamic State
fighters are thought to be in the city. It has deployed
thousands of mines and has dug an elaborate network of tunnels
and trenches across Mosul in preparation for a protracted urban
fight. Additionally, hundreds of thousands of civilians are
trapped in the city as the Islamic State has prevented them from
leaving. However, during recent battles in major Iraqi cities
such as Ramadi and Fallujah, the Islamic State withdrew the bulk
of its troops and left a smaller rearguard force to bleed the
Iraqi military and militias. The forces in the fragmented
anti-Islamic State alliance, a mix of Iraqi special forces and
regular troops, the Kurdish Peshmerga, and Sunni and Shiite
militias who number a total of 60,000, are each positioning
themselves to reap the benefits of a post-Islamic State Mosul.
Putin Sends Aircraft Carrier Group to Mediterranean as Syrian
Powderkeg Poised to Erupt
The Free Thought Project - Yesterday, Russia’s flagship, and
only aircraft carrier — the Admiral Kuznetsov — left the port of
Severomorsk en route to the eastern Mediterranean – off the
Syrian coast, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense. The
carrier will bolster the Russian anti-terror campaign in Syria
and serve as a hedge against U.S. aggression, and is to be
escorted by the battle cruiser Peter the Great, the Vice-Admiral
Kulakov destroyer, the anti-submarine vessel Severomorsk, and
four other naval vessels from Russia’s Northern fleet. The move
is not altogether unexpected, as just weeks ago Russian Defense
Minister Sergei Shoigu said the aircraft carrier would be sent
to the eastern Mediterranean to boost the country’s naval forces
in the region amid heightened tensions with the United States.
This is the first deployment of the Soviet-era Kuznetsov since
undergoing a complete refurbishment, and is a sign of the
increasing tensions between the US and Russia in Syria.
US destroyer ‘appears’ to have fallen under new attack off Yemen
RT - Just two days after the US launched retaliatory strikes in
Yemen and vowed to continue with the “self-defense” measures it
deems necessary, the USS Mason has allegedly fallen under attack
for the third time in a week, according to the Pentagon.
“Earlier today, a US Strike Group transiting international
waters in the Red Sea detected possible inbound missile threats
and deployed appropriate defensive countermeasures,” Pentagon
spokesman Cmdr. Gary Ross said in a statement to Navy’s USNI [US
Naval Institute] News.... The US intelligence is still assessing
the situation. No American personnel suffered any injuries.
Saturday’s strike against USS Mason is the third that the ship
suffered in a week. According to the Pentagon the ship was
previously targeted last Sunday and again on Wednesday. In
response to the second reported attack, President Obama
authorized retaliatory strikes against the radar installations
that the US believes were used by the Houthi rebels to attack
its ship in the international waters of the Red Sea.... The US
President also threatened to take active countermeasures if
strikes against US vessels in the region continue.... Earlier
this week, the Pentagon admitted that the US was unaware of who
actually “pulled the trigger,” only asserting that missiles came
from the rebel-controlled area. The US side also implicated
Iran, pointing towards its support of the rebels.
Cartel Gunmen Ambush Border Police with Armored Trucks
Breitbart - The ambush against the [Mexican] state police
officers comes after citizen journalists in the border region
known as the Ribereña or riverine have reported on gun battles
involving large convoys of gunmen. According to residents, the
gun battles among cartel factions started early morning in the
area immediately south of Roma, Texas and quickly spread to
other rural communities. The Ribereña is immediately south of
Starr County, Texas and is considered a major drug trafficking
route due to the lack of border security in the area.... A
convoy of armored cartel trucks attacked police forces, setting
off a fierce gun battle where one of the officers died. At the
end of the clash, two cartel vehicles were left behind. One of
the vehicles was a standard SUV, while the other truck was
armored.... A second clash took place shortly after as Mexican
military personnel rushed to assist the state police officers.
Along the way, the soldiers fought with some cartel gunmen;
resulting in another skirmish.... The attacks against police
forces appear to have spiked in recent days with cartel forces
focusing on state agents, particularly in the Ribereña area. The
move appears to be a backlash at the increase in operations
targeting cartel activity. Recently deployed convoys of Mexican
marines have been completing successful raids against gunmen.
FINALLY Venezuela is Ending Price Controls
Economic Policy Journal - President Nicolás Maduro’s government
has begun dismantling price controls, a major policy shift that
aims to ease widespread unrest by letting shops sell food at
market prices, reports The Wall Street Journal. What began as a
limited experiment in March in western Zulia state, which
borders Colombia, has since been rolled out to six other border
states, according to ruling-party governors and interviews with
supermarket owners and shoppers across the country. One of the
governors says plans are afoot to extend the program to the
capital, Caracas, where food riots recently broke out just
outside the presidential palace.
“Before there was nothing; now there’s everything,” said Jesús
Barrios, 36, as he shopped in Maracaibo, the state capital of
Zulia, according to WSJ. “At least I can come in and buy, even
if at high cost,” said Ana Atencio, a nurse who came in after
her shift to get some sugar for her baby’s milk. “Before, I
wouldn’t even dream of it because of the line and people
fighting.” In cities where the controls have been lifted,
including Maracaibo and Puerto Ordaz, the long lines of shoppers
that snaked outside every store have shortened. Looting of
markets and food trucks—a daily occurrence just a few months
ago—were down one-third nationwide in August from a May high,
according to the Venezuelan Observatory of Social Conflict, a
nonprofit group---another free market miracle.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
CIA Prepping for Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia
NBC News - The Obama administration is contemplating an
unprecedented cyber covert action against Russia in retaliation
for alleged Russian interference in the American presidential
election, U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News. Current and
former officials with direct knowledge of the situation say the
CIA has been asked to deliver options to the White House for a
wide-ranging "clandestine" cyber operation designed to harass
and "embarrass" the Kremlin leadership. The sources did not
elaborate on the exact measures the CIA was considering, but
said the agency had already begun opening cyber doors, selecting
targets and making other preparations for an operation. Former
intelligence officers told NBC News that the agency had gathered
reams of documents that could expose unsavory tactics by Russian
President Vladimir Putin…. Former CIA deputy director Michael
Morell expressed skepticism that the U.S. would go so far as to
attack Russian networks. "Physical attacks on networks is not
something the U.S. wants to do because we don't want to set a
precedent for other countries to do it as well, including
against us," he said. "My own view is that our response
shouldn't be covert -- it should overt, for everybody to see."
Russia Slams "Unprecedented, Insolent" US Cyber Threats, Vows
Retaliation
Zero Hedge - In a striking report released on Friday night by
NBC, the Obama administration was reportedly "contemplating an
unprecedented cyber covert action" (it remains unclear how the
action is covert if Biden announced it to the world via an
interview with Chuck Todd), a "wide-ranging clandestine cyber
operation designed to harass and "embarrass" the Kremlin
leadership", in retaliation for alleged interference in the
American presidential election, and has asked the CIA to draft
plans for a "wide-ranging "clandestine" cyber operation designed
to harass and "embarrass" the Kremlin leadership.".... The
response came this [Saturday] morning Putin's spokesman Dmitry
Peskov said that "US aggressiveness is growing, and threats to
carry out cyberattacks against Russia are unprecedented" adding
that Russia will take “precautionary measures.” “The fact is, US
unpredictability and aggression keep growing, and such threats
against Moscow and our country’s leadership are unprecedented,
because the threat is being announced at the level of the US
Vice President,” Peskov told RIA Novosti cited by AFP. “Of
course, given such an aggressive, unpredictable line, we have to
take measures to protect our interests, somehow hedge the
risks,” he said, adding that “such unpredictability is dangerous
for the whole world.”.... Accusations against Russia have become
louder in recent days with WikiLeaks releasing thousands of
“Podesta emails,” exposing Hillary Clinton’s connections to Wall
Street and controversial views on Syria, among other things.
Numerous left-leaning mainstream media outlets have been quick
to accuse the Kremlin of teaming up with WikiLeaks, allegedly
providing it with massive amounts of inside scoops to post. The
evidence-free allegations have been denied both by Moscow and by
WikiLeaks. Responding to accusations last week, the Russian
presidential press secretary mentioned that “tens of thousands
of hackers” try to break into the sites of Russian officials on
a daily basis, but this never prompted Moscow to point a finger
at Washington.
* Related:
Hillary Clinton’s advisers are ramping up attacks on WikiLeaks
and the Russian government over a damaging email hack
Wikileaks Releases Another 1,054 Podesta Emails In Part 9 Of
Data Dump; Total Is Now 12,073
Zero Hedge - In a now familiar daily routine, one which forces
the Clinton campaign to bring up ever starker sexual scandals
involving Trump to provide a media distraction, moments ago
Wikileaks released yet another roughly 1,054 emails in Part 9 of
its ongoing Podesta Email dump, which brings the total number of
released emails to 12,073. As a reminder among yesterday's
releases were the three much anticiapted transcripts from
Hillary Clinton's speeches delivered to Goldman Sachs, first
profiled here, and which as the WSJ explained "Reveal Hillary
Clinton’s Sympathy for Wall Street" With another 38,000 or so
emails left until election day, we expect the emergence of
another Trump "sexual assault" accuser to emerge momentarily,
just as we predicted yesterday and were proven right not once
but twice. After all the public must be distracted from what
truly matters.
* Related:
Detailed List of Links to The Top Wikileaks Podesta
Pentagon Video Warns of “Unavoidable” Dystopian Future for
World’s Biggest Cities (Video)
The Intercept - According to a startling Pentagon video obtained
by The Intercept, the future of global cities will be an amalgam
of the settings of “Escape from New York” and “Robocop” — with
dashes of the “Warriors” and “Divergent” thrown in. It will be a
world of Robert Kaplan-esque urban hellscapes — brutal and
anarchic supercities filled with gangs of youth-gone-wild, a
restive underclass, criminal syndicates, and bands of malicious
hackers. At least that’s the scenario outlined in “Megacities:
Urban Future, the Emerging Complexity,” a five-minute video that
has been used at the Pentagon’s Joint Special Operations
University. All that stands between the coming chaos and the
good people of Lagos and Dhaka (or maybe even New York City) is
the U.S. Army, according to the video, which The Intercept
obtained via the Freedom of Information Act. The video was used
as part of an “Advanced Special Operations Combating Terrorism”
course offered at JSOU earlier this year, for a lesson on “The
Emerging Terrorism Threat.” JSOU is operated by U.S. Special
Operations Command, the umbrella organization for America’s most
elite troops. JSOU describes itself as geared toward preparing
special operations forces “to shape the future strategic
environment by providing specialized joint professional military
education, developing SOF specific undergraduate and graduate
level academic programs and by fostering special operations
research.”… A 2014 Army report, titled “Megacities and the
United States Army,” warned that “the Army is currently
unprepared. Although the Army has a long history of urban
fighting, it has never dealt with an environment so complex and
beyond the scope of its resources.” A separate Army study
published this year bemoans the fact that the “U.S. Army is
incapable of operating within the megacity.”
Judge dismisses Sandy Hook families' lawsuit against gun maker
Fox News - A judge on Friday dismissed a wrongful-death lawsuit
by Newtown families against the maker of the rifle used in the
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting massacre, citing an
embattled federal law that shields gun manufacturers from most
lawsuits over criminal use of their products.... The families
were seeking to hold Remington accountable for selling what
their lawyers called a semi-automatic rifle that is too
dangerous for the public because it was designed as a military
killing machine. Their lawyer vowed an immediate appeal of
Friday's ruling. The judge agreed with attorneys for Madison,
North Carolina-based Remington that the lawsuit should be
dismissed under the federal Protection of Lawful Commerce in
Arms Act, which was passed by Congress in 2005 and shields gun
makers from liability when their firearms are used in crimes....
Lawyers for Remington said Congress passed the act after
determining such lawsuits were an abuse of the legal system.
* Related:
After Lawsuit Dismissed, Clinton Reminds Gun-Makers She Has Them
In Her Cross Hairs
More Than 1 Million to Lose Obamacare Plans as Insurers Quit
Bloomberg - At least 1.4 million people in 32 states will lose
the Obamacare plan they have now, according to state officials
contacted by Bloomberg. That’s largely caused by Aetna Inc.,
UnitedHealth Group Inc. and some state or regional insurers
quitting the law’s markets for individual coverage.... While
it’s not clear what all the consequences of the departing
insurers will be, interviews with regulators and insurance
customers suggest that plans will be fewer and more expensive,
and may not include the same doctors and hospitals.... The U.S.
agency that oversees Obamacare has said that some disruption is
normal, and that choosing a new plan can help people get the
best deal.... For the people losing plans, there are fewer and
fewer choices. One estimate by the Kaiser Family Foundation
predicts that for at least 19 percent of the people in
Obamacare’s individual market next year there will be only one
insurer to choose from. In North Carolina, for example, a
BlueCross BlueShield insurer will be the only option in 95 of
the state’s 100 counties after Aetna and UnitedHealth said this
year that they would leave. That will leave 284,000 people
looking for a new plan, according to the state.... In Tennessee,
UnitedHealth and the state’s BlueCross BlueShield plan are
pulling back, and about 117,000 people will lose the plans they
have now.
Officials Conspired to Conceal Refugee Resettlement in Vermont
LifeZette - The conservative watchdog Judicial Watch obtained
128 pages under Vermont’s open records law. The documents
include an email from Amila Merdzanovic, executive director of
the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program, asking Rutland Mayor
Christopher Louras not to hold a public meeting on the
resettlement plan. “I want to share with you the concern my HQ
has about holding a public forum,” she wrote on April 14. “If we
open it up to anybody and everybody, all sorts of people will
come out of woodwork. Anti-immigrant, anti-anything. They
suggest that the forum be invite-only but make it as wide as
possible. Work with faith leaders, United Way, etc. … Perhaps,
we could go back to the Congregational Church and continue the
conversation there.” So shrouded in secrecy was the resettlement
plan that most of the town’s aldermen did not realize what was
taking place behind closed doors, according to Judicial Watch.
William Notte, president of the Board of Aldermen, knew about
the plan but did not share it with his colleagues until a day or
two before Louras announced it at an April 26 news
conference.... A document included in the Judicial Watch file
lays out housing, jobs, medical care, and places for worship
that the Rutland would need to provide for the refugees. The
city has no mosque and no other Syrian refugees. Handwritten
notes on that document indicate that the issue was “not what can
‘we’ do for ‘them,’ but what the diversity, cultural richness
[can] do for this community.”.... The mayor’s decision to
aggressively — and secretly — pursue the refugee resettlement
plans drew the ire of some aldermen, who accused him of acting
unilaterally. The Board of Aldermen this month called for an
investigation into how the mayor handled the issue.
When Librarians Are Silenced
New York Review Daily - In cooperation with the Truman
Presidential Library and the Jewish Community Foundation of
Greater Kansas City, the Kansas City Public Library had invited
Dennis Ross—a former advisor on the Middle East to Presidents
George H.W. Bush and Barack Obama, and to former Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton, and currently a distinguished fellow at
the Washington Institute for Near East Policy—to speak about
Truman and Israel at its Plaza Branch.... During the
question-and-answer session after Ross’s address, a local writer
and activist named Jeremy Rothe-Kushel asked about US support
for what he called Israel’s “state-sponsored terrorism.” Ross
answered, and when Rothe-Kushel followed up with a more
aggressive question, Hawkins and one of the other guards
approached him and immediately tried to eject him from the
building—despite the fact that Rothe-Kushel posed no danger to
the speaker or audience members.... Steve Woolfolk, the
library’s director of programming, who had been watching from
off stage, interceded on Rothe-Kushel’s behalf and defended his
right to remain in a public building and ask questions at a
public forum; in a cell phone video, Rothe-Kushel can be heard
saying, “Ask me to leave [and] I will leave.” The guards led
Woolfolk and Rothe-Kushel through the green room toward the
lobby. As Woolfolk rounded a pillar, several of the guards
grabbed Woolfolk from behind. Woolfolk was kicked in the leg
(resulting in a torn knee ligament), slammed against the pillar,
and thrown into a chair. When he bounced out of the chair onto
the floor, the guards forced him back into the chair, and
handcuffed him. Both men were arrested by a uniformed police
officer who had been summoned by Hawkins. Rothe-Kushel was
charged with trespassing and resisting arrest, and Woolfolk with
interfering with an arrest.... Since May, the cases against both
men have been pending.
Video: Donald Trump Uncensored: This Is America's "Moment Of
Reckoning"
Zero Hedge - Sometimes, you just have to listen... "There is
nothing that the political establishment will not do; no lie
they will not tell, to hold their prestige and power at your
expense... and that's what's been happening. The Washington
establishment - and the financial and media corporations that
fund it - exists for one thing only... to protect and enrich
itself." […] For those who control the levers of power in
Washington and for the global special interests - they partner
with these people that don't have your good in mind - our
campaign represents a true existential threat... like they
haven't seen before. This is not simply another four-year
election; this is a crossroads in the history of our
civilization that will determine whether or not we, the people,
reclaim control over our government."
* Related:
Full: Donald Trump Speech 10/13/16: West Palm Beach, Florida
Republican HQ in Orange County firebombed
The Charlotte Observer - The weekend firebombing of a North
Carolina Republican headquarters drew national attention Sunday,
with one state GOP official calling it an act of “political
terrorism.” Hillsborough police say the incident at the Orange
County GOP headquarters occurred when a bottle of flammable
liquid was thrown through the front window of the office that
housed the local GOP headquarters. The words, “Nazi Republicans
get out of town or else” and a swastika were spray painted on
the side of an adjacent building. Officials said the bomb
ignited inside the office. No damage estimates were
available.... Dallas Woodhouse, executive director of the state
GOP, called the bombing “political terrorism.” “The office
itself is a total loss,” he said. “The only thing important to
us is that nobody was killed, and they very well could have
been.” Later, Woodhouse said, “Whether you are Republican,
Democrat or Independent, all Americans should be outraged by
this hate-filled and violent attack against our democracy...
Everyone in this country should be free to express their
political viewpoints without fear for their own safety.” The
incident comes barely three weeks before an election marked by
heightened tensions and passion on both sides. On Sunday the
Bangor Daily News reported that about 20 cars were vandalized
with spray paint outside a Saturday rally for GOP presidential
candidate Donald Trump.
JUDGE JEANINE Speaks With Witnesses Who TOTALLY DEBUNK Trump
Groper Accusers (VIDEO)
The Gateway Pundit - Anthony Gilberthorpe, who was on the flight
where Jessica Leeds claimed sexual harassment by Donald Trump.
Anthony totally debunked Jessica’s bizarre accusations. Anthony
said he would speak out against these lies whether it be Trump,
Obama or Clinton. “I will prove that I was on that flight with
that woman and I was witness not to any sexual misdemeanor on
the part of Trump. That man did not touch that woman… She said,
“I can’t believe my luck that I’ve met one of the richest men in
the world.” And John Barry, cousin of Summer Zervos, refuted her
Friday accusations with Gloria Allred. John told Judge Jeanine
that she was unhappy that Trump would not visit her restaurant.
John added that his cousin likes to sue people.
Exxon Has Lost Over $1 Billion From Russian Sanctions
OilPrice.com - Exxon, the world’s biggest oil and gas company by
value, entered Russia in the 1990s and has enjoyed a long and
fruitful presence there. This presence was set to expand further
with Exxon’s plans to take part in the exploration and
exploitation of the country’s Arctic shelf. Unfortunately for
Exxon, the U.S. and the EU hit Russia with sanctions over the
annexation of Crimea and its support for Eastern Ukrainian
rebels. The sanctions forced Exxon to shelve its Arctic plans,
and it started to lose money from revenues generated by its
ongoing Russian projects, such as the flagship project
Sakhalin-1 and a number of joint ventures with Russia’s Rosneft.
It also lost future revenues. The Arctic venture alone was
valued at $500 billion in total investments. What made the
project particularly appealing for Exxon was that Rosneft’s CEO,
Igor Sechin, had promised to exempt the company from export
duties and property tax. It was all going so well before the
White House ordered Exxon to basically drop everything and go
home, banning the export of any technical know-how and equipment
in the area of drilling for oil and gas, including shale
technology. As of early 2015, seven months after the sanctions
were launched, Exxon had suffered losses amounting to about $1
billion from its Russian operations. That may not look like a
whole lot of money for a company that reported second-quarter
profits of $1.7 billion this year.
New Obama Executive Order Hints At Devastating Space Event: "Could
Disable Large Portions Of The Electrical Power Grid... Cause Cascading
Failures"
Mac Slavo - Space weather events such as solar flares, solar energetic
particles, and geomagnetic disturbances have long been believed to pose
a significant threat to our technologically advanced society with the
ability to not only affect global positioning satellites, but on-earth
electronics that include the entire domestic (and global) power grid. In
the latest Executive Order signed by Barack Obama, the President calls
for coordination between various government agencies including the
Department of Defense and Department of Homeland security should a major
“space weather event” come to pass.... Though often dismissed as nothing
more than fear mongering, the threat of space weather events is not only
possible, it is quite probable, as evidenced by a massive solar flare
which narrowly missed earth in 2012.... Recent projections from a secret
Homeland Security report suggest that as many as 100 million Americans
could be left without power should a powerful enough solar storm strike
earth. Another report paints an even more terrifying picture, indicating
that without access to power via our grid, America would literally come
to a standstill. Critical supplies including medicine, gas, and food
would be undeliverable and within one year as many as 90% of Americans
would be dead if the grid were not restored.... And it is this very
descent into breakdown that will require an unprecedented government
response and Obama’s Doomsday Executive Order has given them the pretext
to do so.
Video: Illness, Respiratory Symptoms After CDC Protesters Hit by
Chemtrails, Including “Vaxxed” Producer
Natural Blaze - A protest at the CDC building in Atlanta, Georgia, with
the “Vaxxed” documentary producer and crew in attendance was decimated
by chemtrails this weekend. Some reported respiratory symptoms, illness,
and tiredness, something that is frequently reported after heavy
exposure to spraying, which we documented earlier this year at Era of
Wisdom in “The Geoengineering Escalation of 2016.” This Era of Wisdom
video explains…
15 Reasons Why You Should Grow Bamboo The Perfect Prepper Plant
Natural Blaze - Bamboo is a grass that most people assume can
only grow in warmer climates (like zone 5 or above) but some of
the 1,500 plus varieties are perfectly happy to grow in cooler
and even cold regions surviving down to -20. Many bamboo
varieties contain cyanide and therefore none of the uses listed
below includes food as I don’t know enough about which varieties
are safe to eat. 1. Dry bamboo burns well and is considered a
sustainable fuel source. 2. Leaving a few stems on the plant
encourages them to grow larger which makes them far more useful
for use as containers. 3. Containers: cut above one joint and
below another gives you a bamboo tube that is sealed at one end
and open at the other. It will hold water or anything else you
decide to put in it. 4. Bamboo actually fills up with water when
it rains and that water is drinkable, and in large stems there
can be enough for you to pot up for later. 5. It’s strength and
flexibility makes it idea for crafting fishing rods. 6. It
sharpens well and fishing spears are easily fashioned from a
slim stem. 7. Dry bamboo is relatively easy to sharpen and it
takes a point very easily. A bamboo knife is sharp and ideal for
self-defence should the need arise. 8. Bamboo floats and can be
fashioned into fishing lures. 9. Still on floating, a couple of
stems on the surface of a pond or lake, anchored with a stone on
a rope to stop them floating away will keep the water from
freezing, maintaining your water/fishing hole. 10. Lashing
larger stems of bamboo together can make fencing, defensive
barriers and even rafts….
Big Pharma cannot profit from healthy people
Kamloops This Week - The Canadian government is proposing to
change the natural health products (NPH) regulations to regulate
many NHP using the same rules as drugs, NHP are different in
nature from drugs and must be treated differently. Our
pre-market approval system respects traditional values from many
different cultures and allows Canadians freedom of choice and
access to these important products. Changing the NHP regulations
is trying to fix a system that is not broken. This proposed
legislation reeks of crony capitalism big time and health-food
stores estimate they will lose half of their products. Here’s a
rhetorical question: Who will profit from their loss? My health
depends on the vitamin, mineral and herbal supplements available
to me. Removing them from health-food stores would be an
atrocious crime.
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Coke and Pepsi Spent Millions Buying Off Public Health Groups
While Lobbying Against Health Initiatives
AllGov - Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have given millions of dollars to
nearly 100 prominent health groups in recent years, while
simultaneously spending millions to defeat public health
legislation that would reduce Americans’ soda intake, according
to public health researchers. The findings, published Monday in
the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, document the
beverage industry’s deep financial ties to the health community
over the past five years, as part of a strategy to silence
health critics and gain unlikely allies against soda
regulations.... The report found a number of instances in which
influential health groups accepted beverage industry donations
and then backed away from supporting soda taxes or remained
noticeably silent about the initiatives. In one instance cited
in the study, the nonprofit group Save the Children, which had
actively supported soda tax campaigns in several states, did an
about face and withdrew its support in 2010. The group had
accepted a $5 million grant from Pepsi and was seeking a major
grant from Coke to help pay for its health and education
programs for children.... The New York Times last year reported
that Coke had paid for scientific research that downplayed the
link between sugary drinks and obesity. The beverage giant then
released a database showing that since 2010 it had spent more
than $120 million on academic research and partnerships with
health organizations involved in curbing obesity.
DEA Decides NOT to Ban Kratom … For Now
Natural Society - On October 12, the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA) said in a notice to be published in the
Federal Register that it has formally withdrawn plans to ban
kratom, an herb used by many as a natural medicine. The category
is reserved for drugs which have no known medicinal value. The
August announcement drew the ire of kratom users, advocates, and
stakeholders, many of whom expressed their outrage via the
Internet. Citing this backlash, the DEA says it will open an
official comment period, set to end on December 1. The DEA is
also asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a
formal scientific and medical evaluation of kratom, which it
will use to make an updated scheduling recommendation….
Researchers believe their work on kratom could eventually lead
to the development of painkillers that rival opiates, but
without being addictive. And unlike opioid medications, kratom
isn’t known to cause the same side effects as opioids, including
respiratory depression. While ingesting kratom does lead to
feelings of euphoria, David Kroll, a pharmacologist and medical
writer, explained that it’s not the same high as the one derived
from taking opioids. Researchers argue that making the herb a
Schedule I drug would cripple their ability to study it further.
When December 1 rolls around, a number of things could happen.
Firstly, the DEA could opt to put kratom in a schedule of the
Controlled Substances Act permanently. This would allow more
time for lawmakers and the public to voice their opinions on the
herb’s future. Secondly, the administration could decide to
temporarily schedule kratom, which would not require any
additional comment. Thirdly, it might leave kratom unregulated.
9 Reasons Your Fabric Softener Could Be Causing Your Health
Problems
Marina Zacharias - Sometimes it's hard to believe that health
problems can arise from the simplest products used in everyday
living. There is a movement going on right now to participate in
a class action lawsuit against manufacturers of fabric
softeners… Turns out that the chemicals used can cause serious
trouble with your central nervous system! Exposure can be
through inhalation from the exhaust of dryers or skin contract
from the treated fabrics. Symptoms include (but are not limited
to): disorientation, dizziness, headaches, memory loss, neck and
spine pain, etc. [Here is a] brief glance at the ingredients
used along with some basic research from their "Material Safety
Data Sheets”… ALPHA-TERPINEOL - "highly irritating to mucous
membrances" ... "aspiration into lungs can produce pneumonitis
or even fatal edema" ... "can also cause loss of muscular
coordination" --- "Prevent repeated or prolonged skin contact."
BENZYL ACETATE -- "Cardinogenic (linked to pancreatic cancer).
"from vapors: irritating to eyes and respirator passages,
exciting cough" ... "can be absorbed through the skin causing
systemic effects" ... "do not flush to sewer." BENZYL ALCOHOL --
"irritating to the upper respiratory tract" ... "headache,
nausea, vomiting, dizziness, drop in blood pressure, depression,
and death in severe cases due to respiratory failure." CAMPHOR
-- On EPA's Hazardous Waste List. "readily absorbed through the
body tissues" ... "irritation of eyes, skin, nose and throat"
... "dizziness, confusion, nausea, twitching muscles and
convulsions" ... "avoid inhalation of vapors." CHLOROFORM -
(You've got to be kidding!!) ETHYL ACETATE -- Narcotic. "may
cause headache and narcosis" ... "may cause anemia with
leukocytosis and damage to liver and kidneys" ... "wash
thoroughly after handling." LIMONENE -- Carcinogenic. "prevent
its' contact with skin or eyes because it is an irritant and
sensitizer" ... "always wash thoroughly after using this
material and before eating or drinking" ... "do not inhale
limonene vapor.”….
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Class Action Lawsuit Against Fragrance Chemical Companies
8 Home Remedies for Minor Dog Emergencies
Dr. Becker - Many pet parents look in their cabinets first to treat
minor health issues in their animal companion. There are a number of
household items many people have on hand that can serve a dual purpose
as health remedies… 1. Problem: Constipation, Diarrhea and Other Minor
Digestive Issues. Solution: Canned pumpkin. It's a good idea to keep a
can of 100 percent pumpkin in your kitchen cabinet for occasional mild
tummy upsets…. 2. Problem: Minor Skin Abrasions, Cuts, Infections or Hot
Spots. Solution: Povidone iodine. Povidone iodine (Betadine) is a gentle
disinfectant that can take care of staph, yeast and almost any common
bacteria. It doesn't sting or irritate the skin, and it's safe if your
pet licks it…. 3. Problem: Itchy, Irritated Paws. Solution: Footbaths.
Did you know about 50 percent of your dog's foot licking and chewing can
be alleviated by mechanically removing allergens and other irritants
collected on a dog's paws? "Mechanically removing" simply means rinsing
them off…. 4. Problem: Fleas. Solution: Apple cider vinegar. Apple cider
vinegar (ACV) doesn't kill fleas, but it can help to keep them off your
dog. One of the simplest approaches is to make a solution of equal parts
ACV and water. I recommend using raw, organic ACV…. 5. Problem: Upset
Tummy. Solution: Ginger. Mix either fresh ground ginger or the dry herb
into a tasty meatball or other yummy treat. Use 1/8th teaspoon for dogs
under 10 pounds; ¼ teaspoon for medium-sized dogs; ½ teaspoon for large
dogs and ¾ to 1 teaspoon for giant breeds….
Friday - October
14, 2016 - Today In History:
1879 - Thomas Edison signed an agreement with Jose D. Husbands for the
sale of Edison telephones in Chile.
1887 - Thomas Edison and George E. Gouraud reached an agreement for the
international marketing rights for the phonograph.
1912 - Theodore Roosevelt was shot while campaigning in Milwaukee, WI.
Roosevelt's wound in the chest was not serious and he continued with his
planned speech. William Schrenk was captured at the scene of the
shooting.
1933 - Nazi Germany announced that it was withdrawing from the League of
Nations.
1936 - The first Social Security Board office opened in Austin, TX. From
this point, the Board's local office took over the assigning of Social
Security Numbers.
1944 - German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel committed suicide rather than
face execution after being accused of conspiring against Hitler and the
execution that would follow.
1947 - Over Rogers Dry Lake in Southern California, pilot Chuck Yeager
flew the Bell X-1 rocket plane and became the first person to break the
sound barrier.
1960 - U.S. presidential candidate John F. Kennedy first suggested the
idea of a Peace Corps.
1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis began. It was on this day that U.S.
intelligence personnel analyzing data discovered Soviet medium-range
missile sites in Cuba. On October 22 U.S. President John F. Kennedy
announced that he had ordered the naval "quarantine" of Cuba.
1964 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for
his non-violent resistance to racial prejudice in America.
1968 - The first live telecast to come from a manned U.S. spacecraft was
transmitted from Apollo 7.
1972 - In Iraq, oil was struck for the first time just north of Kirkuk.
1986 - Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev charged that the U.S. wanted
to "bleed the Soviet Union economically" with the arms race in space.
1987 - Jessica McClure, 18 months old, fell down an abandoned well in
Midland, TX. The rescue took 58 hours.
2006 - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to impose punishing
sanctions on North Korea for carrying out a nuclear test.
Major Offensive: More Than 60,000 Iraqi Troops Preparing to
Retake Mosul
Sputnik News - Iraqi media reports that at least 65,000 Iraqi
soldiers in six divisions are preparing for the battle to retake
the city of Mosul from the Daesh forces that have made it their
headquarters in Iraq for the past two years. Some 10,000 Kurdish
Peshmerga fighters are also expected to join the battles that
will bleed north and east of the city of over a million, Iraqi
News reported, plus around 24,000 provincial police and members
of the country's National Mobilization Forces – militia groups –
as support. The battle will be directed from Camp Swift, an
American base near the Qayyarah airfield outside the city, CBS
reported. There are estimated to be 6,000 US troops in the
country, conducting air strikes alongside the Iraqi Air Force,
and providing training, logistical, and maintenance support
during the upcoming battle. The fight to retake the city from
the estimated 3,000-5,000 ISIS fighters still holding it is
expected to start in weeks or days. In the runup to the battle,
it is reported that the city is being ringed with bombs, with
bridges booby-trapped and suicide bombers prepared to deploy.
Multiple sources say Kurdish forces expect Daesh to use chemical
weapons.
Iran deploys warships off Yemen after US, Houthis trade fire
Fox News - Iran deployed two warships off Yemen threatening to
further escalate tensions after the U.S. fired Tomahawk cruise
missiles destroying three coastal radar sites in Houthi-controlled
territory, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News on Thursday.
Iran sent the ships to the Gulf of Aden, one of the world's most
vital shipping routes, "to protect trade vessels from piracy,"
Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. Still,
analysts warn the move could ratchet up the danger to U.S.
forces in the region. U.S. intelligence has linked Iran to the
funding of Yemen's Shiite rebels, who have also waged a series
of attacks against Saudi Arabia, a longtime U.S. ally.... Fox
News is told one of the Iranian ships carries the same type of
anti-ship missiles the Houthis were suspected of firing this
week, and the other ship carries a helicopter. White House
Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz said the U.S. would not
speculate on the Iranians' intentions. A U.S. official told Fox
News a Chinese warship and Russian intelligence ship were in the
same region Thursday.
U.S. military strikes Yemen after missile attacks on U.S. Navy
ship
Yahoo News - The U.S. military launched cruise missiles on
Thursday against three coastal radar sites in areas of Yemen
controlled by Iran-aligned Houthi forces, after failed missile
attacks this week on a U.S. Navy destroyer, U.S. officials
said.... The U.S. missile strikes, authorized by President
Barack Obama, represent Washington's first direct military
action against suspected Houthi-controlled targets in Yemen's
conflict and raised questions about the potential for further
escalation.... "These limited self-defense strikes were
conducted to protect our personnel, our ships and our freedom of
navigation," Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said. In a news
conference later, Cook said the strikes were not connected to
the broader civil war in Yemen, which has unleashed famine and
killed more than 10,000 people since March 2015 in the Arab
world's poorest country.... The Houthi movement, which has
denied being responsible for the missile attacks on the Mason,
warned that it too would defend itself. "The direct American
attack targeting Yemeni soil this morning is not acceptable,"
Brigadier General Sharaf Luqman, a spokesman for Yemeni forces
fighting alongside the Houthis, was quoted as saying by the
Houthi-controlled Saba news agency.
The President of the Philippines Just Snubbed US While Embracing
China
The AntiMedia - As Reuters reports: “China confirmed on
Wednesday that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will visit
China next week, as the Southeast Asian leader’s relationship
with traditional ally the United States frays. “Under Duterte,
Manila’s relations with Washington have come under strain and
the recently elected president has opted to put aside years of
hostility with China, especially over the disputed South China
Sea, to form a new partnership.”.... The [Chinese] Foreign
Ministry spokesman, Geng Shuang, said Duterte would meet with
Chinese President Xi Jinping, as well as Premier Li Keqiang, on
a visit set to begin on October 18.... Joining him will be 250
Philippine business executives, all “eager to talk with Chinese
business leaders and government officials about deals in a range
of sectors, from rail, and construction to tourism,
agribusiness, power and manufacturing,” according to Reuters....
The whole situation - the U.S. possibly losing an ally to a
nation it’s currently on the brink of naval warfare with - is
complicated further when considering events taking place just
north of the Philippines, off the eastern coast of China. There,
longtime U.S. ally Japan is squaring off against China over
territorial rights to the East China Sea. Japan, which has
already implemented plans to construct a missile defense system
to protect what it purports to be its national interests, has
also begun sending out coast guard patrols to hunt Chinese
fishing vessels it says are operating illegally. At the same
time, the U.S., Japan, and South Korea recently conducted their
first ever joint naval drills in a show of cooperation amid
concerns over the much-hyped North Korean nuclear threat.
High dose IV vitamin C cures patient of Zika virus in three days
(NaturalHealth365) For years, natural health experts have been
extolling the ability of high doses of vitamin C to fight
disease safely, effectively and naturally. Now, a case study
from Puerto Rico – in which a woman infected with the Zika virus
recovered practically overnight after being treated with vitamin
C – provides strong new evidence for the claim…. According to
conventional ‘wisdom,’ there is no cure for the Zika virus –
which usually resolves itself within two weeks. To alleviate
symptoms, doctors often prescribe acetaminophen (which threatens
the liver) and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, which
offers plenty of negative side effects…. When vitamin C is given
orally, much of it is absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract,
with the excess being eliminated by the kidneys. The advantage
of giving vitamin C intravenously is that it can then reach
proper levels of plasma concentration.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
‘Wet Works’: Podesta Email Makes Assassination Reference Days
Before Scalia Death
Adan Salazar - Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta
used a term known to reference assassination in an email sent to
a lobbyist days before Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s
mysterious death. The email, an exchange between Podesta and
D.C. lobbyist Steve Elmendorf, appeared in a trove of documents
dumped by the organization WikiLeaks Wednesday. “Didn’t think
wet works meant pool parties at the Vineyard,” Podesta says in
the February 9 email under the subject line “Thanks”. “I’m all
in,” gay lobbyist and Hillary delegate Steve Elmendorf replies.
“Sounds like it will be a bad nite, we all need to buckle up and
double down.” Justice Scalia was later found dead in a hotel
room in Texas on the night of February 12 – three days after the
email exchange took place. The mysterious death was seen as
suspicious by many, including a former US Army intelligence
officer who deemed the pillow found over Scalia’s head to be a
warning. Emails sent throughout the Clinton campaign on the day
Scalia’s death was announced show the team debated on whether or
not to address the issue, and what should be said if anything.
Former U.S. Senate staffer Brent Budowsky also emailed Podesta
on the 13th, the day Scalia’s body was found, suggesting a
replacement for the late judge. The term “wet work” typically
refers to murder or assassination. Alternatively, the email
could also reference being “murdered” at the polls. The
message’s date, February 9, coincides with the night of the New
Hampshire primary, where Hillary lost to Bernie Sanders 60.4% to
38%. Without additional context, it’s almost impossible to tell
what use of the term “wet works” in the email refers to.
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down the Clintons and the Democratic Party
Wikileaks Releases Another 2,000 Podesta Emails In Part 6 Of
Data Dump
Zero Hedge - Just hours after wikileaks released the 5th part of
the Podesta emails dump which in turn came shortly after part 4
which together amounted to some 1,866 new email, Wikileaks has
unveiled the latest, 6th part in what now is a daily event,
which released another 2,000 emails, bringing the total number
of emails released to over 9,000 and assuring that at least one
part of the media will be busy digging through hundreds of
emails more, while much of the remaining part of the media will
be doing all it can to ignore the latest release and instead
focusing on the latest sexual allegations against Donald
Trump.... Some initial observations: The Soros Hamptons invite,
"Clintons won't forget what their friends have done for them",
More concerns about Hillary's emotional detachment, Hillary
preparing the script for Benghazi, The discussion of "wet
works", days before Scalia's death.
Hackers hit Clinton campaign chief John Podesta, wiping out his
iPhone, iPad
McClatchy DC - Not only has the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks
been publishing emails pirated from Podesta’s account earlier
this year, but hackers penetrated his Twitter account and
apparently wiped all the data from his iPhone and iPad.... What
allowed the hackers to target Podesta was a single email from
the thousands WikiLeaks has published in the past week....
Wednesday evening, as Clinton landed in Las Vegas for a campaign
event, a hacker got into Podesta’s Twitter account and tweeted
in his name: “I’ve switched teams. Vote Trump 2016. Hi pol.”....
Technologists quickly speculated that Podesta used the same
password for his Apple account and his Twitter account, which
security experts say is a no-no.... By Thursday morning, [Chief
Executive of Capital Alpha Security, Matt] Tait was harvesting
screen shots from Anonymous activists showing that they had
remotely erased all content from his iPhone and iPad.... Podesta,
67, is no innocent when it comes to security matters. A
Georgetown University-educated lawyer, he served as the chief of
staff to President Bill Clinton in the 1990s and as counselor to
President Barack Obama in 2014 and 2015.... But Podesta’s
travails Thursday did not come at the hands of sophisticated
Russian state hackers. Rather, Podesta himself was apparently
lax on basic computer security measures.... [Chris Soghoian, a
senior policy analyst on technology for the American Civil
Liberties Union tweeted] The woeful personal cybersecurity of
senior policy makers in DC isn't a joke. It is a major national
security problem.
32-Member SWAT Team Raids Home Because Man Had Registered Gun
Off the Grid News - A SWAT team with 32 officers, an armored
vehicle and a sniper raided a man’s home because he had a
license to carry a gun and a registered weapon — and because a
former roommate had a little bit of marijuana. During the search
– which was criticized by a judge this month — deputies smashed
Michael Delgado’s door and windows, and tossed flash-bang
grenades into his house. Worst of all, Delgado was not the
target of the raid or even suspected of a crime. Deputies from
the Hennepin County Emergency Services Unit (ESU) were actually
searching for Walter Power. Power; who was wanted for selling
marijuana, was believed to be staying at Delgado’s house in
Golden Valley, Minnesota, in November 2015. The ESU was called
in because Delgado had a gun registered to his name and a
license to carry it, and they feared he would use it, The
Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported. The military-style tactics
police used in the raid violated the Fourth Amendment to the
Constitution, Hennepin County District Judge Tanya Bransford
ruled. The Fourth Amendment bans unreasonable searches and
seizures…. Even though the raid was declared unconstitutional
and the charges against Power were dropped, Delgado was still in
court in October 2016, fighting to get his legal gun back, The
Star-Tribune reported. Delgado was also seeking reimbursement
for broken windows and doors “They could have said, ‘We’d like
to search your house,’” Delgado said of the ESU. “They could
have just asked.”
WikiLeaks Fallout: Donna Brazile to America, Don’t Believe Your
Lying Eyes
Wall Street On Parade - After the prior Chair of the Democratic
National Committee, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, resigned in
disgrace in July after Guccifer 2.0 and WikiLeaks released
emails... Interim Chair of the DNC, Donna Brazile, is under the
gun for putting her finger on the scale for Hillary Clinton....
The recent WikiLeaks release of emails shows that on that date
at 4:39 p.m., Brazile sent an email to Jennifer Palmieri,
Communications Director for the Hillary Clinton campaign,
titled: “From time to time I get the questions in advance.” The
title clearly conveys that Brazile was referring to questions
that would be asked the very next day at the March 13, 2016 CNN
Democratic Town Hall at Ohio State University in Columbus....
The Town Hall was a pivotal event, coming just two days before
Democratic primaries in five states: Florida, Illinois,
Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio. Brazile’s email indicated
that she was worried that Clinton might be tripped up by a
question on the death penalty. Brazile wrote: “Here’s one that
worries me about HRC [Hillary Rodham Clinton]. “DEATH PENALTY
“19 states and the District of Columbia have banned the death
penalty....” The next evening at the Town Hall, Clinton did
indeed receive a question on the death penalty. Despite the
unambiguous violations inherent in the title, text and outcome
of Brazile’s email, she is flatly denying that she leaked a
question to Clinton.... Another leaked email shows that on
January 4, 2016, Brazile had tipped the Clinton campaign to a
Twitter event being planned by the Bernie Sanders’ campaign.
Brazile forwarded the details she had received from Sarah Ford,
Deputy National Press Secretary for Sanders to Clinton adviser
Adrienne Elrod. The response from Elrod to Brazile for the good
intel was: “Thank you for the heads up on this Donna.”
Unsecured Podesta-Hillary Exchange Exposes Intelligence Source
On The Ground in Libya
Townhall - An email released in last week's Wikileaks dump sent
by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and received by
John Podesta, then counselor to President Barack Obama from
2014-2015, discusses and exposes intelligence sources on the
ground in Libya and Iraq. Podesta is now the Chairman of
Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. The email exchange, which
appears to contain highly classified information according to
military sources, was sent to Podesta's Gmail from Clinton's
personal servers on August 19, 2014, more than a year after
Clinton left the State Department in February 2013.... In the
exchange, Podesta was also using an unsecured address on Gmail
to communicate with Clinton, which is a violation of federal law
if the information was indeed classified. Not to mention,
exposure of intelligence sources on the ground puts lives at
risk. Further, this email proves that not only did White House
officials know about Clinton's private email server, but that
Podesta communicated with Clinton about a range of highly
sensitive, national security topics.
More women accuse Donald Trump of unwanted touching
Washington Times - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump
on Thursday pushed back against new allegations from several
women that he touched them inappropriately years ago, calling
one story a “total fabrication” and saying another “did not
happen.” The New York Times reported Wednesday on two women,
Jessica Leeds and Rachel Crooks, who accused Mr. Trump of
unwanted touching and/or kissing.... Other stories from women,
including a People Magazine reporter, also surfaced
Wednesday.... Another woman, Mindy McGillivray, told the Palm
Beach Post she was groped by Mr. Trump at Mar-a-Lago 13 years
ago, and that she yelled “you liar!” at the TV screen while
watching Sunday’s debate.
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Trump Calls Sexual-Assault Claims Conspiracy to Defeat Him
(Video)
Trump "Sexual Assault" Story Immediately Debunked With 3 Simple
Photos
Subject: Politics - Hillary’s campaign and their lapdogs in the
media are getting desperate following Trump’s epic beat down of
Hillary in Monday’s debate. Last night, the despicable New York
Times published a baseless hit piece where a woman claims Trump
sexually assaulted her decades ago on a commercial airline. Soon
after this garbage was published, thousands of people on the
internet noticed one major problem with these accusations
against Trump. Jessica Leeds says Trump assaulted her during a
FIRST-CLASS flight to New York about three decades ago. Leeds,
now 74, claims Trump lifted the ARM REST and began to touch her
inappropriately about 45 minutes into the flight. “He was like
an octopus,” she said. “His hands were everywhere.” But there's
one major problem with that story … First Class seats do not
have arm rests that lift up and they never have!...Also, don’t
you find it odd that this story is just now surfacing? Ms. Leeds
had 30 years to report this, but just recently decided to make
these accusations against Donald Trump just 3 weeks before
election day!
Trump Accuser Said He Abusively 'Nudged' Her at a Concert That
Never Happened
The Gateway Pundit - Melinda Rose “Mindy” McGillivray, told the
Palm Beach Post after the second presidential debate that
someone bumped her backstage at a Ray Charles concert held at
Mar-A-Lago on January 24, 2003: ... “All of a sudden I felt a
grab, a little nudge. I think it’s Ken’s camera bag, that was my
first instinct. I turn around and there’s Donald. He sort of
looked away quickly. I quickly turned back, facing Ray Charles,
and I’m stunned.’’.... Critical details of McGillivray’s story
don’t add up. McGillivray claims that when she was nudged in
2003, Trump and his wife Melania were engaged. But a quick
Google search proves this is false: Trump proposed to Melania in
April 2004. Why didn’t the Palm Beach Post or McGillivray check
this obvious detail? Perhaps because they never bothered to
verify a Ray Charles concert at Mar-A-Lago even happened on
January 24, 2003. A Getty Images search shows Trump and Melania
posing with Ray Charles at Mar-A-Lago … in a photo by Davidoff
Photos Studio, created on January 1, 2003, more than three weeks
before McGillivray claimed she was “grabbed” at a Ray Charles
concert. A Ray Charles concert chronology shows that on January
23, a Ray Charles concert in Seattle was canceled, but nothing
was scheduled for January 24.
HIDDEN CAM: Russ Feingold Says Hillary Might Issue Executive
Order on Guns (Video)
Project Veritas - In this video released by Project Veritas
Action, James O’Keefe exposes Hillary Clinton’s plan to ban all
guns through an executive order. In the video, James O’Keefe
attends a private top donor campaign fundraiser for Democratic
Senate candidate Russ Feingold. He attended the fundraiser the
same day that a Project Veritas journalist was burned in the
Feingold campaign.
Report: Hacker Claims ‘Racist Hillary’ Tape Set to be Released
Paul Joseph Watson - The individual, who claims to be linked to
the John Podesta email hack, also claims that the thousands of
emails deleted from Hillary Clinton’s private server will be
leaked before November 1st. All 33k deleted Emails are going to
be released by November 1st. probably in 4 – 5 sets. these
emails are going to be the complete undoing of the Democratic
Party. We are purposely holding them back so they cannot have
time to replace Hillary,” claims the alleged hacker, who asserts
that he is not working for Russia. He goes on to promise that no
less than six embarrassing videos will be released, including
one, “that documents Hillary slandering and being racist against
a Female African American. The amount of hatred seen on her face
for their community will be worse than 100 TrumpTapes.” The
individual also comments on the Podesta emails, noting that “we
are saving the best for last”. “I can confirm rotten Hillary’s
33,000 emails have been obtained. Word is it will be a “November
surprise.” Wow, something new every day!” claimed author Mike
Cernovich in response to the post.
US Farmers Dump 43 Million Gallons Down the Drain So Far in 2016
Sputnik News - This year’s mass-dumping of dairy is the largest
amount of milk waste in 16 years, according to a report released
by the US Department of Agriculture on Wednesday. The report
also stated that the overstock is likely related to a spike in
the price of milk and other dairy products during a shortage in
2014. To compensate for high demand at the time, farmers bought
more cows and began running production overtime, eventually
exceeding demand and resulting in a price drop. The price of
milk has dropped 22 percent since spring, the New York Post
reported, and 33 percent since 2014. The dramatic decline in
value made it unprofitable to continue to transport dairy to
markets, or to export it to places like China, normally a major
importer and, as a consequence of free market economics, the
mass milk spilling began. "Everyone has dumped milk, from
Minnesota to New England," the head of the Michigan Milk
Producers Association told Newser. To dispose of the extra milk,
farmers are dumping it in sewers, fields, manure lagoons, or
having it “disappear” from trucks. To combat the problem, the
USDA offered on Tuesday to commit $20 million to purchase
cheeses, marking their second intervention in the dairy market
in the last three months.
Worst flooding is yet to come in parts of North Carolina, governor warns
Yahoo News - The worst flooding could be yet to come in several parts of
North Carolina as rivers continue swelling to record levels in the wake
of Hurricane Matthew. Gov. Pat McCrory warned on Wednesday that
floodwaters had not yet peaked in parts of Pender and Lenoir counties,
where officials said they expect cresting rivers to cause devastating
flooding. The flooding comes after Hurricane Matthew drenched the
Southeast with nearly 14 trillion gallons of rainfall, with the heaviest
amounts falling on already saturated ground in North and South
Carolina.... Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate in
eastern parts of the state. Officials warned that rising floodwaters
could wash out roads and close bridges, leaving residents stranded in
their waterlogged communities.... "I continue to urge citizens in
low-lying areas to please stay away from flooded water as rivers
continue to reach record levels," McCrory said .... Deaths from
Hurricane Matthew now stand at 19 in North Carolina, and one person is
still reported as missing, the governor said.
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
Feds Raid Farmer’s Market, Intimidate Vendors, Destroy Food
Off the Grid News - Agents from the United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) are being accused of raiding and shutting
down a farmer’s market in Gillette, Wyoming. Three federal
agents last month made vendor John Thompson dump the chili he
was selling at the Lakeway Farmer’s Market, according to The
Gillette News Record. Part of the incident was recorded in a
video posted on YouTube. The video also contains a conversation
between vendor Frank Wallis and a Gillette police officer. The
officer was called after the agents came to the farmer’s market
and got into a dispute with the vendors. Wallis called the visit
by federal agents a “raid.” The video shows an FSIS agent asking
Thompson to sign a form stating he authorized voluntary
destruction of his chicken chili. Thompson makes and sells
bottles of Big John’s Chili. State Representative Tyler Lindholm
(R-Sundance) said the raid never should have occurred. A state
law called the Wyoming Food Freedom Act allows processed food to
be sold at farmer’s markets provided they don’t contain any meat
other than poultry, according to County 17, a local website.
Thompson said he bought the chicken at a grocery store and it
already had been subject to federal inspection. Thus, under
state law, he said, his chili was legal. “[The police] were very
professional and acted like a public servant should act,” Wallis
County 17, a local website. “They were there to keep the peace,
but there was no threats going on from our side. It was the USDA
agents that were threatening us with arrest.”
Bacteria in dentist's water sends 30 kids to hospital
CNN - An outbreak that sent 30 children to Southern California
hospitals and could have long-term effects on their health, is
raising awareness about the risk of bacterial infection from
water at the dentist's office. All of the children had a
pulpotomy, essentially a "child root canal" and were infected by
water used during the procedure, said Dr. Matthew Zahn of the
Orange County Health Care Agency. The cases have been traced to
the Children's Dental Group in Anaheim, with patients ages 3 to
9 years old all visiting the clinic between March and July.
Swelling, redness and pain around the infected tooth can occur,
with the bacteria often spreading to the gum and jawbone. In
those cases, Zahn said, stopping the infection often means
removing part of the jaw itself, making it "a long-term issue
for these children." Investigators believe the bacteria grow in
low-level stagnant water that isn't flushed. In a dental
setting, that water is used during treatment, and when a tooth
is capped, it can trap the bacteria inside…. The state of
California mandates that water lines be "purged with air or
flushed with water for at least two minutes" each day, according
to documents provided by the Dental Board.
Neem Plant Suppresses Cancer and Reduces Tumours By 70 Percent
Mae Chan - Neem oil has been valued for centuries for its huge
range of medicinal uses. Now Singapore academics have stated
that active compounds in the neem plant reduce the size of
prostate tumours by up to 70 percent and suppress its spread or
metastasis by half…. Nimbolide, a bioactive terpenoid compound
derived from Azadirachta indica, more commonly known as the neem
plant have a direct effect on cancer cells. Leaf pastes and
extracts from the neem plant are used in skin care products,
hair treatment, toothpastes, insect repellants, mouth wash, and
many other medicinal uses. Many herbalists recommend chewing the
leaves, taking capsules of dried leaf, or drinking the bitter
tea. The leaves cleanse the blood, help the gastrointestinal
system, support the liver, and strengthen the immune system, to
name just some of the most popular benefits…. Neem is a natural
anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory, anti-histamine,
anti-viral and anti-microbial. It contains extraordinarily high
levels of antioxidants and carotenoids (similar to carotene)
which provide high antioxidant compounds that help defend the
body against free radicals…. "In this research, we have
demonstrated that nimbolide can inhibit tumour cell viability -
a cellular process that directly affects the ability of a cell
to proliferate, grow, divide, or repair damaged cell components
- and induce programmed cell death in prostate cancer cells,"
said Associate Professor Sethi. Cell invasion and migration are
key steps during tumour metastasis. The NUS-led study revealed
that nimbolide can significantly suppress cell invasion and
migration of prostate cancer cells, suggesting its ability to
reduce tumour metastasis, without exhibiting any significant
adverse effects.
Magnesium : Sleep Aid, Muscle Relaxant, Brain Booster and More
Natural News Blogs - Magnesium plays an important role in the
performance of your brain. It also improves mood control and
increases the ability to focus, because it works on the entire
brain as an overall facilitating mechanism for brain function.
Magnesium suppresses cortisol levels and allow a person to
return to a “relaxed” state sooner again after a period of fight
or flight response. Because it is an essential electrolyte and
mineral, it also improves the electrical activity in the brain,
improving memory and retention. It also has the capacity to keep
the synapses open and firing more easily, with minimal
interference. This means you can think quicker on your feet,
focus better and even improve your overall intelligence and
cognitive abilities by increasing your body’s stores of
magnesium. You should notice shortly after supplementing with
magnesium via transdermal absorption that your sleeping patterns
and quality of sleep greatly improve. Some may notice this
benefit right away while others may take a few days to
experience the full effect…. Magnesium plays a key role in the
metabolism of food. It helps synthesize food into energy more
effectively, minimizing fat storage. This means less caloric
waste and more effective use of calories or energy. Those who
have trouble losing weight even after diet modification and
increasing activity may be magnesium deficient. It also helps to
regulate your blood glucose levels and prevent the onset of
insulin resistance. It also efficiently burns off carbohydrate
calories. Not only does this accomplish healthy weight
maintenance, but it can also be a contribution to diabetes
prevention. Magnesium also metabolizes the stress hormone
cortisol. Those with higher levels of cortisol can be more prone
to put weight on and tend to have a higher BMI than those with
controlled levels of the hormone.
Video: Esteemed Doctor Says Mysterious New Blood Bacteria Seems
Like Nanobot Bioweapon
Natural Blaze - Era of Wisdom editors note: this is a far out
topic, but it is coming from an esteemed doctor with a long
resume: Dr. Nick Delgado. Take it with a grain of salt or don’t,
but if you will, ask yourself is this really outside the realm
of probability?
Oregon hospital ER quarantined after people start hallucinating
KOMO - A hospital in Coos Bay quarantined its emergency room
after a 78-year-old patient, her caregiver, two sheriff's
deputies and a hospital employee all began having
hallucinations. The bizarre incident began around 3 a.m.
Wednesday when the elderly woman's caregiver, a 52-year-old
woman, called authorities to say people were vandalizing her
car. A deputy responded to the home, on East Bay Road in North
Bend, but found nothing. The caregiver called back at 5:30 a.m.
and was then taken to Bay Area Hospital after deputies suspected
the woman might be having a medical issues causing
hallucinations. Medical personnel checked her, she appeared fine
and returned home. Then the two deputies who worked with the
caregiver began having hallucinations and had to be
hospitalized. After that, the 78-year-old woman and a hospital
employee started showing similar symptoms and had to be
hospitalized as well. The Coos County Haz Mat Team responded to
Bay Area Hospital and the residence on East Bay Road. The team
cleared the emergency room and began decontaminating vehicles
and equipment. Everyone involved was quarantined while an
investigation was conducted to determine the cause of the
hallucinations - but nothing was found in the emergency room or
the home on East Bay Road. Blood samples revealed nothing
unusual.... Although authorities have not yet pinpointed what
caused the episodes, they believe it was something spread by
direct contact. The sheriff's department says one possibility is
a medicated patch.
Cat café opens near Orlando
Orlando Sentinel - The idea is simple … Drink a cup of coffee while
playing with some cats. If you fall in love with one, you can adopt it….
Due to health code standards, the building is separated into two areas.
The first looks like a traditional coffee house and is run by Axum
Coffee…. A vestibule connects the café with the cat play area. Cleverly
constructed wall décor doubles as cat hideouts and nap spots…. Toys of
all shapes and sizes entertain both the intended audience and their
human admirers. On any given day 12-15 cats and kittens from the South
Lake Animal League will call the café home…. New cats from the shelter
will be brought in as the café cats are adopted…. The cat café concept
has been popular in Japan for a number of years and recently made its
way overseas. The Orlando Cat Café is the first in Central Florida to
bring the concept to life.
Thursday - October
13, 2016 - Today In History:
1775 - The U.S. Continental Congress ordered the construction of a naval
fleet.
1792 - The cornerstone of the Executive Mansion was laid in Washington,
DC. The building became known as the White House in 1818.
1812 - American forces were defeated at the Battle of Queenstown
Heights. The British victory effectively ended an further U.S. invasion
of Canada.
1843 - B'nai B'rith, the Jewish organization, was founded by Henry Jones
and eleven others in New York City, NY.
1854 - The state of Texas ratified a state constitution.
1943 - During World War II, Italy signed an armistice with the Allies
and declared war on Germany.
1944 - American troops entered Aachen, Germany, during World War II.
1944 - During World War II, British and Greek advance units landed at
Piraeus.
1957 - Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra introduced the Ford Edsel on an
hour long special.
1989 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush called for an overthrow of the
Panamanian ruler Manuel Antonio Noriega.
1992 - A commercial flight record was set by an Air France supersonic
jetliner for circling the Earth in 33 hours and one minute.
1999 - The U.S. Senate rejected the ratification of the Comprehensive
Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
2010 - Near Copiapó, Chile, 33 miners were trapped underground in San
José Mine. The miners were rescued after 69 days underground.
Russia Deploys S-300 to Syria to 'Prevent Hotheads From Making
Rash Decisions'
Sputnik News - Russia has deployed the S-300V4 "Antey-2500" and
the S-400 Triumf to the Syrian port city of Tartus and the
Hmeymim airbase respectively to show the bare minimum that
Moscow requires to "prevent military hotheads from the other
side from making rash decisions," retired colonel Mikhail
Khodarenok wrote for Gazeta.ru. The military expert pointed out
that both advanced air defense systems have been installed in
Syria in the most basic configuration possible. In other words,
the capabilities of the S-300V4 and the S-400 deployed to Syria
are largely limited, meaning that the systems have been
ostensibly stationed in the war-torn Arab country to send a
message. "A single S-400 air defense missile battalion and a
single S-300V4 squadron are incapable of tackling all challenges
with regard to efficient fight against modern air assault
weapons," he said. The Russian Ministry of Defense, Khodarenok
said, expects that a limited deployment will "sober the West up"
and Moscow will not have to send additional defense complexes to
Syria.
Syrian terror suspect Jaber al Bakr found dead in his cell in
Germany after being arrested over bomb plot
The Independent - The Syrian terror suspect who was arrested
over an alleged bomb plot in Germany has been found dead in his
cell. Jabhar al Bakr was arrested in Leipzig in the south of the
country on Monday after police foiled a plot to bomb Berlin
airport. The 22-year-old asylum seeker was caught after being
detained by three fellow Syrian refugees who overpowered him and
tied him to a sofa before calling the police – ending a two-day
manhunt. German media reported that al Bakr had been on hunger
strike and was subject to round-the-clock surveillance.
France approves creation of National Guard to combat terrorism
threat
RT - France has approved legislation to create a National Guard
as the government struggles to battle the terrorist threat. The
guard is expected to include up to 85,000 service personnel by
2018. The law was approved by the Council of Ministers, a
powerful executive body composed of senior officials, on
Wednesday. “The National Guard, these volunteers, both men and
women, have decided, in parallel to their civilian lives, to
join the military service for the protection of the French
people,” said a statement on the government website. Those who
apply for the National Guard will be able to choose between army
activities, serving in the gendarmerie (the police force that is
part of the French Army), or working in the French police. The
volunteers can engage in military operations abroad,
surveillance patrols and public security missions, and can
combat crime or work in the spheres of health and cyber
issues.The operational reserve of the National Guard now
contains some 63,000 people (from 17 to 35 years-old). The
numbers are expected to reach 72,000 in 2017 and 85,000 in 2018,
according to French media.
Dutch may allow assisted suicide for those who feel life is over
Reuters - The Netherlands was the first country to legalize
euthanasia, in 2002, but only for patients who were considered
to be suffering unbearable pain with no hope of a cure. In a
letter to parliament, the health and justice ministers said
details remain to be worked out but that people who "have a
well-considered opinion that their life is complete, must, under
strict and careful criteria, be allowed to finish that life in a
manner dignified for them." The proposal is likely to provoke
critics who say Dutch euthanasia practice has already expanded
beyond the borders originally envisioned for it, with
"unbearable suffering" not only applying to people with terminal
diseases, but also to some with mental illnesses and
dementia.... The euthanasia policy has widespread backing in
Dutch society, and cases have risen by double digits every year
for more than a decade as more patients request it and more
doctors are willing to carry it out. Euthanasia accounted for
5,516 deaths in the Netherlands in 2015, or 3.9 percent of all
deaths nationwide. Health Minister Edith Schippers wrote in the
letter that "because the wish for a self-chosen end of life
primarily occurs in the elderly, the new system will be limited
to" them. She did not define a threshold age.... The proposal
comes as a surprise, as a commission enlisted to study the idea
of allowing a "completed life" extension to current policy
concluded there was no need for it.
Here’s Why Haitians Are Urging You Not To Donate To The Red
Cross
AntiMedia - Thanks to a 2015 report exposing ARC [American Red
Cross] for its poor management of Haiti-bound donations,
Haitians like Facebook user French Francois have been urging the
public to steer clear from the 135-year-old foundation. Instead,
she wants individuals willing to help to reach out to Haitian
organizations instead. Unfortunately, her concerns are grounded
in legitimate problems. In 2015, ProPublica and NPR found that
despite ARC’s claims that “for each dollar donated, 91 cents
went to Haiti,” a large portion of the funds intended for those
suffering after a devastating 2010 earthquake ended up
squandered by the organization. The International Federation of
the Red Cross took a 26 percent cut for overhead while the
“American Red Cross’ management and other costs consumed an
additional 24 percent of the money.”.... The Clinton Foundation
suffered a string of bad media reports due to the family’s
response to the earthquake that ravaged the Caribbean nation in
2010. The problem - despite many mainstream media reports
claiming otherwise - did not have much to do with how much was
built in the tiny island thanks to the Clintons’ involvement.
Instead, many of the investigative reports exploring their role
in the controversy revolved around the political dynasty’s use
of their influence within government; some of the foundation’s
top donors were granted exclusive contracts to “rebuild” Haiti.
In one example, companies who received contracts thanks to their
influence with the Clintons provided substandard classroom
trailers that harbored “a host of problems, from mold to
sweltering heat to shoddy construction,” the Nation reported in
2011.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Judge Rules Architects of CIA Torture Program Must Testify in
Court
The AntiMedia - Despite the Central Intelligence Agency’s best
efforts, at least two former high-level officials must sit for
depositions as part of a lawsuit against the two men who were
responsible for designing and implementing torture techniques
for the CIA. On Tuesday, October 3, U.S. District Court Senior
Judge Justin Quackenbush ruled CIA officials would be required
to answer questions under oath as requested by defendants James
Mitchell and John Bruce Jessen. Both men are former U.S.
military psychologists who are seen as the “architects” of the
CIA’s torture program. According to the recent Senate report on
CIA torture “neither psychologist had experience as an
interrogator, nor did either have specialized knowledge of al-Qa’ida,
a background in terrorism, or any relevant regional, cultural,
or linguistic expertise.” The two men served in the U.S.
military’s Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape program
(SERE), teaching U.S. troops how to resist and survive torture
in the event of capture by foreign nations. SERE was supposed to
help troops understand torture techniques while Jessen and
Mitchell supervised their mental state.... Mitchell and Jessen
requested that former high-ranking CIA officials be forced to
answer questions about the program and also that the government
turn over documents related to the torture program. Judge
Quackenbush agreed and ordered the government to produce some of
the requested documents. The trial is set to begin on June 26,
2017, but the ACLU says the depositions will likely happen in
the next few months as part of the discovery process.
FBI heads to Hartford plane crash; survivor says Feras Freitekh
intentionally downed aircraft
Washington Times - The FBI is investigating a Hartford,
Connecticut, plane crash after one of the survivors said a
Jordanian man purposefully downed the aircraft. Flight student
Feras Freitekh, 28, died Tuesday when the twin-engine plane he
was flying crashed just outside the headquarters of Pratt &
Whitney. His instructor survived the crash and told
investigators it was no accident the Piper PA-34 Seneca exploded
near the military and commercial jet engine maker’s complex. The
National Transportation Safety Board released a statement
Tuesday confirming the FBI’s involvement and indicators that
“the crash is the result of an intentional act,” CBS News
reported. Mr. Freitekh arrived in the U.S. in 2012 on an M1 visa
for flight school and was issued a pilot’s license in May 2015,
the network reported. The man was issued a license for
single-engine planes.
Wikileaks Releases Another 673 Podesta Emails In Part 5 Of Data
Dump
Zero Hedge - Just hours after wikileaks released the 4th part of
the Podesta emails dump, Wikileaks has unveiled the 5th part, in
which is released another 673 emails, assuring that at least one
part of the media will be busy digging through hundreds of
emails more, while much of the remaining part of the media will
be doing all it can to ignore the latest release.
Wikileaks: 'Has That Gotten Any Press?' Clinton Asked After Fast
and Furious Killing of ICE Agent
Breitbart - “Has that gotten any press?” was then-Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton’s one-line response to an email notifying
her that the gun used to kill Immigration and Customs
Enforcement Agent Jamie Zapata in February 2011 was tied to the
Fast and Furious scandal. Other guns were also connected to the
murder of U.S Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in December 2010.
An email message that is part of the leaked WikiLeaks emails was
sent from Jacob Sullivan to Secretary Clinton on March 1, 2011,
just two weeks after Agent Zapata was murdered in Mexico.
Sullivan, who then served as Director of Policy Planning at
Clinton’s State Department, had forwarded a message from Clinton
Advisor Daniel Kurtz-Phelan. The subject line of the
unclassified message was “American guns killing American
agents.”
60% of the US Govt's Billion Dollar PR Budget Goes to the
Pentagon to Sell You War
Free Thought Project - In the latest report on Public Relations
Spending from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the
United States’ government PR apparatus has been revealed to
spend over $1 billion annually - $626 million of which the
Department of Defense allots to employ a massive propaganda army
constituting roughly 40 percent of the more than 5,000-strong
federal public relations workforce. In comparison, Health and
Human Services - with the second highest spending of all federal
agencies during the 10-year period the GAO studied - spent an
average of $116 million to promote, for example, Obamacare, flu
shots, and the like.... In fact, the DoD spent more on unknown
propaganda and PR efforts in the ten years of the study than all
other government agencies - combined.... While precisely how the
Pentagon spends its massive PR budget could not be determined,
the report explains, “Although there is no single,
commonly-accepted definition of what constitutes advertising or
public relations.” So the GAO describes Department of Defense
advertising as “the placement of messages intended to inform or
persuade an audience through various types of media, such as
television, radio, digital media, direct mail, and others.”
“Do Not Resist”: The Police Militarization Documentary Everyone
Should See
The Intercept - Based on substantial on-the-ground reporting,
“Do Not Resist” is both unsettling to watch and necessary to
see.... [Craig] Atkinson began the project three years ago in
the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings. The images of armored
cars and commando cops in the streets resonated for him on a
personal level. Atkinson’s father spent 29 years as a police
officer outside Detroit — 13 of them on a SWAT team, where he
held the rank of commander.... The hope was to be on-hand for an
incident in which a SWAT team’s use of heavy weapons would be
unquestionably warranted.... Instead, the filmmaker repeatedly
found himself watching police with military-grade weaponry
executing dubious search warrants. The frequency of the raids
was particularly shocking, with one of the officers in the film
claiming his team does 200 such operations a year. By
comparison, Atkinson notes, his father performed a total of 29
search warrant raids over his entire 13 years in SWAT —
according to some estimates, SWAT teams now carry out between
50,000 to 80,000 raids across the country annually.... Beyond
the day-to-day breaking down of doors, “Do Not Resist” explores
the growing role of private surveillance companies in local
policing, and law enforcement’s thirst for technology that can
predict crimes before they happen.... The intent of “Do Not
Resist,” Atkinson said, is to provide a glimpse inside the
realities of American policing, challenge the
policing-for-profit model that has caused departments in
economically depressed communities to treat their citizens as
walking ATM machines, call out a warrior culture that divides
law enforcement from the public they’re sworn to serve, and flag
the dangers of war-zone technologies being applied domestically.
Wealthy San Francisco tech investors bankroll bid to ban
homeless camps
The Guardian - Sequoia Capital chairman Michael Moritz, tech
angel investor Ron Conway, and hedge-fund investor William
Oberndorf have donated $49,999 apiece to a divisive ballot
measure intended to clear San Francisco’s streets of homeless
encampments, according to campaign filings. Zachary Bogue, a
tech investor best known as husband to the Yahoo CEO, Marissa
Mayer, also pitched in $2,500. Those sums may be chump change to
the likes of Moritz (net worth $3.1bn), but they account for the
majority of the approximately $270,000 campaign chest.
Proposition Q purports to address the most visible symptom of
the city’s ongoing homelessness crisis, tent cities that crowd
the sidewalks in certain neighborhoods. To the city’s housed
residents, the encampments serve as a visceral reminder of the
city’s gaping inequality – or as a nuisance that they wish would
go away.... “I strongly believe that it is not compassionate to
allow human beings to live on our city streets,” wrote the
measure’s author, supervisor Mark Farrell, in an op-ed. “Let’s
help get the homeless into housing, not tents.” Opponents of the
measure point out that the proposed law does not include any
funding for additional housing or shelters, and the city’s
existing shelters have long waiting lists for beds. “With
Proposition Q, we’re just taking away someone’s tent and making
them sleep on the cold concrete,” said Jennifer Friedenbach,
executive director of the Coalition on Homelessness. “They’re
not going to disappear.”
Coloradans to Vote on Ballot Initiative Legalizing
Physician-Assisted Suicide
CNS News - Although the Colorado state legislature has rejected
physician-assisted suicide two years in a row, Coloradans will
be voting on a ballot initiative next month that will determine
whether Colorado becomes the sixth state in the U.S. to legalize
it.... The measure would allow legal residents over 18 to
request “aid-in-dying medication” if they are “diagnosed with a
terminal illness that is likely to cause death in six
months…[and are] mentally capable of making an informed
decision” to kill themselves. The patient must make two verbal
requests for the lethal drugs, with a 15-day waiting period in
between, and a third written request must be witnessed by at
least one individual who is “not related by blood, marriage,
adoption or civil union, and cannot stand to gain financially
from the person’s death.”.... “End of life decisions are best
left to dying people consulting their families, their faith, and
their doctors – not the government,” said Jessica Grennan,
manager of the Yes on Colorado End-of-Life Options campaign....
But Jeff Hunt, director of Colorado Christian University’s
Centennial Institute, which issued a policy brief on the subject
entitled Suicide By Doctor, argues that physician-assisted
suicide is not just a personal matter. In fact, the most vocal
opposition to Prop 106 is coming from handicapped Coloradans who
are already engaged in a “constant battle” with insurance
companies to get the medical treatment they need, he pointed
out.
HSBC: RED ALERT — get ready for a 'severe fall' in the stock
market
Business Insider - HSBC's technical-analysis team has thrown up
the ultimate warning signal. In a note to clients released
Wednesday, Murray Gunn, the head of technical analysis for HSBC,
said he had become on "RED ALERT" for an imminent sell-off in
stocks given the price action over the past few weeks.... In
late September, Gunn said the stock market's moves looked eerily
similar to those just before the 1987 stock market crash. Citi's
Tom Fitzpatrick also highlighted the market's similarities to
the 1987 crash just a few days ago. On September 30, Gunn said
stocks were under an "orange alert," as they looked to him as if
they had topped out. And now, given the 200-point decline for
the Dow on Tuesday, Gunn thinks the drop is here.... Gunn said
the selling would truly set in if the Dow Jones Industrial
Average were to fall below 17,992 or if the S&P 500 were to dip
under 2,116. The Dow closed at 18,128 on Tuesday, while the S&P
settled at 2,136.... "But should those levels break and the
markets close below (which now seems more likely), it would be a
clear sign that the bears have taken over and are starting to
feast. The possibility of a severe fall in the stock market is
now very high."
Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf To Retire Effective Immediately
Zero Hedge - The most anticlimactic and predictable outcome to
the biggest banking scandal to rock Wall Street in recent years,
Wells Fargo's fraudulent creation of 2 million (or more) fake
customer accounts, has just concluded in the only possible way:
with CEO and Chairman John Stumpf retiring. The stock has jumped
on the news, up 2% in the after hours. There are two outstanding
questions here: i) the size of his retirement package, and ii)
whether by exiting stage left, he leaves criminal and civil
liability behind, or whether this time, the DOJ and/or SEC will
actually prosecute the disgraced form chief executive.
Bolt cutters expose vulnerability of North America's oil pipeline grid
Reuters - All it took was a pair of bolt cutters and the elbow grease of
a few climate activists to carry out an audacious act of sabotage on
North America's massive oil and gas pipeline system. For an industry
increasingly reliant on gadgets such as digital sensors, infrared
cameras and drones to monitor security and check for leaks, the sabotage
illustrated how vulnerable pipelines are to low-tech attacks. On
Tuesday, climate activists broke through fences and cut locks and chains
simultaneously in several states and simply turned the pipelines off.
All they had to do was twist shut giant valves on five cross-border
pipelines that together can send 2.8 million barrels a day of crude to
the United States from Canada - equal to about 15 percent of daily U.S.
consumption. The activists did no damage to the pipelines, which
operating companies shut down as a precaution for checks before
restarting. The United States is the world's largest energy market, and
the infrastructure to drill, refine, store and deliver that energy to
consumers is connected by millions of miles of pipeline that are
impossible to protect entirely from attack.
Switzerland Medical Board Condemns Mammography Screenings:
Here’s Why You Should Probably Never Get One
Collective Evolution - In 2013, the Swiss Medical Board, an
independent health technology assessment initiative, was
requested to prepare a review of mammography screening. The team
of medical professionals included a medical ethicist, a clinical
epidemiologist, a pharmacologist, an oncologic surgeon, a nurse
scientist, a lawyer, and a health economist. Two of those
members, Nikola Biller-Andorno, M.D. Ph. D. and Peter Juni, M.D,
opened up about the project in the New England Journal of
Medicine. They said: “As we embarked on the project, we were
aware of the controversies that have surrounded mammography
screening for the past 10-15 years. When we received the
available evidence and contemplated its implications in detail,
however, we became increasingly concerned.”…. these two doctors
were shocked to discover that there is minimal evidence that
actually indicates that the benefits of mammography screening
outweigh the harms. “The relative risk reduction of
approximately 20 percent in breast-cancer mortality associated
with mammography that is currently described by most expert
panels came at the price of a considerable diagnostic cascade,
with repeat mammography, subsequent biopsies, and over-diagnosis
of breast cancers — cancers that would never have become
clinically apparent.” The Canadian National Breast Screening
Study, which was conducted over the course of 25 years,
concluded that 106 of 484 screen-detected cancers were
over-diagnosed. The doctors explained: “This means that 106 of
the 44,925 healthy women in the screening group were diagnosed
with and treated for breast cancer unnecessarily, which resulted
in needless surgical interventions, radiotherapy, chemotherapy,
or some combination of these therapies.”
Tick bites that trigger severe meat allergy on rise around the
world
The Guardian - The link between tick bites and meat allergies
was first described in 2007, and has since been confirmed around
the world. Sufferers of “tick-induced mammalian meat allergy”
will experience a delayed reaction of between two and 10 hours
after eating red meat. Almost invariably, they are found to have
been bitten by a tick – sometimes as much as six months before.
Although most cases of tick bites of humans are uneventful, some
immune systems are sensitive to proteins in the parasite’s
saliva and become intolerant of red meat and, in some cases,
derivatives such as dairy and gelatine. Poultry and seafood can
be tolerated, but many sufferers choose to avoid meat entirely.
Cases of the emergent allergy have been reported in Europe,
Asia, Central America and Africa, but it is most prevalent – and
on the rise – in parts of Australia and the United States where
ticks are endemic and host populations are booming. The Lone
Star tick is widespread throughout the US, but meat allergies
have been reported in the south-eastern states, home to growing
herds of white-tailed deer. But tick bite-induced anaphylaxis –
the most acute allergic reaction, which can result in death – is
rare in countries other than Australia. Around Sydney’s northern
beaches, where ticks are common, it is reportedly as prevalent
as peanut allergies.
16 Condiments That Are Secret Health Bombs (And What to Eat
Instead)
Mayo - “With processed refined soybean oil as the main
ingredient in most mayo’s, there’s nothing healthy about
mayonnaise,” says registered dietitian Asvini Mashru, RD, of
Wellness Nutrition Concepts in Malvern, Pennsylvania. “Tartar
sauce has the same issues as mayo. If you can find a mayo made
with 100 percent olive oil instead of soybean oil, this would
actually be a healthy choice.” Or make your own mayonnaise for a
healthier option. Ketchup - According to Monica Auslander, a
registered dietitian and founder of Essence Nutrition, one
teaspoon is the equivalent of eating a sugar packet. “It’s
deceiving because it has no fat, so people think they can enjoy
freely. Unfortunately, we now know that sugar is for more
insidious than fat.” Her recipe for healthier ketchup includes:
a jar of organic, unsweetened tomato paste and add a teaspoon of
onion powder, 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric, 1/2 teaspoon of paprika,
1 teaspoon Himalayan salt, 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar, and 1/4
cup water. Honey mustard - Mashru says to stick with plain
mustard with no added sugar. A healthier and tasty option for
sammies is pesto and humus. Just make sure the humus is made
with olive oil and not soybean or canola oil….
Wednesday - October
12, 2016 - Today In History:
1792 - The first monument honoring Christopher Columbus was
dedicated in Baltimore, MD.
1810 - Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig married Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen.
The royalty invited the public to attend the event which became an
annual celebration that later became known as Oktoberfest.
1892 - In celebration of the 400th anniversary of the Columbus landing
the original version of the Pledge of Allegiance was first recited in
public schools.
1920 - Construction of the Holland Tunnel began. It opened on November
13, 1927. The tunnel links Jersey City, NJ and New York City, NY.
1933 - The U.S. Department of Justice acquired Alcatraz Island from the
U.S. Army.
1942 - During World War II, Attorney General Francis Biddle announced
that Italian nationals in the U.S. would no longer be considered enemy
aliens.
1961 - The first video memoirs by a U.S. president were made. Walter
Cronkite interviewed Dwight D. Eisenhower.
1972 - During the Vietnam War, a racial brawl broke out aboard the U.S.
aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. Nearly 50 sailors were injured.
1988 - Federal prosecutors announced that the Sundstrand Corp. would pay
$115 million dollars to settle with the Pentagon for overbilling
airplane parts over a five-year period.
1989 - The U.S. House of Representatives approved a statutory federal
ban on the destruction of the American flag.
1998 - The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Online Copyright
Bill.
2007 - Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change won the Nobel Peace Prize for sounding the alarm
over global warming.
2011 - A Nigerian al-Qaida operative pleaded guilty to trying to bring
down a jetliner with a bomb in his underwear minutes before the plane
landed in Detroit on Christmas Day
Russian jets resume heavy bombing of eastern Aleppo: rebels,
monitor
Reuters - Air strikes mostly hit the Bustan al-Qasr
neighborhood, Zakaria Malhifji of the Aleppo-based Fastaqim
rebel group told Reuters…. The Observatory said the death toll
from bombing in Bustan al-Qasr, Fardous and other neighborhoods
rose to at least 25, with scores of wounded. At least 50
civilians were killed by strikes on the rebel-held part of the
city and nearby villages controlled by insurgents, residents and
rescue workers said. In Bustan al Qasr, residents said, the
strikes hit a medical center and a children's playground. The
Syrian army, backed by Iranian-backed militias, also said it had
consolidated its control of the al Jandoul traffic circle at a
major road intersection on the northern outskirts of Aleppo.
Moscow and Damascus reduced air raids in the northern city last
week. The Syrian army said that was partly to allow civilians to
leave opposition-held eastern neighborhoods. The Syrian
government said rebels holed up in Aleppo can leave with their
families if they lay down their arms. Insurgents denounced that
offer as a deception. President Bashar al-Assad seeks the
complete recapture of Aleppo, Syria's biggest city before the 5
1/2-year war, which has been divided between government and
opposition control for years.
White House says it will retaliate against Russia for DNC hack
McClatchy DC - The Obama administration plans a “proportional”
response to punish Russia for hacking into the Democratic
National Committee and other cyberattacks aimed at disrupting
Nov. 8 elections, a White House spokesman said Monday.... The
Obama administration on Friday asserted that Russian President
Vladimir Putin’s government ordered the hacking into various
U.S. political groups, including the DNC. The cyberattacks have
brought bipartisan calls for retaliation, including a demand by
a Texas Republican congressman, Will Hurd, a former CIA officer,
that the Russian ambassador to the United States be kicked
out.... In its accusation last Friday, the government said the
entire U.S. intelligence apparatus was “confident” that Russia
was behind the attacks but said hackers were unlikely to
interfere further with the upcoming election. Republican nominee
Donald Trump refused in Sunday’s presidential debate to
recognize that Russia was behind the hack, saying Hillary
Clinton used the accusation as a smear.
Beijing and Moscow to cooperate on minimizing US missile defense
Deutsche Welle - Moscow and Beijing have routinely expressed
concerns that the Pentagon has been using the term "defense" as
a ruse. "The missile defense system considerably shifts the
balance of offensive weapons, allowing the planning of a more
efficient pre-emptive strike," said Lt. General Viktro Poznikhir.
"Russian military experts believe that the US hopes to gain the
capability to strike any region of the world, including Russia
and China, with nuclear-tipped missiles with impunity," he
added.... The general also mentioned that the two countries had
already begun discussions on how to counter the US program.
However he did not offer further details but accused the
countries that host US missile bases of making their citizens
"hostages of the US unpredictable action.".... In comments
carried by Russia Today, Major General Cai Jun echoed
Poznikhir's statements, saying that Washington's actions were
promoting instability across eastern Europe and Asia. "The US
did not provide legally-binding guarantees that the missile
defense system they are deploying in Europe would not be aimed
against Russia. But at the same time it poses a real and direct
threat to Russian security,” he said. "China and Russia have
similar positions about strategic antiballistic missile systems
and oppose attempts by any nation or group of nations to create
such systems unilaterally at the expense of strategic
international security,” Cai Jun added. Both men dismissed
claims by the US that the missile shield was largely meant to
protect itself and its allies from the threat of attacks by Iran
or North Korea.
Syrian refugees capture bomb plot suspect, hand him over to
German police
RT - A 22-year-old suspected of plotting a bomb attack, who was
the subject of a two-day manhunt in Chemnitz, an eastern German
town, was overpowered and tied up by three fellow countrymen,
who turned him in to the police after discovering his identity.
The bomb plot suspect identified as Jaber Albakr had been at
large since Saturday, when German police officers tried to
capture him in the eastern town of Chemnitz. Some reports say
the 22-year-old managed to escape his apartment right under the
noses of the police raiding it.... Saxony’s criminal police
chief, Joerg Michaelis, said later on Monday that Albakr was
recognized by three other Syrians whom he had asked for an
overnight stay. Michaelis confirmed earlier media reports,
saying that the Syrians had tied Albakr up and held him in their
apartment in the city of Leipzig. One of them brought a photo of
Albakr to a local police station, leading to the suspect’s
arrest, according to Reuters. “The suspect was handed over to us
bound,” the police chief said. Initially, police said on their
official Facebook page that one or more Syrians helped detain
the suspect, but gave no details “because we do not want to
provoke any dangers for those persons who gave us the tip.”
Venezuela's prisoners starve to death in jails amid economic
collapse
Daily Mail Online - Video smuggled out of a jail at San Juan de
los Morros, in the central Guarico region of Venezuela, show
emaciated inmates struggling to survive. With the country in the
grip of a crippling economic crisis, starving prisoners can be
seen standing in line and begging for help from the outside
world.... The prison footage was reportedly filmed by inmate
Franklin Paul Hernandez Quezad. One prisoner was said to be so
weak he had to be lifted into a chair to be filmed.... Another
is said to have died from starvation and disease. One of the men
says to the camera: 'Look at me, look at the state we are in, we
need medicine in order to survive.' Another inmate in what
appears to be a wheelchair also asks for medicine: 'We are all
human beings and we need a second chance.' And the third echoes
the sentiment saying: 'Please, don't leave us to die in here,
help us brothers. We do not want to die.'.... There are claims
in local media that Venezuelan police had apparently blocked
deliveries of food, medicine and water to the prison.
The Total Amount Of Debt In The World Just Hit A Record
$152,000,000,000,000 (152 Trillion)
Economic Collapse - According to the IMF, the total amount of
debt around the globe has now hit a staggering 152 trillion
dollars. That is an amount of money that is almost unimaginable,
and the IMF says that it is equivalent to 225 percent of global
GDP.... Experts all over the world agree that when this debt
bubble finally bursts, it is going to create an economic crisis
on a scale that humanity has never seen before.... The following
excerpt comes from a story in a major British news source: "The
International Monetary Fund has urged governments to take action
to tackle a record $152tn debt mountain before it triggers a
fresh global financial and economic crisis. Warning that debt
levels were not just high but rising, the IMF said it was vital
to intervene early in order to mitigate the risks of a repeat of
the damaging events that began with the collapse of the US
sub-prime housing bubble almost a decade ago. It said that new
research in its half-yearly fiscal monitor covering 113
countries had shown that debt was currently 225% of global GDP,
with the private sector responsible for two-thirds of the
total".... It is truly hard to grasp how much money “a trillion
dollars” represents. For instance, if you were alive when Jesus
Christ was born, and you had spent a million dollars every
single day since that time, you still would not have spent a
trillion dollars by now.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Lawyer Representing 9/11 Families Against Saudis Wanted to
'Defang the Issue' for Clinton Camp
Breitbart - “Those of us who have been concerned about that
politicization have had some thoughts about how to defang the
issue and would be happy to knock those around with you or
Cheryl if and whenever you like,” attorney Jack Quinn wrote in a
March 27, 2015 email to Podesta and Mills. The emails have been
made public along with thousands of pieces of correspondence
from John Podesta’s email account by the organization Wikileaks.
Wikileaks claims to have tens of thousands of such emails, but
is releasing them in smaller batches as part of a searchable
database. Quinn initially wrote to Mills and Podesta on March
26, 2015 introducing himself as “co-counsel to a large number of
plaintiffs in the ‘9/11 cases'” in New York. Given the ties
between Saudi Arabia and the Clinton Foundation, he wrote, made
some on his legal team consider that “you may find it helpful to
receive a briefing on the status of our discovery efforts, our
responses to KSA’s motion to dismiss and our best assessment of
prospects for the litigation and its final resolution.” The
Clinton Foundation has received up to $50 million from the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. During Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of
State, the United States increased the number of non immigrant
visas to Saudi nationals by 93 percent.
Leaked Email Reveals Possible Evidence State Dept Never Intended
to Charge Clinton
The Free Thought Project - One of Hillary Clinton’s top aides,
attorney Heather Samuelson - one of the lawyers who scanned the
notorious emails to ostensibly separate the personal from those
considered work-related - appears, a newly disclosed email
shows, to have been acting in concert with the State Department
during that investigation, showing further evidence of possible
collusion.... Dated March 17, 2015, originating from Samuelson,
with the subject marked “JW FOIA | WJC Speeches,” referencing
the Freedom of Information Act request by Judicial Watch and
William (Bill) Jefferson Clinton, a newly revealed email shows
near certain evidence the aide was in close contact with people
inside the Department of State (DOS) - during the investigation
of the private email server.... As Zero Hedge notes, this candid
communique contains “details so nuanced it may only have come as
a result of direct communication between the State Department”
and Samuelson - “which in turn she promptly conveyed to her
team, regarding the FOIA request, in what appears to be a
material breach of confidentiality.” Samuelson, in other words,
was conveying information from inside the State Department
directly to Clinton’s staff — while the FBI and others
investigated the possible transmission of classified information
over the unsecure server.
Charleston, West Virginia the Latest Small City Secretly
Targeted to Receive Refugees
Breitbart - Ann Corcoran of Refugee Resettlement Watch writes:
"West Virginia has only gotten a very small number of refugees
ever since this program was established in 1980, but all that
could change if Episcopal Migration Ministries joins Catholic
Charities and begins to place Syrian and other refugees from the
Middle East and Africa in the state capital. And, frankly, you
would never know that it was happening, that the federal
legislators had met with a local Interfaith group and gave the
go-ahead by attending meetings, being informed and then not
saying anything to the general public about the quiet planning
process underway. If it weren’t for the dogged research of one
citizen activist—Brenda Arthur—no one but a tiny select group of
insiders would have a clue about what was coming.".... The State
Department has secretively tried to expand resettlement to at
least 47 small communities. In some of these communities, like
Rutland, Vermont, local officials are complicit in this secrecy.
In others, such as Flint, Michigan, they appear to be unaware.
During FY 2016, 25 refugees were resettled in West Virginia,
according to the Department of State’s interactive website,
about one every two weeks. Eight of these refugees were from
Burma, eight from Eritrea, five from Syria, and four from Iraq.
All five Syrian refugees were resettled in Charleston. In the
first six days of October, the first month of FY 2017, five
refugees, all from Iraq, have been resettled in West Virginia,
more than one each day. If this pace of refugee resettlement
continues throughout the remaining 359 days of the fiscal year,
over 400 refugees would be resettled in West Virginia in FY
2017, sixteen times the number of refugees resettled in FY 2016.
Mexican officials helping Haitian illegal immigrants reach U.S.
Washington Times - More than 6,000 Haitians arrived at the
border in San Diego over the past year — a staggering
eighteenfold increase over fiscal year 2015. Some 2,600 more
were waiting in northern Mexico as of last week, and 3,500
others were not far behind, waiting in Panama to make the trip
north, according to the documents, obtained by Rep. Duncan
Hunter, California Republican.... Their trek begins in Brazil
and traces a 7,100-mile route up the west coast of South America
and Central America, crossing 11 countries and taking as long as
four months. Some countries are more welcoming than others,
according to the document, which was reviewed by The Washington
Times. Nicaragua is listed as being particularly vigilant about
deporting the Haitian migrants if they are caught, so smugglers
there charge $1,000.... Smugglers charge $200 through Ecuador
and $300 each through Guatemala and Colombia, the document says.
Mexico, though, is more accommodating to the migrants. It stops
them at its southern border in Tapachula, processes them and —
though they don’t have legal entry papers — “they receive a
20-day transit document” giving them enough time to get a bus
across Mexico, arriving eventually in Tijuana, just south of San
Diego. Once in the United States, many of the Haitians claim
asylum and fight deportation in cases that can drag on for
years, guaranteeing the migrants a foothold in the country....
Other Haitians who are apprehended are put on a slow deportation
track, giving them a chance to hide in the shadows along with
other illegal immigrants. Southern Florida is a particularly
attractive destination for Haitians, the document said.
Pastor Facing $100 a Day Fines for Helping Homeless Women and
Children on His Own Church's Property
The Free Thought Project - Proving once again that the state has
no interest in helping people, the state of Delaware is
attacking a pastor who would dare attempt to help the homeless.
Pastor Aaron Appling of Victory Church West in Dover is being
threatened with a $100 per day fine by county officials for
allowing a 21-year-old homeless woman to live in an RV in the
back of the church property.... According to NBC Philadelphia,
Kent County officials sent Appling a letter stating his church
isn’t zoned to let homeless people stay on the property. The
letter warns that if the church doesn’t act quickly, they could
be fined $100 a day.... Alexis Simms, a 21-year-old homeless mom
who is battling lupus, has nowhere to go - and, the state is
attempting to take the only thing she has positive in her life
right now - pastor Appling’s kindness. “We want to stand up for
her,” Appling said. “Because there is nobody else to stand up
for her.”.... According to NBC Philadelphia, while county
officials said the church can apply for re-zoning to make the
land a campground, Appling says it would be too expensive. He’s
hoping the church and the county can reach a compromise before
the fines begin. Helping a homeless mother is not the only
‘crime’ the church has been accused of either. Last month,
Appling announced a plan to build multiple tiny homes on his
property to provide shelter for those in need. And, again, their
good deed was quickly swatted down by the bureaucratic hand of
government. The good news is, the church is showing no signs of
backing down. Instead of paying the fees, they are seeking to
change the law entirely to put an end to such a tyrannical
practice. “We have to choose at some point in time as believers
who we’re going to stand for and help,” Appling said. “We’re not
against them we’re just choosing we need to help this person
more than we need to be pleasing to you.”
Charitable giving reached record high in 2015: report
Washington Times - Americans are a passionately charitable
people, donating a record $373 billion in 2015, with most of
that coming from individual donors, according to a new report.
Some $265 billion, or 71 percent of the 2015 charitable
donations, was given by individuals, Giving USA, the Giving
Institute and Indiana University Lilly Family School of
Philanthropy said.... Other donor groups in 2015 included
foundations, which gave $58 billion; bequests, which gave almost
$32 billion; and corporations, which gave $18 billion.... while
large donations can get headlines, the small gifts add up to
massive sums. “Philanthropy is quite democratic and always has
been — more people give than vote in the U.S. — and $20, $10 and
$1 gifts do make a cumulative difference,” said Dr. Patrick M.
Rooney, associate dean for academic affairs and research at
Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. The
religious sector remains the largest recipient (32 percent) of
charitable gifts. This is followed by the educational sector (15
percent); human services (12 percent); health (8 percent); arts,
culture and humanities (5 percent); international affairs (4
percent); and environmental and animals (3 percent)....
Charities also enjoy a good reputation as stewards of gifts. A
recent bipartisan survey of 1,300 voters by Independent Sector
asked, “Which do you think would be a better way to improve your
community and your country? Pay an additional $1,000 in taxes to
the federal government or given an additional $1,000 to
charity?” Seventy-four percent chose “Give to charity,” while 9
percent said “Give to government,” and 17 percent said they
didn’t know, “both,” “neither,” or refused to answer, according
to Independent Sector’s “United For Charity” report.
Clinton camp appeared to have contacts with DOJ on email case
The Hill - An official within Democratic presidential nominee
Hillary Clinton’s campaign appeared to have discussions with
sources inside the Department of Justice (DOJ) about ongoing
open records lawsuits regarding the former secretary of State’s
emails, according to an email released on Tuesday. In an email
from May 2015, Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon said that
“DOJ folks” had “inform[ed]” him about an upcoming status
conference in one of the lawsuits regarding Clinton’s private
email setup. The information about an upcoming court event would
have been public knowledge and open for all to attend. And it’s
unclear whether the people Fallon spoke to at the Justice
Department were officials who regularly communicate with the
public. However, the fact that Fallon — a former spokesman with
the Justice Department — remained in contact with anyone from
the department is likely to renew allegations that the Obama
administration maintained an especially cozy relationship with
Clinton’s presidential campaign.... The email from Fallon was
contained in a collection of more than 1,000 messages allegedly
stolen from campaign chairman John Podesta and posted to
WikiLeaks on Tuesday.
U.S. Intelligence meddles in U.S. Presidential election: backs
Hillary Clinton, tries to stop Donald Trump
The Duran - The single most important event of the US
Presidential election took place last week and to my knowledge
it has gone completely unreported.... It was the public
confirmation that an intelligence agency is directly interfering
in an ongoing US Presidential election. The intelligence agency
in question is not however that of Russia as is being reported.
It is that of the United States itself. To understand why this
is so, consider the statement US intelligence published last
week on the subject of alleged Russian hacking of the Democratic
National Committee and of other US agencies involved in the
election.... The statement is an implicit admission that US
intelligence has no evidence to back its allegations of Russian
hacking. It is merely “confident” – not “sure” – that it is the
Russians who are behind the hacking, and it is clear from the
statement that it arrived at this conclusion purely through
inference: because the hacks supposedly were “consistent with
the methods and motivations of Russian-directed efforts”. US
intelligence assumes the Russians were behind the hack not
because it knows this to be so but in part because of what it
believes Russian motives to be. The statement backs its claim
with a textual trick. It says “the Russians have used similar
tactics and techniques across Europe and Eurasia”. It then
immediately follows these words with the words “for example”.
These lead to the expectation that an actual example of such
Russian “tactics and techniques” is about to follow. Instead
what is provided are the fact free words “to influence public
opinion there”.... The words are designed to create a subliminal
impression to a casual reader that the Russians have been caught
doing this sort of thing before, without however providing a
single actual example when this was the case.
YouTube Hides and SLAPS WARNING on New Trump Ad About Hillary's
Health
The Gateway Pundit - YouTube has ‘unlisted’ and added a warning
to the new Donald Trump ad entitled “Dangerous” posted Tuesday
morning by the Team Trump account that focuses on national
security and warns that Hillary Clinton does not have the
stamina and judgment to keep America safe. YouTube also placed
the ad behind the “Restricted Mode” firewall that blocks
“inappropriate content’.... The ad features photos and footage
of Clinton coughing and in physical distress being aided walking
up stairs and collapsing as her Secret Service agents drag her
to a waiting vehicle.... YouTube describes ‘Restricted Mode’as
hiding ‘inappropriate content’: “Restricted Mode hides videos
that may contain inappropriate content flagged by users and
other signals. No filter is 100% accurate, but it should help
you avoid most inappropriate content.”
Clinton Campaign Confiscates Cell Phones From Donors
Jamie White & Kit Daniels - The Hillary Clinton campaign
controls how the press covers her fundraisers and even asked
donors to turn in their cell phones so “unapproved” images
wouldn’t get leaked to the press, according to Wikileaks emails
obtained from Clinton’s campaign manager John Podesta. Clinton
confidant Huma Abedin exchanged these emails with aide Kristina
Schake in April 2015. Schake outlines specific conditions that
would allow the donors and press at Clinton events to bring
cellphones and cameras for the purposes of manipulating public
perception of Hillary’s favorability. She wrote: “Here is a
draft policy for input: less than 100 people – NO cellphones, NO
press. Over 100 people, YES cell phones, and ONE print pooler
will be escorted in for her remarks only and then escorted out.
NO TV cameras. Over 500 people in a public space – YES cell
phones, OPEN press (all press access including TV cameras).” So
a Clinton event with less than 500 people gets virtually no
coverage because it would showcase Democrats’ lack of enthusiasm
for their candidate. The email continues with Schake telling
Abedin that Clinton spokesman Jesse Ferguson has suggested the
following for fundraiser guests if under 100 people: “Since the
event is not open to cameras from the media b/c of space, we
will be asking you to check your cell phone so images aren’t
released from the event that were unavailable to the media. We
take our relationship with the press seriously and don’t want
them to be at a disadvantage.”In other words, they tell guests
not to sneak out photos of the event because it may fall outside
of the lockstep positive coverage by the lapdog media and could
contradict their spin. The “no cell phone” rule may also prevent
camera flashes from triggering Hillary into having a seizure.
Exclusive documents show a Wells Fargo employee informed the
bank of fake customer accounts in 2006
VICE News - A Wells Fargo bank manager tried to warn the head of
the company’s regional banking unit of an improperly created
customer account in January 2006, five years earlier than the
bank has said its board first learned of abuses at its
branches.... Dennis Hambek, a former branch manager in West
Yakima, Washington, sent a certified letter in January 2006 to
Carrie Tolstedt, then Wells Fargo’s head of regional banking,
outlining unethical “gaming” activity at area branches. In 2007,
Tolstedt was made the company’s head of community banking, the
division where many of the unethical practices occurred. Hambek
says a customer named Bill Moore came to his branch in July 2005
after he learned that a different Wells Fargo branch had opened
checking, savings, and debit-card accounts in his name without
his authorization. Hambek asked Moore to write out details of
his complaint. Then, Hambek says, he reported the ethics
violation to the bank’s investigations department and called a
hotline employees were encouraged to use to report misconduct.
He says no action was taken. Six months later, Hambek sent the
certified letter explaining what he had seen to Tolstedt....[Wells
Fargo CEO John] Stumpf testified at a House Financial Services
Committee hearing Sept. 29 that the company board got “reports
at a committee level, at a high level, about ethics lines
requests or information” as early as 2011.
Obama Econ Advisor Blames Back Pain And Video Games For Bad
Labor Market
Zero Hedge -Princeton professor and former Obama White House
economist Alan Krueger would like for you to know that low labor
force participation rates likely have nothing to do with Obama's
awful "jobs recovery", stagnant real wages or soaring
entitlements that provide massive disincentives to work. Rather,
his "thorough research" indicates that men are more likely
dropping out of the labor force due to excessive back pain
and/or because video gaming technology has become so amazing
that young adults are just choosing to stay home instead.
According to The Washington Examiner, Krueger's "research"
indicated that 47% of men, between the ages of 25 and 54,
reported taking pain medication during the previous day. Of
those men, 40% said their pain prevented them from working....
But back pain apparently isn't the only thing keeping young men
out of the work force.... For younger working-age men, aged
21-30, video games also may be part of the problem, Krueger
finds. While falling labor force participation for that group
mostly reflects school attendance, idleness is also up. And that
might be because, he finds, playing video games is more
attractive than older forms of idleness, such as watching
television. He discovers that young men out of the labor force
spent 6.7 hours a week on average playing video games in the
years 2012-2015, up from 3.6 hours a week in 2004-2007.
Leaked emails show Hillary Clinton blaming Russians for funding 'phony'
anti-fracking groups
Washington Times - Supporters of hydraulic fracturing have long accused
Russia of funding anti-fracking environmental groups, and it turns out
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton agrees. Mrs. Clinton
complained about “phony environmental groups” pushing an anti-fracking
agenda in a speech to a private audience, according to excerpts leaked
Saturday by WikiLeaks after purportedly hacking into the account of
Clinton campaign manager John Podesta.... She allegedly made the
comments at a June 18, 2014, speech sponsored by tinePublic, a Canadian
promotional group.... At the same time, the leaked speeches came as
another blow to Mrs. Clinton’s tenuous relationship with
environmentalists.... “Apparently, @HillaryClinton will help clean up
world w/ renewable energy—right after she helps poison it w/ fracking,”
Mediaite columnist and The Young Turks political reporter Jordan
Chariton said in a Sunday tweet. In an April 2013 speech to Deutsche
Bank, Mrs. Clinton credited the federal government with helping develop
fracking, adding that, “I’ve promoted fracking in other places around
the world.”
Murkowski Blocks Effort to Protect US Power Grid
Newsmax - In a surprising election-year gambit, Alaska Sen. Lisa
Murkowski has gutted legislation with strong bipartisan support that
would protect the U.S. power grid from solar flares and Electromagnetic
Pulse (EMP) weapons, to benefit a “clean” energy bill backed by Senate
Democrats. The original bill, known as the GRID Act, authorized the
federal government to take emergency measures to protect some 300 giant
power transformers around the country. It passed the House of
Representatives by a unanimous voice vote in August, an unusual show of
bipartisan support in this Congress. But when it went to the Senate, the
bill was gutted of the measures to protect the power grid from EMP
attack by Murkowski and committee chairman Jeff Bingamon, D-N.M., while
other portions of the bill were added to her own energy bill, S. 1462,
the American Clean Energy Act of 2009.
US Offshore Wind Plant Costs $17,600 Per Home Powered
The Daily Signal - America’s first offshore wind power plant will cost
about $17,600 dollars to build per home it will power. Three miles off
the coast of Block Island, Rhode Island, the wind farm is supposed to
generate enough energy to power 17,000 homes, but will cost $300 million
to build five turbines. This cost is just to build the turbines, not to
operate them. The extremely high cost of offshore wind doesn’t worry
environmentalists and progressives however, because, as Salon.com says
about the project, “it’s the precedent that counts.” Despite the
extremely high cost, federal officials want to power a whooping 23
million homes with offshore wind by the year 2050.... Offshore wind is
so pricey that early investors in it, like Germany, plans to stop
building new turbines to lower the costs of electricity and prop up its
ailing power grid. However, the average American’s electric bill has
gone up 10 percent since President Barack Obama took office in January
2009, due to regulations imposed by government officials and taxpayer
support for green energy.... As essential goods like electricity becomes
more expensive, the cost of producing goods and services that use
electricity increases, effectively raising the price of almost
everything. The higher prices are ultimately paid for by consumers, not
industries.
Social media sites cut off tech company that provides data intel to law
enforcement
Washington Times - A technology company that analyzes social media data
and sells the information to law enforcement for surveillance purposes
will no longer have special access to user data on Twitter, Facebook and
Instagram. The social media companies have all cut off Geofeedia’s
special access after the American Civil Liberties Union found that
analyses of information posted to the platforms were being marketed to
agencies as a way to monitor activists and protesters....The Baltimore
County Police Department, for instance, used the Geofeedia’s analysis of
social media when riots erupted in Baltimore in 2015 following the death
of Freddie Gray, according to one “case study” document obtained by the
ACLU.... According to the ACLU’s findings, Instagram provided Geofeedia
access to a stream of public user posts that included location data
associated with the posts. Facebook allowed Geofeedia to a data feed
that ranked public posts that mentioned certain trending topics, such as
hashtags, events or specific places. Twitter, through a subsidiary,
provided Geofeedia with searchable access to its database of public
tweets.... Nicole Ozer, the technology and civil liberties policy
director for the ACLU of Northern California, called the scope of the
surveillance “alarming.” “This is really sophisticated surveillance
without any safeguards for civil liberties and civil rights,” she said,
noting that none of the police departments using social media
surveillance technology had adopted a policy on use. What’s more, none
of the departments using the technology held any sort of public debate
before putting the surveillance programs to use.
Samsung Ends Galaxy Note 7 Production, Pulls Model From Market
Zero Hedge - The South Korean company said in a regulatory filing
Tuesday that it has made a final decision to stop production of the
large-screen smartphone whose exploding batteries had become a recurring
global problem, and which was supposed to compete with Apple's iPhones
and other high-end smartphones during the U.S. holiday shopping season,
for the sake of consumer.... The announcement came after consumers
reported problems with supposedly safe phones in the U.S. and China, and
wireless carriers such as AT&T Inc. and Australia’s Telstra Corp. halted
sales. In one case, a Southwest Airlines Co. flight from Louisville,
Kentucky, was evacuated because a replacement Note 7 began dispersing
smoke and burned carpet flooring.... Samsung has been struggling to
regain consumer trust after a first round of recalls. The company
stopped selling the device after finding that even the supposedly safer
replacements it was providing for recalled Note 7 phones were catching
fire.
EpiPen goes from $300 to $30 to $3 with Opensource and 3D
Printing
Activist Post - While the US government held a hearing regarding
Mylan’s EpiPen pricing in which a package containing two of the
devices costs a whooping $600 ($300 per device), little appears
to have been done except provide the public with the belief that
“something” will eventually be done by what is a clear case of
price gouging. What perhaps was more effective than the
expensive and ultimately superficial Congressional hearing, was
a DIY biohacking group’s demonstration of turning an ordinary
store-bought autoinjector into a functioning EpiPen, called an “EpiPencil.”
The autoinjector-based EpiPencil costs about $30-$40. […] the
EpiPencil cannot be stored for months like the EpiPen can, but
it is an important starting point for other biohackers seeking
to lower the price of healthcare through innovation and
opensource decentralization. With 3D printing, our own
innovation lab has found it possible to cut costs even further.
We are developing an opensource design of the autoinjector used
for the EpiPencil. Costs for the PLA plastic used in printing
out prototypes reveals an expected price of around $3 for the
finished product.
E-cigarettes are exploding, but nobody’s reporting the cases
What Doctors Don't Tell You - One hospital in North Carolina
says it has treated 10 patents in the past six months who have
suffered severe burns and fractures—including one patient who
lost his sight—after an e-cigarette they were smoking exploded.
And these are not isolated cases, but nobody seems to be
reporting them. “We know that this is a big problem at burn
centres across the United States,” says Clare Meernik, from the
University of North Carolina. Part of the problem is that
surveillance systems don’t categorise the problem, and so
doctors or patients don’t have anywhere to register the
incident. The US’s National Fire Protection Association listed
just 15 e-cigarette explosions and fires in 2015, and yet the
American Burn Association was aware of at least several hundred
cases that year. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
started to regulate e-cigarettes earlier this year, but hadn’t
developed safety standards. Most of the explosions seemed to
have been started by some battery malfunction, so this
especially needed attention by the FDA, she said.
Study: Cut Risk of Type 2 Diabetes by 34% with This Kind of Diet
Natural Society - For the study, researchers gathered
information from over 200,000 Americans. Participants filled out
a series of questionnaires about their medical history, current
health, diet, and lifestyle. The information was collected over
2 decades. The researchers found that a healthy version of the
plant-based diet – which included fruits, vegetables, legumes,
nuts, and whole grains – lowered the risk of diabetes by 34%.
Participants who ate a less-healthy plant-based diet had a 16%
lower risk of the disease. The less-healthy version consisted of
a lot of fruits and veggies, but also a limited amount of foods
such as potatoes, refined grains, and sugary drinks. However, no
benefit was seen in people who ate plant-based foods but also
consumed a lot of refined carbohydrates and starchy vegetables.
6 Fruits That Prevent & Control Diabetes
David Wolfe - Living with diabetes requires several lifestyle
changes. Unfortunately, those changes are often negative – eat
less of this, do less of that. It can get frustrating…. These
fruits will help you not only manage your blood-sugar level but
reduce the severity of diabetes symptoms as well…. Fruit #1 –
Apples, according to VeryWell.com, are a great source of soluble
fiber. In addition to helping you feel full, this fiber slows
the absorption of sugar into your blood. The soluble fiber in
apples also works against the inflammation insulin resistance
causes. This helps people with diabetes recover from infections
faster. Fruit #2 – Black plums possess several anti-diabetic
properties. They reduce symptoms such as frequent peeing and
thirst. Black plus also help your body convert starch into
energy, which regulates your blood-sugar levels. Eat no more
than 2 average-sized plums in one sitting to balance these
positive effects with the high level of natural sugar in the
fruit. Fruit #3 – Guava has a higher concentration of lycopene
than any other plant. Lycopene is a dietary fiber that has been
proven to reduce diabetes symptoms as well as one’s risk for the
disease. According to an I-Shou University study, eating a
peeled guava can reduce the amount of sugar in your blood. The
‘peeled’ part is important, as eating guava skin will actually
raise your blood-sugar level. Fruit #4 – In one study,
grapefruit juice lowered blood-sugar levels just as effectively
as metformin, a diabetes drug. Additionally, according to
Diabetes In Control, grapefruit contains a number of nutrients
that control blood-sugar levels and reduce one’s risk of obesity
– a major concern for diabetics. Fruit #5 – Avocados contain
lots of fiber which, remember, is good for regulating your
blood-sugar levels. The potassium in avocados can also greatly
reduce diabetic neuropathy symptoms. MedicalNewsToday.com
recommends that diabetics eat avocado in 1-ounce servings. That
size serving contains a mere 50 calories, 3 grams of carbs and
less than 1 gram of sugar….
Dogs Love These Chews, but They Fracture Teeth Like Crazy
Dr. Becker - …an increasing number of veterinarians are discouraging dog
guardians from offering very hard chews, including antlers, due to the
potential for broken teeth. In the U.K., veterinarians have seen a
steady increase in fractured carnassial teeth. And while broken teeth
are common in dogs, fractures in back teeth are not…. Anything your dog
chews on that is harder than his teeth can cause a fracture, largely due
to the force with which dogs are able to bite down. This typically
occurs when a dog moves the chew or bone toward the back of his mouth on
one side and chomps down on it…. When your dog breaks a tooth, the pulp
— which is the sensitive nerve inside — can be exposed. Not only is an
exposed nerve extremely painful, it can also lead to a deep infection
and root abscess. Most pets with tooth fractures don’t show obvious
signs of pain, but sadly, many suffer silently for weeks, months or even
years before the situation progresses to the point where they can’t eat
comfortably and lose their appetite. The longer a broken tooth goes
untreated, the worse it gets. […] antlers are often a problem, as are
Nylabones. Anything you can't put a dent in with your fingernail has the
potential to fracture the crown of your dog’s tooth…. Raw knucklebones
are much softer than rock hard antlers and are gentler on the teeth. I
also monitor their chewing very closely, because they can whittle a
large bone down to the size of a ping-pong ball in about an hour. Once a
bone is that small, it's too small to be safe.
Tuesday - October
11, 2016 - Today In History:
1776 - During the American Revolution the first naval battle of Lake
Champlain was fought. The forces under Gen. Benedict Arnold suffered
heavy losses.
1811 - The Juliana, the 1st steam-powered ferryboat, was put into
operation by the inventor John Stevens. Traveled from New York City, NY,
to Hoboken, NJ.
1869 - Thomas Edison filed for a patent on his 1st invention. The
electric machine was used for counting votes for the U.S. Congress,
however the Congress did not buy it.
1890 - The Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in
Washington, DC.
1929 - J.C. Penney opened a store in Milford, DE, making it a nationwide
company with stores in all 48 states.
1939 - U.S. President Roosevelt was presented with a letter from Albert
Einstein that urged him to develop the U.S. atomic program rapidly.
1942 - The Battle of Cape Esperance, during World War II, began in the
Solomons.
1968 - Apollo 7 was launched by the U.S. The first manned Apollo mission
was the first in which live television broadcasts were received from
orbit. Wally Schirra, Don Fulton Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham were
the astronauts aboard.
1983 - The last hand-cranked telephones in the U.S. went out of service.
Last customers of Bryant Pond, ME, were switched to direct-dial service.
1984 - American Kathryn D. Sullivan became the first female astronaut to
space walk. She was aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
1994 - U.S. troops in Haiti took control of the National Palace.
1994 - Iraqi troops began moving away from the Kuwaiti border.
2002 - The Senate joined the House in approving the use of America's
military might against Iraq.
2002 - Former President Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize for his
1970s Middle East diplomacy.
Fifteen Years Into the Afghan War, Do Americans Know the Truth?
Antiwar.com - Last week marked the fifteenth anniversary of the
US invasion of Afghanistan, the longest war in US history. There
weren’t any victory parades or photo-ops with Afghanistan’s
post-liberation leaders. That is because the war is ongoing. In
fact, 15 years after launching a war against Afghanistan’s
Taliban government in retaliation for an attack by Saudi-backed
al-Qaeda, the US-backed forces are steadily losing territory
back to the Taliban. Do Americans know that we are still wasting
billions on “reconstruction” and other projects in Afghanistan
that are, at best, boondoggles?
Health conditions worsen as aid trickles into remote Haiti
Associated Press - There's no water, no antibiotics," Dr. Herby
Jean told The Associated Press. "Everything is depleted ... We
hear helicopters flying overhead, but we're not getting
anything." There was also no power and frustration grew on
Tuesday as food, medicine and fresh water kept arriving at the
main city in Haiti's southwest peninsula but was slow to reach
increasingly desperate communities like Dame Marie.
US missile defense in Europe directly threatens Russia – Chinese
military
RT.com - US antimissile shield in Europe directly threats
Russia, a senior-ranking Chinese general said as cited by RIA
Novosti. He added that US actions across the globe disrupt the
balance of regional power and provoke regional instability. “The
US did not provide legally-binding guarantees that the missile
defense system they are deploying in Europe would not be aimed
against Russia. But at the same time it poses a real and direct
threat to the Russian security,” the general reportedly said in
a speech at the Xiangshan international security forum in
Beijing. The assessment is similar to that of the Russian
military, which insists that the American antimissile shield in
Europe compromises Russia’s security and needs to be countered
with better ballistic missiles and capabilities to destroy
antimissile sites, should the need arise.
South African finance minister issued with summons, rand plunges
Reuters.com - South African prosecutors issued Finance Minister
Pravin Gordhan with a formal summons on Tuesday to appear in
court on Nov. 2 in relation to the granting of early retirement
to a colleague, sending the rand reeling. The currency fell as
much as 3.4 percent when prosecutor Shaun Abrahams also told a
news conference that Gordhan was being investigated for his role
in setting up a surveillance unit at the tax department a decade
ago. Abrahams said Gordhan, in his previous role as head of the
South African Revenue Service (SARS), would be charged with
approving early-retirement for former tax agency deputy
commissioner Ivan Pillay and then re-appointing him as a
consultant.
Suicide bomber dies in attack on Swedish troops in Mali
The Local - “On Monday night a Swedish patrol on a mission in
Timbuktu city was exposed to a suicide bomber. No Swedish
soldiers were injured in the incident,” read a statement by the
Armed Forces. It added that the troops were being looked after
by the Swedish unit in Mali. “The most important thing for us
just now is that we don't have any injured Swedish personnel,”
spokesperson Tony Remes told the TT news agency. “Some form of
crisis team is looking after them.” The Armed Forces said there
were no other nationalities involved.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Police in California, Texas fail to report 660 officer-involved
deaths
RT.com - Hundreds of police departments in two states were found
to have broken laws mandating police reports for in-custody
deaths. Registries required by California and Texas were missing
a total of 660 deaths from 2005 to 2015. They are the only two
states that require law enforcement to report all in-custody
deaths, but it seems enforcing the law is trickier than anyone
imagined. Research from Texas State University in San Marco
found that the two states did not report hundreds of deaths that
involved officers during a 10-year period.
Ex-CIA Mike Morell "I want to scare Assad"
YouTube.com - Mike Morell, former deputy director of the CIA,
discusses the need to put pressure on Syria and Russia. The full
conversation aired on PBS on August 8th, 2016.
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW IS NOT USURPED BY TREATY LAW: UN ARMS TREATY
INCLUDED
The Government Rag - "There is nothing new or unique about what
we say here. This Court has regularly and uniformly recognized
the supremacy of the Constitution over a treaty. Please write
your Senators -- reminding them, the US Constitution is the
Supreme Law of the land and no treaty can Usurp that power. Take
time now to write your Senators on line and remind them -- Sign
No Treaties regarding guns/weapons on behalf of Americans; We
the People have our own gun law -- The Second Amendment. Read
More...
Hundreds stranded in North Carolina floods after Hurricane
Matthew
Reuters.com - Hundreds of people were rescued by boat and
helicopter as floodwaters inundated North Carolina towns on
Monday in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, and officials warned
that life-threatening flooding from swollen rivers would
continue for days. Matthew, the most powerful Atlantic storm
since 2007, was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone on Sunday.
The hurricane killed around 1,000 people in Haiti and United
Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday some
Haitian towns and villages had just about been "wiped off the
map."
Hillary In Leaked Email: Saudi Arabia And Qatar Are Funding ISIS
InfoWars - Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton sent
an email to her campaign chairman John Podesta in 2014, who was
then-counselor to President Barack Obama, that said Saudi Arabia
and Qatar are both giving financial and logistical support to
the Islamic State and other extremist Sunni groups, according to
a recent Wikileaks release. Clinton sent the email on August 17,
2014 to Podesta. It was an eight-point plan to defeat ISIS in
Iraq and Syria. Clinton’s email said that the United States
should support Kurdish forces on the ground with U.S. military
advisers and avoid the use of a conventional ground operation.
Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson just sold out to Big Pharma...says
children should be forcibly injected with mercury at gunpoint...
claims government 'science' overrides medical freedom
NaturalNews.com - Wow, the 2016 Presidential race is getting
more bizarre by the day, it seems, and the latest example of
people wandering off into la la land is found in libertarian
party candidate Gary Johnson. He just announced that whatever
chemicals and viral strains the corrupt, scientifically
incompetent federal government decides should be injected into
your children must be obediently accepted by parents or they
should face arrest, imprisonment or gunpoint enforcement. So
Gary Johnson believes that people should be forced against their
will to be injected with toxic substances linked to comas,
seizures, autism, cancer, neurological disorders, paralyzation
and even death.
Iceland Jail Top Bankers For 46 Years, Europe ‘Outraged’
InvestmentWatch.com - Iceland has found nine top bankers guilty
and sentenced them to decades in jail for crimes related to the
2008 economic crash. On Thursday Iceland’s Supreme Court
returned a guilty verdict for all nine defendants in the
Kaupthing market manipulation case, after a long running court
trial which began in April last year. Kaupthing was a big
international bank headquartered in Reykjavik, Iceland. It
expanded internationally for years, but collapsed in 2008 under
huge debts, crippling the small nation’s economy.
Deutsche Bank bankruptcy would collapse world financial system –
Jim Rogers
The main reason the US government wants $14 billion in penalties
from the German bank is that it is deep in debt. They’ve got a
gigantic deficit – they are desperate for money. They’ll try to
get it anywhere they can, Jim Rogers, financial commentator and
investor, told RT. Germany's Deutsche Bank reportedly failed to
reach an agreement with the US on settling a massive fine. The
bank is facing a $14 billion fine penalty from the US Justice
Department for mis-selling mortgage securities in the run-up to
the 2008 financial crisis.
Turn off & stop using devices, Samsung tells all Galaxy Note 7
users over explosion concerns
RT.com - Samsung has temporarily suspended production of its
troubled Galaxy Note 7 smartphone due to continued problems with
overheating and fires. The company has urged owners of both the
originals and replacements to power them down and stop using the
devices. “Consumers with either an original Galaxy Note7 or
replacement Galaxy Note7 device should power down and stop using
the device and take advantage of the remedies available,” the
company said in a statement on its website.
Note 7 fiasco could burn a $17 billion hole in Samsung accounts
Samsung Electronics' (005930.KS) worst-ever recall could cost
the company as much as $17 billion after it halted sales of its
flagship Galaxy Note 7 for a second time, spelling an almost
certain end for the ill-fated premium model. Samsung announced
the recall of 2.5 million Note 7s in early September following
numerous reports of the phones catching fire and on Tuesday the
crisis deepened: The company told mobile carriers to stop sales
or exchange of the $882 device and asked users to shut off their
phones while it investigated new reports of fires in replacement
Note 7s.
Never get the flu shot! Use these safer and more effective
alternatives instead
NaturalNews.com - It is no longer a secret that the same
officials who push these toxic vaccines on the public are all
deeply invested in the pharmaceutical companies that make these
shots. The only people who are served by having annual flu shots
are these money-hungry criminals. Learn what to do instead.
Monday - October
10, 2016 - Today In History:
1845 - The United States Naval Academy opened in Annapolis, MD.
1887 - Thomas Edison organized the Edison Phonograph Company.
1911 - China's Manchu dynasty was overthrown by revolutionaries under
Sun Yat-sen.
1913 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggered the explosion of the
Gamboa Dike that ended the construction of the Panama Canal.
1938 - Nazi Germany completed its annexation of Czechoslovakia's
Sudetenland.
1957 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologized to Komla Agbeli
Gbdemah, the finance minister of Ghana, after the official had been
refused service in a Dover, DE, restaurant.
1978 - The U.S. bill authorizing the Susan B. Anthony dollar was signed
by U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
1984 - The U.S. Congress passed the 2nd Boland Amendment which outlawed
solicitation of 3rd-party countries to support the Contras. The
amendment barred the use of funds available to CIA, defense, or
intelligence agencies for "supporting, directly or indirectly, military
or paramilitary operations in Nicaragua by any nation, group,
organization or individual."
1991 - The United States cut all foreign aid to Haiti in reaction to a
military coup that forced President Jean-Claude Aristide into exile.
1994 - Iraq announced it was withdrawing its forces from the Kuwaiti
border. No signs of a pullback were observed.
2001 - U.S. President George W. Bush presented a list of 22 most wanted
terrorists.
2003 - Rush Limbaugh annouced that he was addicted to painkillers and
that he was going to check into a rehab center.
2008 - Connecticut's Supreme Court ruled that gay couples have the right
to marry.
2010 - In China, Canton Tower opened to the public.
Missiles fired from rebel-held Yemen land near US destroyer
Associated Press - Two missiles fired from rebel-held territory
in Yemen landed near an American destroyer passing by in the Red
Sea, the U.S. Navy said on Monday, the second such launch
targeting ships in the crucial international waterway in recent
days. The missile launches Sunday came as a ballistic missile
fired from Yemen apparently targeted a Saudi air base near the
Muslim holy city of Mecca, the deepest strike yet into the
kingdom by Shiite rebels and their allies.
* Related:
US Navy destroyer comes under missile attack off Yemen coast –
Pentagon
Thousands in Yemen protest Saudi-led coalition airstrike that
killed over 140 people
Chicago Tribune - Yemenis shout during an anti-Saudi rally
protesting Saudi-led airstrikes on a funeral hall, outside the
UN offices in Sana'a, Yemen, on Oct. 9, 2016.
Chemnitz: German police hunt Syrian man over suspected bomb plot
CNN - Police in Germany are hunting a 22-year-old Syrian man in
connection with a suspected planned bomb attack, Saxony Police
told CNN on Saturday.
* UPDATE:
German police detain Syrian refugee suspected of planning bomb
attack
CNN - A manhunt in Germany has ended with police in Leipzig
detaining a Syrian refugee suspected of planning a bomb attack.
Police on Saturday said they had found a highly explosive mix of
substances more dangerous than TNT in a raid on an apartment in
the city of Chemnitz, southwest of Dresden. They said the mix
could cause significant damage in small amounts.
Ethiopia Declares State Of Emergency Amid Continuing Protests
NPR - Ethiopia's government has declared a state of emergency
following months of anti-government protests by the Oromo
people, who say they are marginalized.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Obama just declared Florida a 'major disaster' after Hurricane
Matthew
Business Insider - President Barack Obama is declaring a major
disaster in Florida, meaning that the state can become eligible
for additional federal aid. But Florida Gov. Rick Scott said the
declaration was limited to help with debris removal and
emergency protective measures. That means the state will not
receive aid for individual assistance or for funding to help
with government buildings and roads.
Long Island train derailment: 33 injured, services suspended
CNN - The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate
the derailment of a Long Island commuter train Saturday night
that left 33 people injured, authorities said.
Do Not Resist Official Trailer 1
YouTube - Starting on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, as the
community grapples with the death of Michael Brown, DO NOT
RESIST - the directorial debut of DETROPIA cinematographer Craig
Atkinson - offers a stunning look at the current state of
policing in America and a glimpse into the future.
Read the Full Transcript of the Second Presidential Debate
Between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump
The Fortune.com - Here’s everything Trump and Clinton said to
each other at the debate.
Hillary, Trump Refuse To Shake Hands At Start Of Debate
ZeroHedge.com - If the pre-debate intro was dramatic, the actual
debate was right out of Rocky IV, when in an unprecedented
moment, Hillary and Trump both refused to shake hands, leading
to a social media frenzy as "no handshake" promptly became what
may have been the most tweeted phrase on twitter.
TRUMP PUNKED THE PRESS: Told Reporters They Were Going to
Pre-Debate Presser, Walked in on Clinton Rape Victims!
TheGatewayPundit - The reporters thought they were going to a
pre-debate photo op with Donald Trump. They walked in on Trump
sitting with Clinton rape victims Paula Jones, Kathy Shelton,
Juanita Broaddrick & Kathleen Willey.
Assange Waits For Hour Before Debate, Releases Hillary
Confessing To It ALL
ConservativeDailyPost - We here at Conservative Daily Post don’t
believe any amount of money could put someone above the law, so
we like to dig around and find evidence that might place the
Clintons and their cronies away for another thousand lifetimes.
It has long been supposed that Hillary used her office as
Secretary of State to manipulate the global economy in order to
garner more funds and get more donors, and then even more power
over and over again. Supposed, documented, proven, but there has
always been one thing missing; a confession. We may have found
it. Read more...
Donald Trump Acknowledges Not Paying Federal Incomes Taxes for
Years
MSN.com - Donald J. Trump explicitly acknowledged for the first
time during Sunday’s debate that he used a $916 million loss
that he reported on his 1995 income tax returns to avoid paying
personal federal income taxes for years. Mr. Trump’s response —
“Of course I do. Of course I do” — was the fullest he has
provided since The New York Times reported that he had he
declared the loss, and that the tax deduction could have been
large enough to allow him to avoid federal income taxes for up
to 18 years.
Mylan to pay $465 million EpiPen settlement
Theday.com - Washington - EpiPen-maker Mylan reached a $465
million settlement with the Justice Department to "resolve
questions that have been raised" about whether the Medicaid
program overpaid for the lifesaving allergy injection, the
company said in a release .
Samsung says it's 'working diligently' as fifth replacement Note
7 burns
The Verge - Another replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has caught
fire, this one in Houston, Texas. Daniel Franks was at lunch
with his daughter and wife when their replacement caught fire
while sitting on the table, he told The Verge in an interview.
Tea For Two
The News International - This week You! takes a look at some
healthy teas that you should include in your daily diet... Tea
is addictive. A hot cup of tea takes away all your worries and
gives you instant energy.
GMO Arctic Apples Are Coming To Your Supermarket
Born Again Health Tips - The apples stirred up major controversy
in February 2015 when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
deemed both the Arctic Golden Delicious and Arctic Granny
varieties safe for human consumption. It was the first time the
federal agency approved an aesthetically-improved genetically
engineered food.
Here's why you should ask where your seafood comes from
The article here pretty much says it all. So, how about you? Are
you concerned about where your seafood comes from? You should be
after reading this.
Friday - October
7, 2016 - Today In History:
1765 - Nine American colonies sent a total of 28 delegates to New York
City for the Stamp Act Congress. The delegates adopted the "Declaration
of Rights and Grievances."
1777 - During the American Revolution the second Battle of Saratoga
began.
1868 - Cornell University was inaugurated in Ithaca, NY.
1913 - For the first time, Henry Ford's entire Highland Park automobile
factory was run on a continuously moving assembly line when the chassis
was added to the process.
1950 - The U.S. led U.N. forces crossed the 38th parallel and entered
North Korea. China in November proved their threat to enter the war by
sending several hundred thousand troops over the border into North
Korea.
1956 - A U.S. House subcommittee began investigations of allegedly
rigged TV quiz shows.
1963 - President Kennedy signed a nuclear test ban treaty with Britain
and the Soviet Union.
1981 - The Egyptian parliament, after the assassination of Anwar Sadat,
named Vice President Hosni Mubarak the next president of Egypt.
1985 - The United States announced that it would no longer automatically
comply with World Court decisions.
1993 - President Clinton sent more troops, heavy armor, and naval
firepower to Somalia.
1994 - President Clinton dispatched an aircraft carrier to the Persian
Gulf when Iraqi troops were spotted moving toward Kuwait. The U.S. Army
was also put on alert.
1998 - The U.S. government filed an antitrust suit that alleged Visa and
MasterCard inhibit competition by preventing banks from offering other
cards.
1999 - American Home Products Corp. agreed to pay up to $4.83 billion to
settle claims that the fen-phen diet drug - dangerous problems with
heart valves.
2000 - Vojislav Kostunica took the oath of office as Yugoslavia's first
popularly elected president.
2001 - The U.S. and Great Britain began airstrikes in Afghanistan in
response to that state's support of terrorism and Osama bin Laden. The
act was the first military action taken in response to the terrorist
attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001.
2003 - In California, Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor in the
recall election of Governor Gray Davis.
Joint Russia-Belarus Airborne Troops Drills Kick Off Friday
Sputnik News - The airborne troops of Russia and Belarus are
starting joint tactical drills on Friday, the Russian Defense
Ministry said in a press statement. "Divisions of Russian
Airborne Troops have arrived on the territory of the Republic of
Belarus to take part in a joint bilateral tactical exercise.
Joint Belarusian-Russian drills will be held in three stages at
one of the military sites near Brest in the period from October
7 until October 20," the statement says. Over 700 servicemen and
about 60 units of military equipment will be involved in the
drills. The servicemen will exchange experience in the methods
of preparing air assault units in the course of special
operations.
Aiding terrorist group: German court convicts men who sent Ahrar
Al-Sham $145,000 in supplies
RT - In the first decision of its kind, a German court convicted
four supporters of hardline Islamist group Ahrar Al-Sham, who
supplied munitions and equipment worth thousands of dollars to
Syria, of aiding terrorism. It may serve a precedent for further
trials. Fighting the Syrian Army does not make “rebels” less
accountable for “violence against civilians, the siege of cities
and taking citizens hostage,” the presiding judge of the Higher
Regional Court in Stuttgart, Hartmut Schnelle, said in support
of his decision to back terrorism charges, as cited by
Stuttgarter Zeitung. Describing the radical group as “a foreign
terrorist organization” that seeks to portray itself as a member
of the so-called moderate opposition in Syria, the court cited
the group’s public acknowledgments of mounting suicide attacks
and preparing assaults on Alawite villages.
Russia Threatens To Shoot Down US Jets
Kurt Nimmo - In a stark warning to the United States, a
spokesman for the Russian defense ministry, Major-General Igor
Konashekov, said Russia may shoot down US planes attempting to
launch airstrikes in Syria. “I would recommend our colleagues in
Washington to thoroughly consider the possible consequences of
the realization of such plans,” Konashenkov said. Konshenkov
noted Russia has deployed advanced S-300 and S-400 anti-aircraft
missiles to its bases in Syria. He said the range of the
missiles “can be a surprise for any unidentified flying
objects.” The defense minister said advance technology employed
by the United State would be no match for the Russian missiles.
“The illusions of dilettantes about the existence of ‘stealth’
aircraft may encounter a disappointing reality,” he warned.
Military experts say the S-400 SAM, known as the “Triumf” in
Russia, is the most capable and lethal long-range air defense
missile system on the planet. It has a maximum speed around Mach
12, or close to 20,000 miles per hour, making a “no escape” zone
for US aircraft likely, according to the Defense Media Network.
The remarks follow the suspension of talks between the United
States and Russia. On Monday the US accused the Russians of
colluding with the Syrians in the effort to retake the jihadi
occupied city of Aleppo.
Deutsche Bank to Cut an Additional 1,000 Jobs in Germany
NY Times - Deutsche Bank said on Thursday that it would
eliminate 1,000 full-time positions in Germany as part of job
cuts the embattled lender first announced last year…. The latest
cuts are part of an aggressive plan announced by John Cryan,
Deutsche’s chief executive, last year to overhaul the lender and
eliminate as many as 35,000 jobs through internal cuts and the
sale of businesses. As part of those plans, the bank will
eliminate about 9,000 full-time jobs and about 6,000 external
contractor positions.
Iceland finds all guilty in banker market-abuse case
Iceland Monitor - Iceland’s Supreme Court has return a guilty
verdict for all nine defendants in the Kaupþing market
manipulation case, the court trial for which began in April
2015. Back in June last year, the Reykjavik District Court found
seven of the nine defendants guilty, acquitting two. By fully
financing share purchases with no other surety than the shares
themselves, the bankers were accused of giving a false and
misleading impression of demand for Kaupþingi shares by means of
deception and pretence. The Supreme Court has now overturned the
acquittals, finding Björk Þórarinsdóttir (credit representative
at Kaupþing) and Magnús Guðmundsson (former CEO of Kaupthing
Luxembourg) also guilty alongside the other seven. No punishment
has been handed out to Þórarinsdóttir and Guðmundsson, however.
In addition, Hreiðar Már Sigurðsson, former Director of the
bank, who had initially received no further penalty, having
previously been sentenced in the ‘Al-Thani affair’, has now been
given a sixth-month extension to his prison sentence.
Worst disaster in Haiti since 2010 earthquake: Storm leaves 260
dead as it approaches US (Photos)
RT - The death toll in Haiti from Hurricane Matthew has gone up
to 261 with authorities saying it’s the largest humanitarian
event witnessed since the earthquake six years ago. Authorities
in Haiti have reported 261 deaths, many of them caused by
falling trees or other debris, Reuters reports, citing local
officials. The Caribbean nation has been the hardest hit by the
hurricane, suffering the most casualties and severe structural
damage. The storm has destroyed more than 3,200 homes, displaced
15,000 people and decimated plantations and livestock. “Haiti is
facing the largest humanitarian event witnessed since the
earthquake six years ago,” said Mourad Wahba, the UN special
representative for Haiti, as quoted in USA Today. “Much of the
population is displaced and communication systems are down. At
least 10,000 people are in shelter. We’ve received reports of
destroyed houses and overflowing hospitals with shortages of
buckets and fresh water.” The full extent of the damage is still
unclear, but UN has received reports that up to 98% of the town
of Jérémie has been destroyed. Efforts by rescue agencies and
aid workers to reach the worst-affected areas such as Grand’Anse
and Les Cayes have been hampered by flooded roads and the
collapse of the Ladigue bridge, a key transport link, which has
left parts of southern Haiti cut off.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
U.S. Navy Upgrades “SSBN Nuclear Sub Electronic Security” With
World War On the Horizon
Mac Slavo - With little fanfare in the U.S. media, President
Obama and his team of war hawks have cut off diplomatic
relations with Russia, and are instead maneuvering aggressively
towards a war footing. The clash of objectives in Syria –
namely, the fundamental differences in their position on Assad
remaining in power as well as the underlying causes that led to
the tension, fueled the rise of ISIS and pitted world powers
against each other – are increasingly drawing the world into a
perilous position. President Putin, as well as his ministers,
have made clear that if the U.S. strikes Syrian forces or
attempts to directly take out Assad, it will also be prodding
for world war – and that could mean the gravest threat to
Western civilization since the Cold War. Because apparently
American leaders just can’t resist intervening in Middle Eastern
affairs. Russia is on high alert, and its newspapers recently
echoed the warnings of its leadership: “Just imagine that the US
does what it has wanted to do for a long time and strike against
Assad, not by mistake but on purpose and openly. “Should Russia
defend its ally or consider striking against the Americans but
this would definitely lead to a Third World War.
44 Afghan Troops GO MISSING While Visiting US
Kit Daniels - At least 44 Afghan troops have taken advantage of
a US military training program to illegally immigrate to the US
since at least Jan. 2015, the Pentagon admitted. The US
routinely brings Afghan troops to the US for training, despite
the fact the Afghan Army has been infiltrated with Islamic
militants who have carried out attacks on Westerners. “The
Defense Department is assessing ways to strengthen eligibility
criteria for training in ways that will reduce the likelihood of
an individual Afghan willingly absconding from training in the
US and going AWOL [absent without leave],” said Pentagon
spokesman Adam Stump. Eight of the troops have disappeared in
the past month alone. The Pentagon claimed the Afghans are
“carefully vetted” before they’re brought to the US, but last
year FBI Director James Comey admitted the U.S. can’t
realistically vet everyone for terror ties.
DOJ Let Clinton Aides’ Lawyer Limit FBI’s Investigation
Daily Caller - Department of Justice (DOJ) officials let the
attorney for two of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s closest
aides shape the FBI’s investigation into her private email
server, including allowing the assistants to destroy official
records and laptops. Four leaders of key House and Senate
oversight committees pointed to two June 10, 2016, letters Beth
Wilkinson drafted in conjunction with DOJ officials saying the
FBI could only review Clinton email archives dated between June
1, 2014, and Feb. 1, 2015, and maintained by the Colorado firm
Platte River Networks. The letters also “memorialized” the FBI’s
agreement allowing the Clinton aides to destroy their records
and laptops. The Wilkinson letters raise serious questions about
why DOJ would consent to such substantial limitations on the
scope of its investigation, and how Director (James) Comey’s
statements on the scope of the investigation comport with the
reality of what the FBI was permitted to investigate,” the four
told Attorney General Loretta Lynch in a letter made public
Wednesday. “This is simply astonishing given the likelihood that
evidence on the laptops would be of interest to congressional
investigators.” The four included Senate Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Chuck Grassley; House
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason
Chaffetz; House Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Bob
Goodlatte; and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Chairman Devin Nunes.
Breaking: Clinton Insider’s Emails Published by DCLeaks
Mikael Thalen - Emails allegedly belonging to Clinton insider
Capricia Marshall were published online Thursday by the website
DCLeaks. The former Chief of Protocol of the United States,
Capricia Marshall used to be one of the Hillary Clinton’s
insiders at the State Department,” the website says. “The
daughter of immigrants, she worked on the Bill Clinton
presidential campaign.” “In 2000, as the Clinton Administration
wound down, Marshall worked on Hillary Clinton’s New York Senate
campaign, although in its aftermath her name figured in charges
of campaign finance violations brought before the Federal
Election Commission. Capricia Marshall is increasingly at
Clinton’s side these days. It is not by accident that Mrs.
Marshall is on ‘Washington Power List.'” The emails, ranging
from February 2015 to June 2016, include communications with
employees at the Clinton Foundation as well as members of the
Clinton presidential campaign. As noted by Daily Caller’s Chuck
Ross, one such email from March of 2015 appears to show a new
email address used by Clinton – hdr29@hrcoffice.com…. This
article will be updated as new information comes in.
Bill Clinton Pushing for Clinton Foundation Haiti Relief After
Fleecing Haitians
Breitbart - In the wake of the devastating destruction to Haiti
caused by Hurricane Matthew, President Bill Clinton took to
Twitter and urged his six million-plus followers to go to the
embattled Clinton Foundation to assist in relief efforts.
“Praying for everyone impacted by . Here’s how you can help in
Haiti,” Clinton said his tweet, which linked to a Medium
article, entitled, “Members of the Clinton Foundation Community
Respond to Hurricane Matthew; Ways to Support.” The last time
tragedy struct the tiny Caribbean country, Bill and
then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — according to scores of
enraged Haitians — used their billion dollar charity and
leveraged their global connections to enrich themselves and
their monied cronies. Following the devastating earthquake in
Haiti in 2010 — while 316,000 lifeless bodies lay buried under
rubble, and while 300,000 Haitians suffered from injuries, with
another 1.3 million displaced — the Clintons saw an opportunity
to cash in. Hillary Clinton’s brother, Tony Rodham, landed a
lucrative and historically rare Haitian “gold exploitation
permit,” while Clinton Foundation donors, including Digicel
mobile phone company founder Denis O’Brien, were winning
multi-million dollar contracts that would siphon massive profits
from the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. While
then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s State Department was
funneling billions in relief funds to rebuild Haiti, the Clinton
Foundation was leveraging its influence to guide high-dollar
contracts to longtime Clinton cronies who would go on to reap
millions off the catastrophe that had claimed so many lives on
the devastated island.
Obama’s army of public relations staffers costs U.S. taxpayers
$500M per year
Washington Times - President Obama has swelled the ranks of
government PR, adding hundreds of new public relations
specialists to the federal payroll during his time in office,
costing taxpayers a half-billion dollars a year, the
government’s chief watchdog said Wednesday. That doesn’t include
the more than $100 million the administration spends annually
for help from private sector spinmeisters, nor does it account
for the $800 million spent on contracts for advertising in 2015,
according to the Government Accountability Office. “Spending
$1.5 billion on government PR activities is a huge waste of
money. That sort of spending should be drastically scaled back,”
said Chris Edwards, a federal budget scholar at the Cato
Institute. The administration added some 667 PR staffers between
2008, the last full year under his predecessor, and 2011, when
public relations staffing across federal agencies peaked at
5,238 people. That’s a jump of 15 percent during those years.
The number has since slipped, but there were still nearly 5,100
PR staffers in the administration in 2014, the final year for
which the GAO had figures. The median salary for PR employees
was $90,000 in 2014 — up from $77,000 in 2006, the auditors
said.
Obama Administration Is Quietly Delaying Thousands of
Deportation Cases
NY Times - The Obama administration is delaying deportation
proceedings for recent immigrants in cities across the United
States, allowing more than 56,000 of those who fled Central
America since 2014 to remain in the country legally for several
more years. The shift, described in interviews with immigration
lawyers, federal officials, and current and former judges, has
been occurring without public attention for months. It amounts
to an unannounced departure from the administration’s widely
publicized pronouncements that cases tied to the so-called surge
of 2014 would be rushed through the immigration courts in an
effort to deter more Central Americans from entering the United
States illegally. The delayed cases are those of nearly half of
the Central Americans who entered the United States as families
since 2014, and close to a quarter of the total number of
Central Americans who entered during that period, according to
figures from the Justice Department. The delays are being made
as a cost-saving measure, federal officials said, because of a
lapse in enforcement that allowed immigrants who were supposed
to be enrolled in an electronic monitoring program to go free.
Some of those affected had failed to report to government
offices to be fitted with GPS ankle bracelets, according to a
February memo from the chief immigration judge, Print Maggard,
in Arlington, Va. Now that the government will not have to pay
the daily fee of $4 to $8 a person to monitor such bracelets,
the immigrants’ cases have been pushed back for years, some
until 2023, judges and federal officials said.
‘Black Lives Matter’ Supporters Plan Looting Sprees as Hurricane
Matthew Hits
Paul Joseph Watson - The extreme weather event is hours away
from launching a “potentially catastrophic” Category 5 siege on
Florida’s east coast before stretching into Georgia and South
Carolina, but some are more concerned about how they can hijack
the chaos to commit criminal acts. A quick Twitter search
reveals dozens of messages posted by Americans living in or near
the affected areas that brazenly talk about the opportunity for
looting that the hurricane will provide. An analysis of the
Twitter accounts shows that many of them are sympathetic towards
‘Black Lives Matter’ – supporters of which have used BLM
protests as an excuse to carry out mass looting in Ferguson,
Baltimore and most recently Charlotte. Some of the accounts also
featured anti-Donald Trump posts as well tweets complaining
about racism and “cultural appropriation”.
Sick Hillary? Clinton Won’t Attend Any Rallies For Over 2 Weeks
Paul Joseph Watson - Hillary’s schedule shows that she will
appear at just one fundraiser, in San Francisco, California on
Sunday, but besides that has absolutely no plans to show her
face at any rallies. Hillary’ s absence is emphasized by the
fact that Bernie Sanders – who is 75-years-old – will head up no
less than seven rallies over the next two days in place of
Clinton. While Clinton will appear at none of her own rallies
until beyond October 23, Donald Trump is set to headline four
rallies over the next seven days alone. Hillary going virtually
AWOL from her own campaign trail strongly suggests that the
health problems which have forced her to keep a “light schedule”
are back with a vengeance. CNN mentioned Clinton’s “light
schedule,” although their report failed to highlight the fact
that Hillary seems to be taking more time off than ever before.
Last month, for example, Hillary’s only event over a six day
period was a short speech she gave in Orlando, Florida. In
August, Hillary took seven of the first 14 days of the month off
and went four days without a single campaign appearance.
According to her current schedule, aside from the presidential
debates, Hillary won’t make any other public appearance in front
of a crowd for at least 18 days – maybe more. Is Hillary merely
trying to run out the clock in the belief that she will beat
Trump if polls remain the same, or is her absence in sight of
the finishing line another disturbing sign that all is not what
it seems?
Thank you, Bill Clinton for endorsing Donald Trump
Fox News - Donald Trump wants to repeal ObamaCare. Hillary wants
to expand it. The choice doesn’t get any clearer than that.
Knowing this, it’s pretty clear that anyone who supports
ObamaCare, supports Hillary. Anyone who despises ObamaCare and
agrees it’s a disaster is endorsing Trump. Guess who now agrees
[…] that ObamaCare is a disaster? Former President Bill
Clinton…. Bill Clinton announced it publicly just days ago in a
speech in Michigan…. Here are Bill’s words: “You’ve got this
crazy system where all of a sudden 25 million more people have
health care, and then the people who are out there busting it,
sometimes 60 hours a week, wind up with their premiums doubled
and their coverage cut in half and it’s the craziest thing in
the world.” “On the other hand, the current system works fine if
you’re eligible for Medicaid, if you’re a lower-income working
person. If you’re already on Medicare or if you get enough
subsidies on a modest income that you can afford your health
care.” “But the people getting killed in this deal are the
small-business people and individuals who make just a little bit
too much to get any of these subsidies….” Now, keep in mind that
Hillary thinks ObamaCare is fantastic. She thinks it’s working
just fine, with a few little tweaks. She thinks it should be
dramatically expanded. She wants to raise taxes even higher. She
wants more regulations. And she thinks the economy is hunky dory
and we are on the verge of a great economic expansion. Which
brings up two very important questions: Do Bill and his wife
even speak to each other? Who is Bill Clinton campaigning for?
IMF downgraded U.S. growth to 1.6 percent in 2016, decline of 38
percent from previous year
The Free Beacon - The International Monetary Fund downgraded the
economic growth outlook for the United States to 1.6 percent in
2016, which is the largest one-year drop seen for an advanced
economy, according to the Fund’s World Economic Outlook report.
According to the report, the United States grew at a rate of 2.6
percent in 2015 and is projected to slow to 1.6 percent in 2016,
a decline of 38 percent. The United States’ decline in growth is
the largest one-year drop seen in all of the advanced economies
such as the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Italy, and Spain….
Weaker-than-expected growth in the United States is one of the
reasons why the International Monetary Fund cut its global
growth projections. The group projected that global growth would
slow to 3.1 percent in 2016 after growing 3.2 percent in 2015,
citing the U.S. growth forecast as well as the Brexit vote.
New Mega Oil Discovery In Alaska Could Reverse 3 Decades Of Decline
OilPrice.com - Caelus Energy LLC, a small company backed by private
equity, says that it has discovered oil on Alaska’s northern coast. The
field could hold as much as 6 billion barrels of oil, with about 1.8 to
2.4 billion barrels considered to be recoverable. If that is the case,
the discovery would instantly raise Alaska’s statewide recoverable oil
reserve base by about 80 percent. But producing the oil will not be
easy. Drilling must take place in the winter. To drill the field, the
tentative plan would be to build manmade islands to drill through. Oil
produced in the shallow water of Smith Bay will need to be moved
somehow. Caelus will have to build an $800 million pipeline that travels
125 miles, connecting to an existing pipeline system in Prudhoe Bay.…
The one thing that Caelus has in its favor is strong support from the
state of Alaska. Desperate to halt declining output and cratering state
revenues, the Alaskan government has been frantically searching for ways
to increase oil production. Output has been falling from Alaska’s aging
North Slope, with production down below 500,000 barrels per day from a
peak in the late 1980s at over 2 million barrels per day.
Hurricane Matthew May Strengthen Before Hitting the US, Forecasts
Predict
ABC News - Hurricane Matthew Upgraded to Category 4, as Millions Warned
That 'This Storm Will Kill You’. The latest forecast models predict that
Hurricane Matthew, which ripped through the Caribbean, leaving a trail
of devastation, will grow even stronger as it heads for the U.S. The
storm could is expected to strengthen slightly and make landfall in
Florida as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of up to
145 mph, ABC News meteorologist Max Golembo said. Warm waters off the
Florida coast, little atmospheric shear and no interaction with landmass
provide the ideal conditions for the storm to become more powerful as it
approaches the U.S., according to Golembo…. Matthew is forecast to move
towards the central Atlantic coast of Florida tonight and into Friday
morning, according to the National Weather Service, bringing
"life-threatening" weather conditions.
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Live: Hurricane Matthew Watch – Live Images From Florida, Category 4
Hurricane
“Shelves Go Empty, Sandbags Run Out” As Florida Braces for Emergency
Evacuation, Cat 5 Hurricane
Mac Slavo - For those living in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina or
North Carolina, and in the path, hopefully preparations have already
been made – because store shelves are already running out of critical
emergency supplies and the situation looks severe. IF weather forecasts
are worth anything in tracking and predicting the course of Hurricane
Matthew, the Category 5 hurricane could make a dramatic double-dip
around Florida, and batter the peninsula and the people on it twice
over. Weird stuff, and it will very likely cause significant damage. t
is projected to be the most powerful hurricane to hit Florida in some 9
years, and may cause serious destruction to George, South Carolina and
North Carolina as well. South Carolina is already in the process of
forcibly evacuating over a million people. According to the AP,
evacuation has been urged for millions of coastal residents, and
mandated for some low lying and poorly developed areas: “I cannot
emphasize enough that everyone in our state must prepare now for a
direct hit,” Gov. Rick Scott said in a Wednesday press conference. “If
Matthew directly impacts Florida, there will be massive destruction that
we haven’t seen in years. This is a deadly storm approaching our state.”
What?? NBC’s Ron Allen Thinks Climate Deal Is ‘Designed to Stop’ Storms
Like Hurricane Matthew (Video)
NewsBusters - Ron Allen: You’re right and this, as you heard the
President, is one of the reasons that he ran for office. He believes so
deeply in protecting the environment, protecting the climate and this is
something he has been pushing for arguably for the past seven and a half
years and when you talk to the president and you hear him talk, he
thinks that this is one of the most significant aspects of his legacy
that he has done something that unites the world around the goal of
saving the planet. Now, as a practical matter, it’s very interesting
that this is happening a day when there’s a hurricane bearing down on
the United States and in the Caribbean because these severe storms,
beach erosions, intense weather episodes that we’ve had is perhaps the
most practical sample of what the president was talking about as the
threat that the planet faces and this is what this whole climate
agreement signed by 190 nations and now ratified by 60 or so is designed
to stop.
Facebook to Decrypt “Secure” Messages Over Cyber-Bullying
Accusations
Kit Daniels - Share this to everyone you know as a warning.
Facebook will decrypt “encrypted” messages on its Messenger app
if the sender is accused of “cyber-bullying.” “When you report a
secret conversation, recent messages from that conversation will
be decrypted and sent securely from your device to our Help Team
for review,” Facebook’s terms of services states. “We won’t tell
the person you’re talking to that you reported it.” “Community
Standards violations can include bullying or harassment,
threats, and sexual violent or exploitation.” Ironically,
Facebook also claimed “a secret conversation in Messenger is
encrypted end-to-end, which means the messages are intended just
for you and the other person—not anyone else, including us.” In
other words, Facebook’s new “encryption” software announced on
Wednesday isn’t really encryption at all when the social media
giant – and presumably intelligence agencies – can decrypt
messages at will despite not being the intended recipients.
Users might as well be writing in plain text. This false
security is also dangerous given how “social justice warriors”
are out destroying the lives and careers of individuals who make
“insulting comments” online because to them, free speech ends
where their feelings begin. SJWs are even developing an app
called “Social Autopsy” which encourages users to submit the
real identities of people who cause “offense” online, including
their including employment and school records. The app, of
course, is open to abuse by leftists to publicly shame anyone
for having differing political views – and it will have a
chilling effect on free speech.
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
The Best Way To Grow Indoor Potatoes Is In A … Garbage Bag?
Off the Grid News - While potatoes certainly aren’t your
standard house plants, they’re surprisingly easy to grow
indoors, and unlike planting in the garden, you get to control
the growing conditions. Better yet, you can grow potatoes
indoors any time of year, which means fresh potatoes for dinner,
even when snow is falling. By the way, while you can plant
potatoes indoors in large buckets or plastic containers, it’s
really fun to grow them in plastic garbage bags…. Start with
fresh seed potatoes from a reputable garden supply store. Avoid
potatoes from the grocery store, which are treated with
substances that keep the potatoes from sprouting. If you decide
to try planting grocery store potatoes, be sure they’re organic.
If the potatoes are large, cut them into chunks about the size
of a small egg, each with at least two “eyes.” Set cut potatoes
aside to dry at room temperature for three or four days. Place 4
to 6 inches of potting soil in a large garbage bag, and then
fold the top of the bag down to just above the surface of the
soil…. When the plants are 6 to 8 inches tall, roll up the bag
and add just enough soil to cover the entire plant so just the
tips of the top leaves are visible. You can also use straw or a
mixture of potting soil and straw, which keeps the soil loose
and easy to handle…. Stop watering the potatoes when the leaves
begin to die back and turn yellow – generally about 10 weeks.
The extra time gives the skin time to firm up. To harvest
potatoes, simply reach into the bag and pull them out. Or, take
the bag outdoors and dump the contents on the ground, and then
pick out the potatoes.
Neem plant reverses prostate cancer
What Doctors Don't Tell You - The neem plant could reverse
prostate cancer. In just 12 weeks, it has reduced the size of
tumours by 70 per cent, and halved the rate of growth of the
cancer. The astonishing results have been seen in tests on
laboratory mice that were given nimbolide pills, which contain
an active compound from the neem plant (Azadirachia indica).
There were no adverse reactions to the supplement. Researchers
from the National University of Singapore think that nimbolide
directly targets an enzyme that plays a key role in the
development of prostate cancer. The neem plant is routinely used
in Ayurvedic medicine, the traditional medicine of the Indian
sub-continent, and its leaves and bark are often found in many
personal care products, including soaps, toothpaste, skincare
aids and dietary supplements. Although other studies have shown
that neem has cancer-fighting properties, the researchers say
that theirs is one of the first to show the biological
mechanisms that are taking place.
Proven Ways to Prevent and Ease Shingles
Green Med Info - One in three people will develop shingles
(herpes zoster) during their lifetime. It occurs when latent
varicella-zoster (chickenpox) virus reactivates along sensory
nerves to the skin. It causes a painful, blistering skin
eruption that lasts for two to four weeks. But long-term effects
including chronic pain can last for several months or years and
seriously impair quality of life. Studies show that the rate of
shingles is on the rise. And the cause may be the widespread use
of the chickenpox vaccine. An Australian study demonstrated that
as the use of chickenpox vaccine rises so does the incidence of
shingles. But shingles is a far more serious condition than
chicken pox. It can also lead to neuropathy, meningitis, hearing
loss, and blindness. Here are 8 proven ways to prevent shingles
and to ease the symptoms without drugs or vaccines. 1. Vitamin C
Therapy - According to Thomas E. Levy, MD, JD, vitamin C has
been successfully used in the treatment of shingles. In one
study eight patients with shingles received 2,000 to 3,000 mg of
vitamin C by injection every 12 hours, supplemented by 1,000 mg
in fruit juice every two hours. Seven of the eight patients
reported complete pain relief within two hours of the first
injection…. 2. Fruits and Vegetables - In a British
community-based case-control study researchers […] found a
strong link between low fruit intake and increased shingles
risk. People who ate less than one piece of fruit per week had
more than three times the risk of herpes zoster compared to
those who ate more than three per day. The same was true when
they looked at combined fruit and vegetable intake. 3. Capsaicin
- Postherpetic neuralgia is a complication of shingles, that can
last long after the initial rash and blisters disappear. It
affects nerve fibers and skin, causing chronic burning pain.
Studies show that topical capsaicin may be an effective
treatment. Capsaicin is the compound in hot peppers that gives
them their spice….
* Related:
Vitamin C, Shingles, and Vaccination
Banana Cherry Chocolate Chunk Vegan Ice Cream Recipe
Dr. Edward Group - We found this beautiful, blush-hued treat on
Simple-Veganista. The combination of cherries, dark chocolate,
and whipped bananas is sure to satisfy your sweet tooth while
keeping calories in check. Unlike conventional ice cream, this
vegan ice cream has 60% less fat, no added sugar, and only 4
ingredients. Ingredients: 2 medium organic bananas, cut into
quarter to half-inch slices and frozen, 1 ½ cups of organic
cherries, pitted and frozen, Splash of unsweetened organic
coconut milk, almond milk, or other non-dairy milk (hemp milk is
great choice), ¼ cup of organic dark chocolate chunks, cacao
nibs, or raw chocolate chips.
Flu Vaccines From Dogs?
Natural Blaze - One segment of the pharmaceutical industry
literally may be going to the dogs! How come? To make flu
vaccines using DOG KIDNEYS. Bloomberg Businessweek and Bruce
Einhorn produced a most interesting article on that topic which
readers can access here. Einhorn points out vaccines haven’t
been that profitable for many in the Big Pharma ‘clan’. I wonder
why. Here’s what he has to say about some of their ‘downsizing’:
There’s an opening in the $5 billion market for seasonal flu
vaccines, of which the U.S. consumes a third. Novartis sold its
money-losing vaccine division to CSL for $275 million in 2014.
Sanofi and Merck dissolved their flu vaccine joint venture in
March. In June the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
said AstraZeneca’s FluMist hadn’t been a strong preventive
measure for three years. (AstraZeneca has said it’s working with
the CDC to resolve the matter.) Of the $5 billion flu vaccine
market, the United States consumes one-third! If the current
CDC’s proposed rulemaking ever goes into effect [3], which would
mean everyone would have to be vaccinated to the point of even
carting someone off a plane, bus or street for being presumed
exposed to a communicable disease, then the U.S. easily may
consume 50 to 75 percent—thereby guaranteeing Big Pharma has a
profitable flu vaccine season every year. However, what kind of
adverse reactions could there be from flu vaccines grown on dog
kidney cells? What kind of mycoplasma could be in that dog
kidney flu vaccine? It’s interesting that Novartis sold its
“money-losing vaccine division” to CSL, the innovative
Australian vaccine maker who wants to introduce the “dog kidney”
flu vaccine.
Victory! Montreal’s Pit Bull Ban Suspended Indefinitely
Dogington Post - On Wednesday, October 5, Judge Louis Gouin of the
Quebec Superior Court rendered his decision in the lawsuit between the
Montreal SPCA and the City of Montreal concerning a newly passed animal
control bylaw that banned pit bulls. Agreeing with the Montreal SPCA, he
ordered an immediate suspension of the sections of the bylaw targeting
certain breeds, namely those prohibiting the adoption of “pit bull type
dogs” and requiring these dogs to be muzzled. Judge Gouin ruled that the
contested provisions of the bylaw raise serious legal questions which
the Court will need to consider in greater depth, but in the meantime,
the ban would be suspended, effectively saving the lives of many
hundreds of dogs that would otherwise have been euthanized this week.
The Judge called to attention the elasticity of the definition of the
term “pit bull type dogs”, which, by including mixes of the targeted
breeds as well as dogs who physically resemble these, is so vague and
imprecise that neither the Montreal SPCA, nor dog owners are able to
determine exactly which dogs are banned. The Court also raised the
possibility that the City of Montreal had exceeded its powers by
providing for the seizure and euthanasia of “pit bull type dogs”,
without consideration of whether the targeted animals are, in fact,
actually dangerous. The suspension of the bylaw’s problematic sections
is temporary, until a hearing can be held on the merits, at which time
the Superior Court will consider the legality of these very sections.
The dates for this hearing have not yet been determined, but it could
take several months for the case to be heard.
Shelter Builds Special Room To Give Lonely Dogs A Taste Of Home
Stephen Messenger - Dogs at the Toledo Area Humane Society now have the
chance to step away from their cramped kennel to spend time in the
facility's new "Real Life Room," a space designed to look and feel like
a forever home. "We basically took an office here and turned it into a
living room," a shelter staffer told The Dodo. "We have a recliner, a
rug, some pillows and a TV. One of the best things is the lamp we put in
there. That means we can turn off the florescent lights and have more
soothing lighting in the room." The concept is wonderfully simple, but
it can make a big difference for animals who often have a difficult time
coping with life behind bars — especially those who have been having
more trouble than most finding a real home of their own. "It gives the
dogs a nice break from being in the kennels, where it's noisy and they
don't have very much space. They can go in there and relax by themselves
or with a volunteer," the staffer said, noting yet another benefit. "We
get a better picture of how these dogs will actually act in a home. That
gives us a better sense of the type of personality the dog has." This
isn't the first shelter to have built such a room for the sake of its
lonely pets — and that's probably because it works.
Thursday - October
6, 2016 - Today In History:
1683 - The first Mennonites arrived in America aboard the Concord. The
German and Dutch families settled in an area that is now a neighborhood
in Philadelphia, PA.
1848 - The steamboat SS California left New York Harbor for San
Francisco via Cape Horn. The steamboat service arrived on February 28,
1849. The trip took 4 months and 21 days.
1884 - The Naval War College was established in Newport, RI.
1890 - Polygamy was outlawed by the Mormon Church.
1939 - Adolf Hitler denied any intention to wage war against Britain and
France in an address to Reichstag.
1949 - U.S. president Harry Truman signed the Mutual Defense Assistance
Act. The act provided $1.3 billion in the form of military aid to NATO
countries.
1954 - E.L. Lyon became the first male nurse for the U.S. Army.
1961 - U.S. President John F. Kennedy advised American families to build
or buy bomb shelters to protect them in the event of a nuclear exchange
with the Soviet Union.
1973 - Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in an attempt to win back
territory that had been lost in the third Arab-Israel war. Support for
Israel led to a devastating oil embargo against many nations including
the U.S. and Great Britain on October 17, 1973. The war lasted 2 weeks.
1979 - Pope John Paul II became the first pontiff to visit the White
House.
1992 - Ross Perot appeared in his first paid broadcast on CBS-TV after
entering the U.S. presidential race.
2004 - The top U.S. arms inspector in Iraq, Charles Duelfer, reported
finding no evidence Saddam Hussein's regime had produced weapons of mass
destruction after 1991.
Covert strikes on Assad back on US table to prevent ‘fall of
Aleppo’ – report
RT - Top Washington officials are set to discuss striking
positions of the Syrian military without a UN Security Council
resolution. Bombing air force runways with missiles fired from
coalition planes and ships is being considered, according to a
report. “One proposed way to get around the White House’s
objection to striking the Assad regime without a UN Security
Council resolution would be to carry out the strikes covertly
and without public acknowledgment,” one administration official
who is to take part in the discussions told the Washington
Post…. The CIA and the Joint Chiefs of Staff expressed support
for “limited military strikes against the Syrian government,”
last Wednesday, when the US discussed such “kinetic” options,
the official told the Washington Post. “There’s an increased
mood in support of kinetic actions against the regime,” one
senior administration official was quoted as saying. “The CIA
and the Joint Staff have said that the fall of Aleppo would
undermine America’s counterterrorism goals in Syria,” he added.
Syria aid convoy was hit by airstrike - UN expert
Deutsche Welle - The United Nations says satellite images have
shown that last month's attack near Aleppo was an airstrike.
Twenty people were killed when the 31-truck convoy came under
fire. "I can verify that the convoy was bombed," Lars Bromley of
the UN's satellite observation program UNOSAT told a media
briefing in Geneva on Wednesday. His organization conducted
extensive analysis of satellite imagery provided by the US State
Department, before concluding that the September 19 attack - on
a convoy unloading aid supplies at a warehouse - hailed from the
air…. Russia had previously said that its intelligence pointed
to an attack from the ground - which would have raised the
prospect of Syrian opposition involvement. Syrian rebels do not
have an air force. Twenty people were killed and 18 of 31 aid
trucks were destroyed in the bombing, which happened in a
rebel-held town near Aleppo…. The US has said that Russian jets
carried out the strikes,which also damaged an aid warehouse and
a nearby medical center. US military officials have said that
Russian and Syrian aircraft were in the area at the time of the
attack. But Moscow has denied it was responsible, instead
blaming a blaze for the widespread damage.
Belgian train station is evacuated and searched for bombs ‘after
two police officers are stabbed’
Daily Mail - Two police officers were stabbed as one of
Belgium's busiest train stations was evacuated due to a bomb
scare. The officers were attacked by an unnamed individual in a
busy main road in Schaerbeek, known as a 'hotbed of jihadism'.
Police shot the suspect in the leg and arrested him. The
assailant has been named in Belgian newspaper De Standaard as
43-year-old 'Hicham D', a Belgian national who was formerly in
the armed forces and known to the security services. He is
reported to have had contact with jihadi fighters who had
returned from Syria. Belgium - which has a population of 11
million people - has supplied the highest per capita number of
fighters to Syria of any European country. Federal prosecutor's
spokesman Eric Van Der Sypt said 'we have reason to believe it
is terror-related.' The attack came hours after commuters were
ordered to leave Brussels Nord Train Station as it was swept for
explosives. The prosecutor's office said the man stabbed one of
the plain clothed police officers in the stomach and the other
in the neck.
Free speech crackdown: EU orders British press not to reveal
when terrorists are Muslims
Express News - A report from the European Commission against
Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) found there was an increase in
hate speech and racist violence in the UK from 2009 to March
2016. Blaming the press, ECRI Chair Christian Ahlund, said: “It
is no coincidence that racist violence is on the rise in the UK
at the same time as we see worrying examples of intolerance and
hate speech in the newspapers, online and even among
politicians.” The report makes a whopping 23 recommendations to
Theresa May’s Government for changes to criminal law, the
freedom of the press, crime reporting and equality law…. But as
Britain prepares to leave the crumbling bloc, the Government
waded in to defend freedom of expression. In a written statement
to the ECRI, the Government said: “The Government is committed
to a free and open press and does not interfere with what the
press does and does not publish, as long as the press abides by
the law.”
A big Dutch bank is replacing 5,800 people with machines, at a
cost of $2 billion
Quartz - European banks are desperately trying to find ways to
save money in these straitened times. ING, a major Dutch lender,
announced this weekthat it plans to save €900 million ($1
billion) a year by cutting 5,800 jobs as part of a “digital
transformation.” A further 1,200 employees will have their jobs
changed or moved. This transformation doesn’t come cheap. ING
plans to invest €800 million over the next five years on
technology that will standardize its infrastructure, data, and
other processes into “one digital banking platform.” Most of the
job losses will be full-time staff in Belgium and the
Netherlands, where risk management, finance, HR, and IT
functions will be centralized. In Belgium, the number of ING
branches will be cut to 650, from 1,200. The bank is setting
aside €1.1 billion for redundancy payments. Added to the IT
investments, the rough bill for replacing people with machines
will run to the equivalent of more than $2 billion. This has
predictably irked unions. They are particularly angry because
ING received a €10-billion government bailout in 2008 to keep it
afloat…. ING is far from alone in launching a costly technical
transformation. Last week, Germany’s Commerzbank announced that
by 2020 it will digitalize and automate 80% of its processes,
cutting 9,600 full-time jobs, at a cost of €1.1 billion, as a
result. Meanwhile, RBS is about to launch an online, AI-powered
customer-service system (paywall), which can apparently read a
customer’s moods and respond accordingly. It also, presumably,
never takes breaks and doesn’t ask for any perks.
Paris climate accord ratified, to start in November - UN
Deutsche Welle - "On October 5, 2016, the threshold for entry
into force of the Paris Agreement has been achieved," the UN's
climate change body announced on its website on Wednesday.
Support for the landmark deal widened to countries representing
56.75 percent of world greenhouse gas emissions, above the 55
percent needed for the accord to come into force. The UN said
the accord would formally begin on November 4. Agreed in the
French capital last December, 195 countries have agreed to
drastically reduce carbon emissions, as part of a bid to cap
global warming at well under two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees
Fahrenheit) compared to pre-industrial levels. Of the
signatories, 72 countries have so far ratified the deal. By the
end of the century, signatories will be required to shift away
from fossil fuels as part of efforts to limit extreme weather
and rising sea levels…. The Paris Agreement will enter into
being just days before the US presidential election on November
8. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has threatened
to pull the US out of the agreement if elected, while Democratic
challenger Hillary Clinton supports the accord.
Hurricane Matthew slams Bahamas as rescuers try to reach Haiti
Fox News - Rescue workers in Haiti struggled to reach cutoff
towns and learn the full extent of the death and destruction
caused by Hurricane Matthew as the storm battered the Bahamas on
Wednesday and triggered large-scale evacuations along the U.S.
East Coast. At least 11 deaths were blamed on the powerful storm
during its weeklong march across the Caribbean, five of them in
Haiti. But with a key bridge washed out, roads impassable and
phone communications down, the western tip of Haiti was isolated
and there was no full accounting of the dead and injured
inMatthew's wake. After moving past Haiti, Matthew rolled across
a corner of Cuba and then began pounding the southern Bahamas
with winds of 120 mph and heavy rain on a course expected to
take it near the capital city of Nassau. Forecasters said the
storm could hit Florida — or come dangerously close — Thursday
evening and then sideswipe the East Coast all the way up to the
Carolinas over the weekend…. At least a half-million people
along the lower East Coast were urged to evacuate their homes….
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley announced plans to evacuate a
quarter-million people from the coast, not counting tourists,
starting Wednesday afternoon. Florida's Broward County, which
includes Fort Lauderdale, asked some 150,000 residents in
low-lying areas or mobile homes to move to safety.
* Related:
Hurricane Matthew kills 26 in Caribbean on destructive path to
U.S.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
U.S. Army Chief Threatens War With Russia
Paul Joseph Watson - Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley warned
last night that the United States was ready to “destroy” its
enemies in comments that were clearly directed at Russia. “I
want to be clear to those who wish to do us harm….the United
States military – despite all of our challenges, despite our
[operational] tempo, despite everything we have been doing – we
will stop you and we will beat you harder than you have ever
been beaten before. Make no mistake about that,” said Milley.
The General went on to warn that Russia and other countries had
taken advantage of the U.S. being focused on the war on terror.
“Other countries – Russia, Iran, China, North Korea – went to
school on us,” he said, adding, “They studied our doctrine, our
tactics, our equipment, our organization, our training, our
leadership. And, in turn, they revised their own doctrines, and
they are rapidly modernizing their military today to avoid our
strengths in hopes of defeating us at some point in the future.”
Milley cautioned that the next major conflict would “be highly
lethal, unlike anything our Army has experienced at least since
World War II,” and would involve fighting in “highly populated
urban areas.” “Make no mistake about it, we can now and we will
… retain the capability to rapidly deploy,” he said, “and we
will destroy any enemy anywhere, any time,” he concluded. Gen.
Milley made it clear who he was talking about when he went on to
quote a senior Russian official who vowed, “Russia can now fight
a conventional war in Europe and win.”
* Related:
World War Three will be 'extremely lethal and fast': US Army
bosses reveal what could happen if the US took on Russia or
China
Jerry Brown Signs Law to Stop (Only) Anti-Muslim Bullying
Breitbart - Last week, California Governor Jerry Brown signed
Assembly Bill 2845, the Safe Place to Learn Act, which seeks to
protect students from anti-Muslim bullying — and no other kind
of bullying based on religion. The bill, introduced by
Assemblyman Das Williams (D-Carpenteria), claims: “Pupils who
are Muslim, Sikh, or of South Asian descent often face verbal,
physical, or online harassment, all of which have significant
effects on their academic achievement and mental health.” The
bill also cites, approvingly, the federal government’s call on
Muslim parents to contact the U.S. Department of Justice if
their children experience bullying in school. The bill was
supported by the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR),
which was declared a terrorist organization by the United Arab
Emirates and an unindicted co-conspirator in a the Holy Land
Foundation terror-funding trial. It argues that Sikh and South
Asian students are also targeted, mistakenly, by anti-Muslim
bullying because of the way students may dress or look. There is
nothing in the bill about bullying of Christian or Jewish
students, whether by Muslims or other students…. State Sen. Joel
Anderson (R-Alpine) opposed the bill, telling the San Diego
Union-Tribune: “Religious bullying of any faith is wrong, and I
would have supported a bill that was inclusive of all faiths.”
More Crooked Democrats: Police Raid Offices of Indiana Voter
Registration Project in Voter Fraud Case
The Gateway Pundit - It is not clear who established or funded
the Indiana Voter Registration Project. However, the group
released a statement through spokeswoman Christy Setzer, whose
PR firm’s website says she has worked as a Democratic strategist
for the presidential campaigns of Al Gore, Howard Dean and Chris
Dodd. USA Today reported: Indiana State Police investigators on
Tuesday searched a voter registration agency on Indianapolis’
north side as they look into a voter fraud case that spans nine
counties. The investigation began in late August when police
learned of the filing of fraudulent voter registration forms in
Marion and Hendricks counties. The investigation has expanded
from Marion and Hendricks counties to include Allen, Delaware,
Hamilton, Hancock, Johnson, Lake and Madison counties, according
to a statement from State Police. Police said the growing number
of involved counties leads investigators to believe that the
number of fraudulent records might be in the hundreds. The
possible fraudulent information is a combination of fake names,
addresses and dates of birth with real information. As part of
the expanded investigation, State Police detectives served a
search warrant for the business offices of the Indiana Voter
Registration Project in the 2400 block of North Meridian Street.
BUSTED: Hillary Planted Child Actor to Ask Question at Pathetic
Little Town Hall Rally (Video)
The Gateway Pundit - On Tuesday Hillary Clinton held another
small town hall rally in Haverford, Pennsylvania. Maybe 200-300
people turned out. During the event a young 15 year-old girl
asked Hillary Clinton a question on body image. Her name is
Brennan Leach. She has her own IMDb actor’s page.
Amazing! Trump Supporters Line the Highway to Troll Bill Clinton
in OHIO (Video)
The Gateway Pundit - There Were HUNDREDS of Trump supporters
lining the highway in Ohio to greet Bill Clinton on his bus tour
across the Buckeye State. There were more Trump supporters
outside than the few Clinton supporters who turned out to see
Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton gave a speech in Steubenville, Ohio
on Tuesday, yet hardly anyone showed up to see it. Only a few
dozen supporters came to see Bill at a middle school gym. But
there were hundreds of Trump supporters lining the highway for
at least a quarter mile.
Chicago latest to sanction Wells Fargo for defrauding customers
Reuters - The Chicago City Council on Wednesday approved a
one-year suspension for Wells Fargo & Co from city business
because of its scandal over phony accounts, joining the states
of Illinois and California in punishing the bank. The ban
includes bond underwriting, brokerage, trustee and other
services the bank has provided to the city. Wells Fargo has
earned $19.5 million in fees from Chicago since 2005. Wells
Fargo staff opened checking, savings and credit card accounts
without customer approval for years to satisfy managers' demand
for new business, according to a $190 million settlement with
U.S. regulators and California prosecutors reached on Sept. 8.
The bank said it has fired 5,300 employees over the issue.
More Than 700 Department Stores Have Closed Since 2013
Fortune - According to a research report RBC Capital Markets
released on Wednesday, Kohl’s, Macy’s (which also owns the
upscale Bloomingdale’s chain), J.C. Penney, Dillard’s, and Sears
(which also owns Kmart) have closed a total of 700 stores since
2013. That’s almost 20% of those chains’ store count. The
closings are meant to shed poor locations; compete with Amazon;
and help companies manage the migration of their own business
online. Macy’s, which is grappling with its worst slump since
the Great Recession, announced last month it would close 100
more stores after the holiday season to make way for incoming
CEO Jeff Gennette. When he takes the reins in February, Gennette
will try to repair the iconic, diminished chain…. In Kohl’s
case, the drop has been modest: the retailer closed 18 of its
1,150+ plus stores…. Sears and Kmart have been closing dozens of
stores as sales continue to plummet despite CEO (and top
shareholder) Eddie Lampert’s promises to reinvent the retailers.
America's Largest Mall Is Closing for Thanksgiving
Fortune - Could it be we will soon be free to enjoy a
shopping-free Thanksgiving again? The nation’s largest shopping
mall, Mall of America, will be closed on Thanksgiving for the
first time since 2012, according to an Associated Press report,
opting for a later start to the shopping bonanza that
traditionally kicks the holiday season into high gear…. The mall
said the decision was aimed at giving workers time with their
families. “We think Thanksgiving is a day for families and for
people we care about,” Jill Renslow, the mall’s senior vice
president of marketing, told The Associated Press. “We want to
give this day back.” At the same time, after several
disappointing Thanksgiving-Black Friday weekends, it could well
be that beyond this feel-good reasoning, mall operators and
stores have found that extended hours haven’t led to more sales,
but only more expenses. Not to mention bad PR from millions of
Americans offended by the encroachment of seasonal shopping on a
major family-oriented holiday.
N.S.A. Contractor Arrested in Possible New Theft of Secrets
NY Times - The contractor was identified as Harold T. Martin III, 51, of
Glen Burnie, Md., according to a criminal complaint filed in late
August. He was charged with theft of government property, and
unauthorized removal or retention of classified documents. During an
F.B.I. raid of his house, agents seized documents and digital
information stored on electronic devices. A large percentage of the
materials found in his house and car contained highly classified
information. At the time, F.B.I. agents interviewed Mr. Martin, and he
initially denied having taken the documents and digital files. The
agency later said he had stated that he knew he was not authorized to
have the materials. According to the complaint, he told the agency that
“he knew what he had done was wrong and that he should not have done it
because he knew it was unauthorized.” n a brief statement issued on
Wednesday, lawyers for Mr. Martin said: “We have not seen any evidence.
But what we know is that Hal Martin loves his family and his country.
There is no evidence that he intended to betray his country.” The
information believed stolen by Mr. Martin — who like Mr. Snowden worked
for the consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, which is responsible for
building and operating many of the agency’s most sensitive
cyberoperations — appears to be different in nature from Mr. Snowden’s
theft.
Johnson & Johnson Warns Insulin Pump Owners They Could Be Killed By
Hackers
Techdirt - Johnson and Johnson this week had to reach out to owners of
the company’s insulin pumps to warn them that the devices could be used
to kill somebody by overdosing diabetic patients with insulin. According
to researchers, the devices were launched with wireless connectivity in
2008 as a means of bringing added convenience for customers, but Johnson
and Johnson failed to encrypt the device’s wireless traffic… As with
pacemakers, an attacker needs to be relatively close to make this happen
(25 feet), resulting in Johnson and Johnson insisting the overall risk
was low… That's not really comforting. While this particular hack was
publicized and fixed, there's a growing zero-day exploit market for
medical device vulnerabilities that can be used to kill or injure an
individual without detection, something that's going to be increasingly
attractive to nation state actors and private contractors using the
Internet of Things for globally malicious (and in some instances
potentially fatal) activity. The rise in hackable medical devices has
forced the FDA to issue formal guidance on how medical device makers
should handle reports about cyber vulnerabilities.
Feds blow $700K to find out what REALLY happened on the moon
Washington Examiner - The federal government spent $700,000 to study
whether astronaut Neil Armstrong's famous quote as the first man on the
moon was transcribed accurately, only to reach no conclusion. Sen. Rand
Paul, R-Ky., called out the waste of federal money as part of his latest
Waste Report this week. He said the National Science Foundation issued
two grants totaling $700,000 to study whether Armstrong really did say
on the moon, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for
mankind." It's long been noted that his quote wasn't quite said in a
grammatically correct way, and that Armstrong should have said he took
one small step for "a" man, and one giant leap for mankind. The NSF
grants were used to see if his quote was transcribed incorrectly, and
whether Armstrong maybe did say it correctly after all. The grant money
was used to pay researchers from four universities to study the
question. "So, did they solve the mystery?" Paul's report asked. "Well,
no." He said the final report isn't clear on whether he said the word
"a" too quickly to be heard, and also points out that there is
"substantial ambiguity" over what was said. "Truly groundbreaking," Paul
concluded.
New Samsung Note 7 forces airplane evacuation
Deutsche Welle - A Baltimore-bound flight was forced to evacuate crew
and passengers after a Samsung device began emitting smoke. The owner
said the company had replaced his phone just 2 weeks prior following a
recall. A Southwest Airlines flight was evacuated on Wednesday,
apparently after a Samsung device caught fire. Around 75 people,
passengers and crew members, were forced to leave the Baltimore-bound
plane in Louisville Kentucky after the overheated Samsung Galaxy Note 7
smartphone started emitting smoke. No one was injured, airport
authorities said. According to the family who owned the phone, it was a
replacement sent to them after a string of fires and property damage
caused Samsung to issue a universal recall. Local media reported that
Brian Green of Indiana noticed his phone making a popping noise and
caught fire as he was shutting it down. He said Samsung had shipped it
to him only two weeks prior.
Video: Amazing UFO Destroys Chemtrail
Midnight in the Desert - I caught an extraordinary UFO sighting. I was
watching an odd looking light crossing the sky at variable speeds around
my house, during the sunset. To me it was just some sort of helicopter,
or maybe a drone. But after 5 or 10 minutes, I began suspecting the
object not to be man-made. It was performing weird maneuvers,
accelerating and decelerating randomly. When the light started to
accelerate towards a huge Chemtrail, I took my camcorder and tried to
find it in the distance. The object stopped in front of the Chemtrail,
and slowly destroyed it. Indeed, the trail was being “consumed”
progressively. I was simply speechless. I still can’t believe what I
caught. The Chemtrail got literally perforated! I can’t be 100% sure
it’s due to the object itself, but I’m sure there’s a link between it
and the Chemtrail. Such a huge trail can’t just disappear like that, for
no reason! And only a small portion of the trail gets erased, justly
around the object! After the UFO attacked the trail, it moved backwards
and flied West, in my opposite direction. It disappeared pretty quickly.
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
Frankenbroccoli for Dinner? Organic products are at risk. Action
Alert!
Alliance for Natural Health - When consumers purchase organic
produce, they expect to avoid vegetables and fruits that have
been genetically modified or sprayed with dangerous pesticides.
The unsettling reality, however, is that cross-contamination
between GM plants and conventional or organic plants is not only
possible—it is already happening. Take the example of rapeseed (Brassica
napus). Millions of acres of GM rapeseed, which is used to make
canola oil, the most popular cooking oil in North America, are
being grown—in Canada and Australia in particular, but also in
the US. This GM rapeseed has spread across the world, growing
wild in ports, railway beds, along highways, and other areas
where it has “escaped” during transport. This has been
documented particularly in Japan but has been found growing wild
in North Dakota as well. Not only is it growing wild—it has
contaminated another Brassica, the parent of cruciferous
vegetables known as Brassica rapa. Organic broccoli,
cauliflower, kale, Napa cabbage, Brussels sprouts, and more are
now under threat. Keep in mind that when one type of GM plant
crosses with another plant, it keeps all the GM mutations. What
is particularly alarming is that GM plants and non-GM plants do
not need to be close together for cross-pollination to occur. GM
rapeseed is spread thousands of miles along places where it’s
spilled. Its pollen can also travel thousands of miles…. The
issue here is not only one of cross-contamination—not only
between GM and non-GM plants of the same species, but also
between different species.
These 6 Toxic Artificial Sweeteners Are Still Approved By The
FDA
Natasha Longo - 1. Aspartame - It is frequently used in diet
soda products, yogurt, chewable vitamins, desserts, popsicles,
candy, chewing gum as well as many other foods. It is also
marketed as Nutrasweet, Spoonful, Canderel and Equal (sometimes
shown as the E number E951)…. Over ten thousand complaints were
tabulated which reported 92 different vile consequences from
consuming the chemical, including death. Since [1997] the FDA
has not updated their aspartame report, and now denies it ever
existed!…. 2. Sucralose - Splenda/sucralose is simply
chlorinated sugar; a chlorocarbon. Common chlorocarbons include
carbon tetrachloride, trichlorethelene and methylene chloride,
all deadly. Chlorine… a highly excitable, ferocious atomic
element employed as a biocide in bleach, disinfectants,
insecticide, WWI poison gas and hydrochloric acid. When turned
into Splenda it becomes a chlorocarbon, in the family of
Chlorodane, Lindane and DDT…. Sucralose has been found to shrink
thymus glands (the biological seat of immunity) and produce
liver inflammation in rats and mice. 3. Neotame - …marketed as
an inexpensive artificial sweetener made by NutraSweet, which is
a former division of Monsanto and original manufacturer of
aspartame…. Neotame is aspartame plus 3-di-methylbutyl, which
can be found on the EPA's list of most hazardous chemicals. The
aspartame formula is comprised of Phenylalanine [50%], which
caused seizures in lab animals and Aspartic Acid [40%], which
caused "holes in the brains" of lab animals -- bonded by Methyl
Alcohol, or Methanol [10%] which is capable of causing
blindness, liver damage and death….
5 best natural diuretics
STEPin2 - Diuretics are natural substances that help your body
get rid of extra fluid and salt. These diuretics are very useful
for people with high blood pressure, heart failure, swollen
tissues, and kidney disease. We have the 5 best natural
diuretics for you. Let’s take a look. 1. Black cumin is a
natural diuretic that is believed to be as effective as
pharmaceutical prescribed diuretics. Black cumin helps increase
urination, which helps reduce excess sodium and potassium
levels. 2. Caffeine has a diuretic effect. 3. Ginger is often
used in teas because of its potent detoxifying and
anti-inflammatory properties. It helps detoxify the body through
the urine. 4. Hibiscus is a flower that is extremely popular in
tea form for its slightly sour, cranberry-like taste and potent
health benefits. Hibiscus is a natural diuretic and helps get
rid of excess sodium. 5. Parsley has been shown in studies to
significantly increase urination. It has been used for many
years as a diuretic remedy.
Wednesday - October
5, 2016 - Today In History:
1774 - The first session of the U.S. Continental Congress convened in
Philadelphia. The delegates drafted a declaration of rights and
grievances, organized the Continental Association, and elected Peyton
Randolph as the first president of the Continental Congress.
1793 - In France, the "Reign of Terror" began. The National Convention
enacted measures to repress the French Revolutionary activities.
1836 - Sam Houston was elected as the first president of the Republic of
Texas.
1877 - Sioux chief Crazy Horse was killed by the bayonet of a U.S.
soldier. The chief allegedly resisted confinement to a jail cell.
1881 - The American Red Cross provided relief for disaster for the first
time. The disaster was the Great Fire of 1881 in Michigan.
1882 - The first U.S. Labor Day parade was held in New York City.
1917 - Federal raids were carried out in 24 cities on International
Workers of the World (IWW) headquarters. The raids were prompted by
suspected anti-war activities within the labor organization.
1939 - The U.S. proclaimed its neutrality in World War II.
1945 - Iva Toguri D'Aquino was arrested. D'Aquino was suspected of being
the wartime radio propagandist "Tokyo Rose". She served six years and
was later pardoned by U.S. President Ford.
1947 - First presidential speech on TV
1983 - U.S. President Reagan denounced the Soviet Union for shooting
down a Korean Air Lines. Reagan demanded that the Soviet Union pay
reparations for the act that killed 269 people.
1985 - Rioting in South Africa spilled into white neighborhoods for the
first time.
1990 - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein urged for a Holy War against the
West and former allies.
1995 - France set off an underground nuclear blast in the South Pacific.
2005 - Defying the White House, the Senate voted 90-9 to approve an
amendment that would prohibit the use of "cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment" against anyone in U.S. government custody.
2010 - Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani immigrant who'd tried to detonate a
car bomb in Times Square, was sentenced to life in prison by a federal
judge in New York.
2011 - Apple founder Steve Jobs died at age 56.
Moscow delivers S-300 missile system to Syria for defense of
Russian naval base
RT - A battery of Russian S-300 air defense missile launchers
has been transported to Syria, Russia’s Defense Ministry said in
a statement. Its sole purpose is to defend a Russian naval base
and warships, the ministry added. The information about the
S-300’s deployment was confirmed by ministry spokesman Igor
Konashenkov…. Konashenkov said it is unclear why the deployment
of the missile system has created such a fuss in the West. “The
S-300 is a purely defensive system and poses no threat,” he
said. He recalled that before the deployment of S-300, Russia
had delivered Fort air defense missile systems to Syria. The
statement comes after a report by Fox news that a Russian S-300
was deployed to Syria. The media cited three US officials who
claimed that Moscow “continues to ramp up its military
operations in Syria.”
Pakistan boosts military ties to Russia amid Kashmir tensions
Washington Times - Worried about increasingly close U.S.-India
defense ties, Pakistan will conduct joint military exercises
with Russia and begin buying arms from Moscow for the first time
in decades, a key Pakistani lawmaker and aide to Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif said Tuesday.... Pakistan’s military overtures to
Russia, which was a major supplier of military hardware to India
during the Cold War, were part of a “new regionalism” strategy
being pursued by the Sharif regime, Mr. Hussain [aide to Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif] said. Islamabad is also proposing new
infrastructure projects with China to open trade routes with
their South and Central Asian neighbors, he added. But
countering India’s growing alliance with Washington was a
driving factor in Islamabad’s decision to pursue stronger ties
with Russia, he acknowledged. “India has a veto” over
Washington’s efforts to provide military assistance to Pakistan,
Mr. Hussain said, citing the collapse of a multimillion-dollar
deal by the U.S. to sell Pakistan eight F-16 fighters earlier
this year.... Security analysts say the escalating tensions in
Kashmir represent one of the globe’s security trigger points and
a continual stumbling block to the Obama administration’s
diplomatic and defense ambitions in the region.
UK stocks hit simultaneous highs for first time since 1999
RT - A weaker pound along with stronger than expected economic
figures have pushed all UK equity indexes to record highs. The
FTSE 100 blue chip index, the FTSE 250 index of medium-sized
companies and the FTSE Small Cap index all hit records on the
same day for the first time in almost 17 years. “We have a
really nice combination of sterling weakness, reasonably robust
economy and generally not a bad environment for risk assets,”
said Alan Higgins, chief investment officer at Coutts & Co in
London, as quoted by Bloomberg. The economist added that it was
a buy UK phenomenon. The FTSE 100 climbed 1.88 percent by 2:00pm
GMT, while the FTSE 250 was up 2.2 percent and the FTSE Small
Cap excluding investment trusts index gained 1.8 percent. The
weaker sterling helped UK's megacaps which generated almost
three-quarters of their revenue from overseas. The FTSE 250
includes more domestic companies, which gain about half of their
sales from Britain, according to JPMorgan and UBS. The measure
of smaller shares gets nearly half of its sales from abroad as
well, according to JPMorgan Asset Management estimates.
Hurricane Matthew makes landfall in Haiti
USA Today - Matthew inflicted major damage on Haiti, though the
extent was not immediately known, said Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste,
director of the country's Civil Protection Agency, told the AP.
"It's much too early to know how bad things are, but we do know
there are a lot of houses that have been destroyed or damaged in
the south," Jean-Baptiste said. Many streets were flooded or
blocked with fallen trees throughout the southwestern
peninsula.... More than 6,400 people were evacuated to temporary
shelters in Haiti, Agence France-Presse reported.... Haiti, the
poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, is already struggling
to regain its footing almost seven years after an earthquake and
ensuing cholera epidemic ravaged the nation. It remains
particularly vulnerable to vicious weather storms because it is
one of the most deforested countries in the world: Less than 2%
of the land still has trees. The country also has relatively
steep terrain as well, which can make it prone to landslides and
mudslides. But some shantytown residents were reluctant to
evacuate because they fear their possessions may be stolen. "If
we lose our things we are not going to get them back!” Toussaint
Laine, an unemployed man who lives with his family in a shack in
Tabarre, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, told the AP.
Monsanto “Crimes Against Humanity” Tribunal Officially Begins
October 14th In Hague Netherlands
Activist Post - The aim of the Tribunal is to give a legal
opinion on the environmental and health damage caused by the
multinational Monsanto. This will add to the international
debate to include the crime of Ecocide into international
criminal law. It will also give people all over the world a well
documented legal file to be used in lawsuits against Monsanto
and similar chemical companies…. Frequently, when a company like
Monsanto is the defendant, the company settles out of court,
whereby circumventing the establishment of a negative legal
precedent. General purpose of the Tribunal: To get a ruling-
even symbolic – against Monsanto by a bench of real judges,
after veritable proceedings in an international court, and
contribute to the establishment of international mechanisms to
bring justice to victims of multinationals…. Interestingly this
tribunal holds Monsanto to the standards of the UN’s Agenda
21/Agenda 2030 which calls for things like “sustainable
environment,” the right to eat healthy food, the right to the
enjoyment of the highest standard of health, and even the
violation of the freedom of scientific research. Above and
beyond all of this, the very serious question of Monsanto’s
outright war crimes against humanity will be posed. Ironically
these questions will ultimately be posed to the UN, the same
system that labels the natural and necessary nutrient known as
CO2 a “pollutant,” so it will be interesting to say the least to
see what if anything comes of this on the part of the United
Nations.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Obama Warned To Defuse Tensions With Russia, "Unintended
Consequences Likely To Be Catastrophic"
Zero Hedge - A group of ex-U.S. intelligence officials is
warning President Obama to defuse growing tensions with Russia
over Syria by reining in the demonization of President Putin and
asserting White House civilian control over the Pentagon…. We
[The Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity] write to
alert you, as we did President George W. Bush, six weeks before
the attack on Iraq, that the consequences of limiting your
circle of advisers to a small, relatively inexperienced coterie
with a dubious record for wisdom can prove disastrous.* Our
concern this time regards Syria. We are hoping that your
President’s Daily Brief tomorrow will give appropriate attention
to Saturday’s warning by Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson
Maria Zakharova: “If the US launches a direct aggression against
Damascus and the Syrian Army, it would cause a terrible,
tectonic shift not only in the country, but in the entire
region.” Speaking on Russian TV, she warned of those whose
“logic is ‘why do we need diplomacy’ … when there is power … and
methods of resolving a problem by power. We already know this
logic; there is nothing new about it. It usually ends with one
thing – full-scale war.”
DOJ Drops Charges Against Arms Dealer Who "Threatened To Expose"
Hillary Arming Islamic Extremists
Zero Hedge - Politico reported that the Obama administration is
moving to dismiss charges against an arms dealer whom it had
accused of selling weapons destined for Libyan rebels and who
had threatened to expose Hillary Clinton's talks about arming
anti-Qaddafi rebels. According to a motion filed in federal
court in Phoenix, the DOJ on Monday filed a motion to drop the
case against the arms dealer, an American named Marc Turi. One
potential reason for the surprising move is that as Politico
writes, the deal averts a trial that threatened to cast
additional scrutiny on Hillary Clinton’s private emails as
Secretary of State, and to expose reported Central Intelligence
Agency attempts to arm rebels fighting Libyan leader Moammar
Qadhafi…. Turi was indicted in 2014 on four felony counts: two
of arms dealing in violation of the Arms Export Control Act and
two of lying to the State Department in official applications.
The charges accused Turi of claiming that the weapons involved
were destined for Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, when the
arms were actually intended to reach Libya. Turi’s lawyers
argued that the shipments were part of a U.S.
government-authorized effort to arm Libyan rebels. It’s unclear
if any of the weapons made it to Libya, and there’s no evidence
linking weapons provided by the U.S. government to the Benghazi
attacks. According to Politico government lawyers were facing a
Wednesday deadline to produce documents to Turi’s legal team,
and the trial was officially set to begin on Election Day,
although it likely would have been delayed by protracted
disputes about classified information in the case. A Turi
associate asserted that the government dropped the case because
the proceedings could have embarrassed Clinton and President
Barack Obama by calling attention to the reported role of their
administration in supplying weapons that fell into the hands of
Islamic extremist militants. Making matters worse, Turi’s case
had delved into emails sent to and from the controversial
private account that Clinton used as Secretary of State, which
the defense planned to harness at any trial.
New Report Claims Hillary Clinton Wanted to Assassinate Assange
with Drone Strike
Activist Post - A new article published on TruePundit.com and
tweeted by WikiLeaks claims that in 2010, then-Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton broached the idea of launching a drone
strike to take out Julian Assange. Assange’s latest batch of
leaks at that time, dubbed CableGate, had become an
embarrassment to the Obama administration and constituted what
State Department officials viewed as a danger to the
international intelligence community. True Pundit’s unconfirmed
report alleges the topic came up on the morning of Tuesday,
November 23, 2010, on Mahogany Row at the State Department,
where Secretary Clinton abruptly changed the focus of the
meeting from the color of her sweater to extrajudicial
assassination…. “Can’t we just drone this guy?” True Pundit‘s
anonymous sources say she asked, prompting a full discussion of
legal and non-legal methods of dealing with the WikiLeaks
whistleblowing organization. After all, she said, he was a soft
target, “walking around” and freely disseminating private
correspondence between diplomats and foreign leaders.
Never Before Seen Video – Obama on Race: “I am saddened that
whites are still superior….things could explode”
Paul Joseph Watson - The footage, filmed and narrated by Obama’s
sister Auma, shows the president on his first trip to Kenya as a
young man in his 20s. Michelle Obama also accompanied her
husband on the trip. Crowdfunding platform WeSearchr provided
the video exclusively to Infowars. Obama says in the film: “I’m
deeply saddened by a sense that whites are still superior in
this country, in some sense, that if you sit at a restaurant,
they’re served before a Kenyan is served. If you go through
customs, a white person is going to have an easier time going
through customs.” Obama also warns that “things could explode at
any point” as a result of the resentment black Kenyans have
towards white people. At one point in the movie Obama says he
has “a lot at stake” in building “a strong black country in
Kenya.” Elsewhere, the footage shows white and Asian tourists
visiting poor Kenyan villagers, a sight that offends Obama, who
refused to join them on the tour according to his sister….
Obama’s 1990 comments are fascinating given the fact that his
presidency has been tainted by some of the worst race relations
in America for decades, fueled by police shootings and riots in
Ferguson, Baltimore and Charlotte. “The film is full of insights
into Barack Obama’s psychology and worldview, especially with
regards to the way he sees his family in Kenya and black-white
race relations,” said WeSearchr’s Chuck Johnson, adding, “How
much of a black nationalist do you think Obama is? What do you
think he thinks of white people?”
Columbia University To Hold No-Whites Student Retreat
Washington Times - There’s only one rule for Columbia University
students who want to attend an upcoming leadership retreat: you
can’t be white. The “Students of Color Leadership Retreat 2016,”
slated for Nov. 12 at New York City’s YMCA Camp, bills itself as
“an intensive weekend of personal development, empowerment and
community building” for students at the Ivy League university
and all-women’s Barnard College, reported The College Fix. But
it’s only for those who “identify themselves as a person of
color as a primary identity,” Columbia’s website adds
Land Of The 'Free' Plunges To 15th "Free-est" Nation In The
World
Zero Hedge - Turns out the "Land of the Free" may not be so
"Free" after all. That is, at least according the 2015 Legatum
Prosperity Index which found that the U.S. has dropped to the
15th "most free" country in the world behind Costa Rica and
Uruguay, among others. Perhaps even more staggering is that the
U.S. dropped to 33rd in terms of "Safety & Security" ranking
behind Uruguay and Slovaki and just ahead of the United Arab
Emirates. Meanwhile, in the one piece of positive news for the
U.S., Legatum found Americans to be the "healthiest" people in
the world with a life expectancy 6.8 years longer than the
global average. Apparently the cost of adding that incremental
6.8 years to the life expectancy of the average American was a
560% increase in per capita healthcare expenditures....and just
wait until those numbers get updated for Obamacare.
9 states and counting, are teaching (indoctrinate) kids to deal
with police
MassPrivateI - According to a Chicago Tribune article, students
enrolled in driver's education courses will be required to learn
how to respond if they're pulled over by police. Ask yourself
why is it mandatory only for students? How long before the
government FORCES everyone to take them? "I think it's really
timely, so that teenagers and young drivers don't look at a
police officer as a threat or a problem," said sponsoring Sen.
Julie Morrison, D-Deerfield. "It's just a part of driving, and
if they respond in a responsible, correct way, it should never
escalate." What's wrong with this picture? Kids across the
country are being required to learn how to deal with police?
Shouldn't it be the other way around? Shouldn't cops be required
to learn how to treat the public with respect?… It won't be long
before all 50 states, make it mandatory to teach kids what the
gov't., expects of them during a police encounter. Don't forget,
police are also paying school kids to spy on classmates. The
"Project Safe Campus" (PSC) program is an anonymous CASH rewards
program that pays students $100.00 to spy on fellow classmates.
According to a statement from Detroit public schools... "The
goal of PSC is to increase the number of anonymous tips coming
from the schools. Students who give tips that result in
disciplinary action can earn $100 cash rewards."
Kaine Vs. Pence: Vice Presidential Debate From Longwood
University (Full Replay)
Right Side Broadcasting - Tuesday, October 4, 2016: Coverage of
the 2016 Vice Presidential debate between Governor Mike Pence of
Indiana and Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia.
After Tim Kaine Flops in Vice Presidential Debate, New Doubts
About Hillary
Breitbart - Those doubts are twofold: first, about her decision
to choose so weak a candidate, who seemed unable to answer basic
policy questions; and second, about Clinton’s health, since if
her medical troubles are as bad as feared, Kaine may be taking
over at some point if she is elected. Kaine could not stop
interrupting Pence, at times sounding high-pitched and shrill,
at times whining and defensive. Pence was cool and even-tempered
— presidential, in other words, while Kaine seemed to be playing
cable news pundit. The Democrat was often unable to suppress the
juvenile impulse to shout campaign talking points, even in the
middle of his opponent’s answers. At one point, he interjected:
“Our plan is like Ronald Reagan’s plan from 1986.” (Note to
Democrats: the Reagan plan failed.) Later, when the moderator
asked why Putin would respect a Trump-Kaine administration,
Pence answered: “Strength.” Kaine, unable to restrain himself,
blurted out: “Business deals.” His smirk betrayed his conviction
that he had just scored points, even though the moderator had to
instruct him — for the third time, at least — to wait until it
was his turn to speak. Kaine seemed not to understand how
un-serious he looked. Pence responded with a steady, and
appropriate, put-down: “That’s nonsense.” Pence also beat Kaine
over the head with the Russian “reset,” Clinton’s email scandal,
and the Clinton Foundation. Moderator Elaine Quijano of CBS News
stepped into protect Kaine, especially when it came to the email
scandal (though, to her credit, she at least asked about it,
unlike NBC News’ Lester Holt in the first presidential debate).
Video: Gov. Pence Hits Back on Clinton Foundation and Email
Scandal, Moderator Ends Discussion
The Gateway Pundit - So this happened… Over and Over and over….
If Senator Kaine wasn’t interrupting Governor Pence, the
moderator was interrupting him… VP debate moderator Elaine
Quijano from CBS News cut off Governor Mike Pence when hit back
on the Clinton Foundation and her email scandal.
RNC: Kaine interrupted over 70 times
The Hill - The Republican National Committee claimed Tim Kaine
interrupted Mike Pence and the moderator over 70 times during
Tuesday’s vice presidential debate.Shortly after the debate
ended, the RNC made a quick note of Kaine’s aggressive style in
an email to reporters. The email simply included a pair of
tweets from reporters, citing specific voters being turned off
by the Democratic vice presidential nominee's style. “Undecided
voter in Ohio says, 'Kaine came off like a jerk' tonight. Adds
that he 'reinforced' some of the negatives about Clinton,” read
one tweet from CNN’s Dan Merica. In a separate statement, RNC
Chairman Reince Priebus described Kaine as having “desperately
flailed away with empty platitudes and constant interruptions.”
***Live Updates*** Pence, Kaine Square Off in VP Debate
Breitbart - Indiana Governor Mike Pence and Virginia Senator Tim
Kaine will square off in tonight’s vice-presidential debate at
Longwood University in Virginia. And this debate, which takes
place in Kaine’s home state of Virginia, has the feel of one in
which Kaine will have a short field for 90 minutes, especially
if most of the questions will focus on all of Trump’s recent
“scandals.” The seasoned Pence, who will not be unprepared and
will not wing it, must flip the field back in Team Trump’s favor
before Trump’s second debate with Clinton on Sunday.
Hacked Clinton Foundation files show 'pay to play', bank ties
(Chart)
RT - Documents reportedly hacked from the Clinton Foundation
servers have identified major Democratic donors and troubling
ties between TARP aid given to banks and their political
contributions. One folder is outright labeled “Pay to Play.” A
Hacker calling himself “Guccifer 2.0,” who claimed
responsibility for previous breaches of the Democratic National
Committee and the congressional Democrats, published the
documents on Tuesday afternoon ahead of the vice-presidential
debates. “I hacked the Clinton Foundation server and downloaded
hundreds of thousands of docs and donors’ databases,” the hacker
wrote on his blog. “Clinton and her staff don’t even bother
about the information security.” The Clinton Foundation has
denied the hack, with president Donna Shalala saying that “none
of the files or folders shown are ours.” Guccifer 2.0 also
claimed that one of the documents shows that big banks are
donating a percentage of funds received through the government’s
Troubled Asset Relief Program to the DNC, citing a spreadsheet
that lists the TARP amounts next to the amounts donated to
lawmakers like then-Representative Barney Frank
(D-Massachusetts), co-author of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street
Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. “It looks like big
banks and corporations agreed to donate to the Democrats a
certain percentage of the allocated TARP funds,” he wrote.
Another document posted on the blog appears to be a master list
of Clinton Foundation donors in the western US, tracking
contributions from 2009 to 2015. Among the names are movie
directors JJ Abrams and Gore Verbinski; Salesforce CEO Marc
Benioff; Google CEO Eric Schmidt; Walt Disney Co. President and
CEO Robert Iger; Microsoft founder Bill Gates; Microsoft VP
Steve Ballmer; and major Hollywood stars like Barbra Streisand,
James Brolin, and Tom Hanks.
Assange: WikiLeaks will publish all US election docs by Nov. 8
WikiLeaks will release documents on the US presidential
elections before November 8, the group’s founder, Julian Assange,
said in an eagerly anticipated address via videolink at the
Volksbuhne Theater in Berlin to mark WikiLeaks’ 10th
anniversary. WikiLeaks hopes to be publishing documents “every
week for the next 10 weeks,” Assange said. Assange also promised
to publish about a million documents related to at least three
governments before the end of 2016, saying that the organization
is evolving and planning to expand its collaboration with media
outlets beyond the 100 it is already working with…. He also
denied that any of WikiLeaks’ publications are aimed at damaging
the image of US presidential candidate Hilary Clinton, saying
that some of his statements in this regard had been misquoted….
According to Assange, the documents released or to be released
by the organization “are revealing, but also the
government/state reactions to the releases are revealing also.”
Assange also promised to release documents on war, oil, Google,
and mass surveillance.
Americans Ask ‘President Trump’ to Visit Hurricane-ravaged Haiti
(Video)
Adan Salazar - On Tuesday several Twitter users put out calls
for the businessman to personally fly aid to the
hurricane-ravaged region, which had also suffered a devastating
earthquake in 2010. The requests for Trump to visit Haiti come
after radio host Alex Jones asked listeners to tweet at the GOP
nominee to visit the afflicted victims of the impoverished
nation…. The hotel mogul has made it a point throughout his
political campaign to call attention to the Clinton Foundation’s
misuse of donations meant to help Haitian victims of the 2010
earthquake. “Clinton was responsible for doing things a lot of
the Haitian people are not happy with,” Trump has stated.
“Taxpayer dollars intended for Haiti and the earthquake victims
went to a lot of the Clinton cronies.” Last month, Trump also
heard concerns from former Senate President of Haiti, Bernard
Sansaricq, who claimed the Clinton foundation had almost totally
squandered funds meant for victims. [Video] “In 2010, the
earthquake of Haiti, not only American taxpayers, but the whole
world has given billions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation
for the Haitians. Not even two percent of that money went back
to Haiti. So Mr. Trump we are asking you, begging you – the
Haitian community will side with you if one day you ask Hillary
Clinton publicly to disclose the audit of all the money they
have stolen from Haiti in 2010 after the earthquake.”
Media Refuses To Show Trump’s Massive Crowds In Loveland,
Colorado – One Camera Did! (Video)
American Lookout - Thousands upon thousands were there. In
Colorado! At rallies, Trump always asks the media to show the
massive crowds. He wants the world to see the love. He wants the
world to see the numbers. He wants the world to see that this is
a movement!… Thanks to RightSide Broadcasting for showing the
crowd.
Video: Hillary Clinton Caught Bussing in Supporters to Small PA
Rally
The Gateway Pundit - Hillary Clinton held a small campaign rally
in Haverford, Pennsylvania today with her daughter Chelsea and
Elizabeth Banks. Only a few hundred turned out to see the
Democratic nominee. And ONCE AGAIN the corrupt media will not
report on the unbelievably small turnout to see Hillary Clinton
in rally after rally. So the campaign bussed in supporters. It’s
the Hillary way. And here are the bussed in supporters walking
to the Hillary event. Actors and paid attendees?
Related:
Video: Clinton Camp Caught Handing Out Pre-Made Signs to
Rally-Goers – So Pathetic!
Stunning Photo: Even Press Blows Off Hillary Clinton’s Akron,
Ohio Rally
The Gateway Pundit - A bizarre behind the scenes image from the
campaign trail was posted Monday that bespoke a lack of interest
in the media in covering Democratic Party presidential nominee
Hillary Clinton. With just over one month to go until election
day, Clinton campaigned in the bellwether state of Ohio, holding
rallies in Toledo and Akron. Both Clinton rallies were held in
small halls with small crowds as has been her pattern…. New York
Times reporter Amy Chozick posted a photo to Twitter Monday
evening from Clinton’s Akron rally that showed a nearly empty
press pen. Chozick lamented the lack of interest by her fellow
reporters.
'New low': Dead vets left to 'decompose' in VA morgue for weeks
without burial
Fox News - (September 29, 2016) An Illinois Veterans Affairs
hospital already under fire for excessive wait times, festering
black mold and kitchen cockroaches faces a new shame – the
bodies of dead patients left unclaimed in the morgue for up to
two months without proper burial, whistleblower documents
allege. The whistleblower, whose identity is not being revealed
for fear of retaliation, complained last month to the VA’s
inspector general about the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital’s
handling of veterans’ remains in cases where families have not
come forward to claim the body. The complaint singled out
Christopher Wirtjes, chief of Patient Administrative Services,
saying “The Chief of PAS has the funds available, yet has no
sense of urgency to lay the veteran to rest.” Sen. Mark Kirk,
R-Ill., whose office also received the complaint along with
emails, is now calling for Wirtjes’ firing and in a statement,
slammed the hospital – located in the Western suburbs of Chicago
-- over its recent history of controversies…. The whistleblower,
who has spoken with Kirk’s office, described a “horrible issue”
at the hospital in the letter to the IG: “Some veteran’s remains
have been left in our hospital morgue for 45 days or more until
they are stacked to capacity at times.”
Flint faces new outbreak of contagious disease as residents scared to
wash hands
RT - Two years after Flint, Michigan, residents were exposed to unsafe
levels of lead contamination in drinking water and an outbreak of
Legionnaires' disease, local officials report an outbreak of a
highly-contagious gastrointestinal illness, shigellosis. Genessee
County, home of Flint, is leading the state in reported cases of
shigellosis, with 84 through September, according to the Michigan
Department of Health and Human Services. At least 53 of those cases have
occurred within Flint city limits, Jim Henry, Genesee County's
environmental health supervisor, told CNN. At least 27 of the Flint
cases resulted in hospitalization. Meanwhile, neighboring Saginaw County
has the second-highest cases of shigellosis in the state, with 47,
according to state health records. Shigella bacteria causes about
500,000 cases of diarrheal disease in the US each year. Shigellosis is
marked by abdominal pain and diarrhea, which can lead to dehydration.
Symptoms usually take five to seven days to pass without antibiotic
treatment, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC). The bacteria can be spread through contact with
contaminated surfaces or ingesting contaminated food and water.
Yahoo secretly scanned its users' email for U.S. intelligence services
Boing Boing - Yahoo email accounts were scanned by the company on behalf
of U.S. intelligence services from last year. This represents the first
example of a U.S. service provider providing complete access to "all
arriving messages," reports Reuters. It is not known what information
intelligence officials were looking for, only that they wanted Yahoo to
search for a set of characters. That could mean a phrase in an email or
an attachment, said the sources, who did not want to be identified.
Reuters was unable to determine what data Yahoo may have handed over, if
any, and if intelligence officials had approached other email providers
besides Yahoo with this kind of request. According to the two former
employees, Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer's decision to obey the
directive roiled some senior executives and led to the June 2015
departure of Chief Information Security Officer Alex Stamos, who now
holds the top security job at Facebook Inc.
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
Grow Your Own Turmeric In a Pot
REALfarmacy - Turmeric can help prevent cancer, it eases
arthritis symptoms, it can soothe an upset stomach, it can help
the heart stay healthy, it’s a natural fat burner, it helps
prevent Alzheimer’s, it can help lower cholesterol, and it can
help treat depression! These are only a few of the many benefits
of this amazing herb. Turmeric is a perennial herb that
re-shoots every spring. Growing turmeric organic in pots is not
difficult. Although turmeric thrives in tropical climates, it
can be grown in temperate areas in the summer. You can always
move your plant inside when temperatures begin to dip. Turmeric
can be grown in garden beds or containers. Be sure to grow in
well draining containers because water retention will cause
rhizomes to rot, reducing yield…. The plants cannot tolerate
climates colder than 65 degrees F. Plant turmeric in spring to
summer because the roots sprout well when the soil is warm.
Turmeric thrives well in direct or indirect sun, but it can also
grow in light shade…. Buy some turmeric roots from the market
(be sure they are organic). Select small rhizomes with one or
two buds. Plant rhizomes about 7 to 10 inches apart and bury
them in wet soil about 2 to 3 inches deep. Do not water until
shoots appear. The roots will germinate/shoot in 3-6 weeks
depending on the soil temperature. Turmeric shoots will appear
in about 20 to 45 days after planting. Grow fresh plants every 3
to 4 years or leave a few roots inside while harvesting. Once
the plants grow, keep them well watered. Bring your turmeric
indoors once the temperature gets below 50 degrees F. You can
also start turmeric in pots indoors and move it outdoors when
the temperature begins to rise.
Could Gluten Literally Drive You Insane? Going Back 60 Years…
Natural Society - Want to know how long gluten has been
suspected as a cause of neurological disorders? About 60
years…and it still hasn’t been recognized in the mainstream! The
oldest reports of emotional disturbances being resolved after
the removal of gluten date back to 1951. In 1966, a study was
published showing an association between schizophrenia rates and
wheat consumption. Less wheat consumption, which required a
world war to happen, was linked to significantly lower
first-time admissions for schizophrenia. More recent research
has found a drastically higher incidence of anti-gluten
antibodies among schizophrenics, and a 2006 review found
significant reductions in schizophrenic symptoms after
initiating a gluten-free diet in some patients. In a study
published in 1984, only 2 people out of over 65,000 Pacific
Islanders eating a traditional, grain-free diet had chronic
schizophrenia. Westernization of their diets resulted in a
Western-level prevalence of the disease.
5 Symptoms Of Mercury Poisoning You Can’t Ignore!
David Wolfe - You might be surprised at how far-reaching the
effects of mercury poisoning are. Simple exposure to the metal
can wreak havoc on everything from your brain to your muscles….
#1 – A Metallic Taste In Your Mouth - Researchers from the
University of Georgia say that having more than 8 silver amalgam
fillings places you at risk of mercury poisoning. That’s quite
concerning since 25% of the American population actually has 11
or more fillings. Regardless of how many fillings you have,
though, look out for a metallic taste in your mouth. #2 – Mood
Swings - According to biological dentist Dr. Gerald H. Smith,
environmental exposure to mercury can actually damage one’s
nervous system. This can actually cause diagnosable bipolar
disorder, characterized by intense mood swings. Dr. Smith says
mercury easily travels through the lymphatic system and into the
thyroid gland, which is responsible for secreting hormones
directly linked to mood. #4 – Insomnia - Chronic insomnia is a
common problem among industrial workers exposed to mercury. This
is largely due to the way the metal affects your thyroid. You
see, your thyroid is responsible for secreting a hormone called
melatonin that controls your body’s sleep/wake cycles. Remember,
mercury also impacts your central nervous system. This can lead
to hyperarousal, which will keep you awake and in ‘fight or
flight’ mode. #5 – Headaches - Dr. Gerald H. Smith dealt with a
patient named ‘Robert C.’ who suffered from migraines for over
25 years. He had no idea what was causing the headaches until he
had his mercury fillings removed. Then, just like that, the
headaches were gone.
Salmon dog treats made by Plato and sold by Amazon.com found to contain
alarmingly high levels of toxic mercury: Immediate recall urged
(NaturalNews) An ICP-MS analysis of Plato brand dog treats in my
laboratory, CWC Labs, found alarmingly high levels of toxic mercury in
salmon flavored products. For the analysis, we tested 31 salmon and fish
products sold as pet food or pet treats by the online retailer
Amazon.com. No mercury was found in 29 out of the 31 products. Plato
brand, however, showed alarmingly high mercury for two products: •
Salmon Strips Dog Treats (Plato) • Thinkers Pacific Salmon Dog Treats
(Plato)… Plato products, by the way, are manufactured by KDR Pet Treats,
LLC in Fresno, California. The web address is PlatoPetTreats.com. Their
phone number is 559.485.4316 and their email is info@platopettreats.com.
Mercury is an extremely toxic heavy metal with a well document profile
of neurological damage in mammals. In the same way that mercury damages
human brains, it also damages the brains of dogs, cats and other mammals
that might consume it. No "safe" level of mercury consumption has ever
been established.
Tuesday - October
4, 2016 - Today In History:
1777 - At Germantown, PA, Patriot forces and British forces both suffer
heavy losses in battle. The battle was seen as British victory, which
actually served as a moral boost to the Americans.
1876 - The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas formally
dedicated by Texas Gov. Richard Coke. It was the state's first venture
into public higher education. The college opened for classed two days
earlier.
1895 - The first U.S. Open golf tournament took place in Newport, RI.
Horace Rawlins, 19 years old, won the tournament.
1915 - The Dinosaur National Monument was established. The area covered
part of Utah and Colorado.
1927 - The first actual work of carving began on Mount Rushmore.
1940 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met in the Alps at Brenner
Pass. Hitler was seeking help from Italy to fight the British.
1965 - Pope Paul VI addressed the U.N. General Assembly and became the
first reigning pontiff to visit the Western Hemisphere.
1993 - Russian Vice-President Alexander Rutskoi and Chairman Ruslan
Khasbulatov surrendered to Boris Yeltsin after a ten-hour tank assault
on the Russian White House. The two men had barricaded themselves in
after Yeltsin called for general elections and dissolved the legislative
body.
1993 - Dozens of Somalis dragged an American soldier through the streets
of Mogadishu. A videotape showed Michael Durant being taken prisoner by
Somali militants.
1994 - South African President Nelson Mandela was welcomed to the White
House by U.S. President Clinton.
2001 - NATO granted the U.S. open access to their airfields and seaports
and agreed to deploy ships and early-warning radar planes in the war on
terrorism.
2001 - In Washington, DC, Reagan National Airport re-opened. The airport
had been closed since the terrorist attacks on the United States on
9-11, 2001.
2002 - Richard Reid pleaded guilty in a federal court to trying to blow
up a trans-Atlantic flight with explosives hidden in his shoes.
2010 - The Supreme Court began a new era with three women serving
together for the first time as Elena Kagan took her place at the end of
the bench.
Putin suspends nuclear pact, U.S. suspends Syria ceasefire talks
with Russia
Washington Times - In a sharp deterioration of relations, the
U.S. on Monday suspended diplomatic contacts with Russia over
Syria, while Moscow halted cooperation on a joint program for
disposal of weapons-grade plutonium. The U.S. move followed a
threat last week from Secretary of State John Kerry after new
Russian and Syrian attacks on the city of Aleppo. The State
Department said Russia had not lived up to the terms of an
agreement last month to restore the cease-fire and ensure
sustained deliveries of humanitarian aid to besieged cities....
Monday’s announcement came just hours after Russian President
Vladimir Putin suspended a Russia-U.S. deal on the disposal of
weapons-grade plutonium, in a move that also underscored rising
tensions between Washington and Moscow. Putin’s decree cited
Washington’s “unfriendly actions” and the United States’
inability to fulfill its obligations under the 2000 deal as
reasons for the move. Under the agreement, which was expanded in
2006 and 2010, Russia and the U.S. each were to dispose of 34
metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium, enough material for
about 17,000 nuclear warheads.
40 Million Russians to Take Part in ‘Emergency Evacuation’ Drill
Paul Joseph Watson - Federal agencies, heads of regions, local
authorities and other organizations will take part in the
massive exercise, which runs from October 4-7. The simulation
will include 200,000 “professional rescue units” and 50,000
pieces of equipment,” reports Interfax. Abnormal emergency
rescue teams” will wargame “evacuation” procedures during a
national crisis, according to the report. According to Oleg
Manuilov, the director of the Russian Civil Defence Department,
the exercise will be a test run of how the population would
respond to a “disaster occurrence” under an “emergency”
situation. The drill takes place amidst heightening tensions
between the United States and Russia. As we reported last week,
Moscow responded to U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby’s
warning that Russian cities could suffer terrorist attacks if
Vladimir Putin continued his military campaign in Syria by
taking it as a veiled threat.
Germany’s Deutsche Bank, Again in Trouble, Received a U.S.
Bailout Twice as Big as Lehman Brothers
Wall Street On Parade - ... most Americans would be stunned to
learn that the German Deutsche Bank, which perpetually finds
itself on the wrong side of the law, was bailed out in five
separate U.S. emergency lending operations during the 2007-2010
financial crisis, receiving more than twice the emergency
financial assistance as that received by Lehman Brothers, the
failed U.S. investment bank.... According to the Government
Accountability Office (GAO), Deutsche Bank received cumulative
loans totaling $77 billion under the Federal Reserve’s Primary
Dealer Credit Facility (PDCF) and $277 billion in cumulative
loans under the Term Securities Lending Facility (TSLF) for a
total of $354 billion. Lehman Brothers received only $183
billion in Fed emergency lending programs according to the GAO
report.... But Deutsche Bank received additional forms of
bailouts during the crisis.... two units of Deutsche Bank
borrowed at least $2 billion in low-cost loans from the Fed’s
Discount Window during the crisis. And, it was finally revealed
that Deutsche Bank was one of the banking behemoths that got a
back-door bailout via the failed insurance giant, AIG.... One of
the most egregious aspects of the bailout of Deutsche Bank is
that it has serially defrauded both U.S. taxpayers and
investors.... In 2015 Deutsche Bank settled charges with British
and U.S. authorities for $2.5 billion for rigging the interest
rate benchmark known as Libor. Deutsche Bank pleaded guilty to
the U.S. charges.... According to the U.S. Justice Department,
Deutsche Bank also has a history of “participating in
transactions used to defraud the IRS.”.... Now, according to a
recent report in the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Department of
Justice believes that Deutsche Bank owes American taxpayers $14
billion for selling toxic mortgage backed securities that helped
to collapse the U.S. housing market during the financial crisis.
This is What they Were Afraid Of -- Iraqis Use 'Sue the Saudis'
9/11 Bill to Sue US for 2003 Invasion
The Free Thought Project - The lobbyist group Arab Project in
Iraq now sees their opportunity to ask for compensation from the
United States over violations by US forces following the
invasion of Iraq that saw the toppling of late President Saddam
Hussein in 2003, according to a report from Al-Arabiya News. The
group is pushing for “a full-fledged investigation over the
killing of civilians targets, loss of properties and individuals
who suffered torture and other mistreatment on the hand of US
forces.” While many states have criticized JASTA [Justice
Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act] for its potential of eroding
the principle of sovereign immunity and changing international
law, this immunity has been used by Saudi Arabia, who was found
to have aided and abetted the 9/11 highjackers, to shield
themselves from any and all accountability.
Hurricane Matthew set to hit Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba
Daily Mail - A 'life-threatening' hurricane is set to wreak
havoc on Haiti and Jamaica with flash floods, mudslides and
torrential rainfall. Hurricane Matthew, one of the most powerful
Atlantic storms in the past decade, is poised to deliver a
potentially catastrophic strike on Haiti on Monday. The
category-4 hurricane also poses a danger to eastern Cuba and
Jamaica as it crawls through the Caribbean. Experts say there is
a chance it could also hit Florida and the East Coast - but they
have warned it is too early to tell. Forecasters said the
hurricane could dump 40 in. of rain on some areas of Haiti,
where thousands still live in tents following the devastating
earthquake in 2010. It is one of the most powerful Atlantic
hurricanes in recent history and was briefly classed as a
category-5, becoming the strongest in the region since Felix in
2007. The Haitian authorities have urged people to stock up on
food and water and secure their homes on the poverty-stricken
island.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
UPDATE: Wikileaks Cancels Highly Anticipated Tuesday
Announcement Due to 'Security Concerns'
Heat Street - After canceling a planned announcement in London,
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is now planning to appear via
video link Tuesday morning at Wikileak’s tenth anniversary
celebration in Berlin. He’s a last-minute addition to the roster
of festivities taking place this week in Germany. Wikileaks used
its Facebook page and Twitter to confirm that Assange would
speak at the event, which takes place at 3AM Eastern time.
According the Wikileaks, the change of venue was made “due to
specific information”. Wikileaks did not specify further, but
Monday’s Tweet followed several in which Wikileaks alleged that
the Clinton camp wants to assassinate Assange. Sources close to
the event tell Heat Street that Assange may be planning to
release some new information his organization has obtained about
the U.S. Democratic Party. But Heat Street has yet to receive
independent confirmation that Assange plans to dump information
specifically on Hillary Clinton.
Historic Live Coverage: Wikileaks’ Hillary October Surprise
Prison Planet - Yes, you read that right: 2:00 in the morning
(AM) Central. Wikileaks is set to make a huge announcement
during German daylight hours, which would be early in the
morning for the US, and it’s reported the announcement pertains
to a huge data dump that exposes more of Hillary’s crimes.
“People have a right to understand who it is they’re electing,”
said Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, adding that the
information comprised of “a variety of different types of
documents, from different types of institutions that are
associated with the election campaign, some quite unexpected
angles that are quite interesting, some even entertaining.”
DOJ 'side agreements' let agents destroy laptops in Clinton
email case
Washington Examiner - House Republicans are demanding to know
why Justice Department officials entered into a pair of "side
agreement" with Cheryl Mills and Heather Samuelson - two of
Hillary Clinton's top former aides who went on to become her
personal attorneys during the FBI's email investigation - that
allowed law enforcement agents to destroy their laptops after
searching their hard drives for evidence. In a letter from House
Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte to Attorney General
Loretta Lynch on Monday, Goodlatte questioned why the
destruction of the laptops used to sort Clinton's emails was
included in immunity deals that already protected Mills and
Samuelson from prosecution based on the records recovered from
their computers.... In his letter, Goodlatte noted that the
immunity agreements revealed the FBI agents limited their search
to documents authored before Jan. 2015. The Republican chairman
argued such parameters prevented investigators from examining
potential proof of the destruction of evidence that may have
occurred after that date, and that the deals offered to Mills
and Samuelson already protected the aides from prosecution
related to their alleged roles in the deletion of federal
records.
U.S. top court denies Obama request to rehear major immigration
case
Reuters - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to rehear a
bid to revive President Barack Obama's plan to spare from
deportation millions of immigrants in the country illegally, a
case in which the justices split 4-4 in June. In a brief order,
the court rejected the Obama administration's long-shot request,
meaning the justices' June 23 decision is final. That ruling
left in place lower court decisions blocking the plan, which
Obama announced in 2014 but never went into effect.... The
Democratic president's plan was challenged in court by
Republican-governed Texas and 25 other states that argued he
overstepped the powers granted to him by the U.S. Constitution
by infringing upon congressional authority. Obama acted
unilaterally by executive action, bypassing the Republican-led
Congress.... Obama's plan was designed to let roughly 4 million
people - those who have lived illegally in the United States at
least since 2010, have no criminal record and have children who
are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents - get into a
program that shields them from deportation and supplies work
permits.
Air Force Mandates Diversity Hires On Selection Boards
The Daily Caller - The Air Force announced a new set of 13
inclusion initiatives Friday with the goal of ensuring the force
isn’t as white, male and heterosexual as it is now. Air Force
officials are intent on building upon a foundation of nine
initiatives from 2015, in order to boost diversity.... To
head-off immediate criticisms of the far-reaching proposals, Air
Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein recently insisted to
Air Force Times in an interview: “This is not about social
engineering. This is about maintaining a competitive advantage.”
Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James put down her foot
and said she wants to make the demographics of the service match
more closely with the changing demographics of America.... But
even as diversity increases, there are still numerous key
positions that don’t seem to attract diverse candidates, namely
pilots, cyber operations, intelligence operations and space and
missile operations, which is very upsetting to Air Force
officials. So in careers where there isn’t a lot of diversity,
commanders will have to come up with plans explaining why airmen
in those positions are mostly white, male heterosexuals and how
commanders can work towards changing that representation.
Feds Spy On Gun Show Attendees By Having Police Scan License
Plates
Western Journalism - Gun show attendees in California, and
perhaps elsewhere, have had their license plates scanned by
local police at the behest of federal agents, according to a new
report in The Wall Street Journal. The report said that
Immigration and Customs Enforcement developed a plan in 2010 to
have police officers use license-plate readers at gun shows in
Southern California, including one in Del Mar, near the border
with Mexico. The plan was for those license plates to be
compared with the information on cars that crossed the border
into Mexico. The Journal reported that the goal of the operation
was to find gun smugglers.... Other emails obtained by The
Journal indicate that other shows were also targeted for the
tactic, but it was not clear if plans were operationalized. The
Journal said that a June 2012 email lists several gun shows
including ones in Costa Mesa and Ontario, Calif.... Jay Stanley,
a lawyer at the American Civil Liberties Union, said the
surveillance “highlights the problem with mass collection of
data.” Stanley said he was concerned that two legal activities
were linked as potentially law-breaking and it was wrong that
“because those two activities in concert fit somebody’s idea of
a crime, a person becomes inherently suspicious.”.... Erich
Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America, also spoke
out against the practice. “Information on law-abiding gun owners
ends up getting recorded, stored, and registered, which is a
violation of the 1986 Firearm Owners Protection Act and of the
Second Amendment,” Pratt said.
Judge Confirms Nothing Wrong With Trump's Released Tax Records,
Leaker Probably Broke The Law
Zero Hedge - According to Napolitano, Trump was within the law
when he declared a $916 million loss on his 1995 income tax
returns, which amounts to a substantial deduction. When asked by
Fox’s Steve Doocy if Trump did anything wrong, the former judge
responded: “No.” “No, in the United States of America we tell
the government what we owe,” Napolitano said. “The government
doesn’t tell us.” “Congress has given guidelines, very lengthy,
very complex guidelines,” the judge continued before going on to
explain that the tax code in the U.S. would create a four foot
standing pile of paper. “If a person goes through the tax code
and finds ways to minimize their obligation, they are following
the laws that congress has made available.”.... Napolitano told
the Fox and Friend cast that the person who provided the tax
records to the New York Times “probably broke the law” and is
criminally liable.... Judge Andrew Neapolitan said on Monday
morning that the Times is immune from civil liability in the
case of publishing the records because they can be considered to
be in the best interest of the public. The Judge explained:
“Why? because Donald Trump has portrayed himself in this
campaign as a brilliant bullishness man who’s background is
appropriate for the presidency and part of that brilliance, in
his view, is how he dealt with his taxes. So, his taxes are what
the law calls ‘of material interest to the public’.”
Donald Trump Buys ClintonKaine.com, Turns It into Anti-Hillary
News Portal
Breitbart - Donald Trump has trolled Hillary Clinton by buying
the domain ClintonKaine.com and turning it into a Drudge
Report-style website reporting all the negative aspects of the
Clinton campaign. USA TODAY reports that a man called Jeremy
Peter Green bought the domain for $7.30 in 2011 but recently
sold the domain to the Trump campaign for $15,000. The bottom of
the page now reads: “Paid for by Donald J. Trump For President,
Inc.” with a link to the official Trump campaign website…. The
page now provides links to all the negative press surrounding
Clinton, with the lead story being: “Clinton: Sanders Supporters
Live In Parents Basement.” Other stories on the site include
stories from Trump’s website on Clinton’s damaging trade agenda,
criticisms of her running mate Tim Kaine, and references to
Hillary Clinton’s lies about her emails. Donald Trump also
posted a link to the site on his official Facebook account on
Monday.
Guess Who Else Was Partying in Paris at a Hillary Fundraiser?
Economic Policy Journal - There has been considerable reporting
on the fact that George W. Bush's daughter, Barbara was spotted
at a Hillary Clinton fundraiser in Paris.... Interesting, but is
appears there was a much more significant Bush operator at the
fundraiser.... Forget about Barbara. she is a nobody when it
comes to cutting deals. A Jonathan Bush appearance at a Hillary
fundraiser is significant. He is a younger brother (by 7 years)
of George H.W. and a major operator. He is a senior officer at
Fairfield Bush & Co, an investment advisory firm, In the early
1980s, he helped organize investors for George W.'s first oil
venture, Arbusto, later called Bush Explorations.
Hillary Holds Major Rally in Small Room in Toledo, Ohio
The Gateway Pundit - Hillary Clinton has given up on trying to
fill high school gymnasiums. Today she held a major campaign
rally in a small room in Toledo, Ohio. Hillary has not been to
Ohio in a month.
Rebuffed Again – Clinton Speaks To Empty Seats in Charlotte, NC,
AME Church… (Video)
The Last Refuge - Once again Hillary Clinton finds her
racially-driven campaign efforts contrasted against lackluster
black audience. This time in Charlotte, North Carolina. Last
month, Hillary Clinton gave the key note address to the National
Baptist Convention in Kansas City. There were 20,000 convention
attendees for the four day conference, yet less than 3,000
attended the key note address…. Once again the MSM hides the
reality of a Clinton event targeting the black community, where
the audience doesn’t show up to hear her speech. You will not
find a single article in the national or local media discussing
how poorly attended Hillary Clinton’s visit to AME church
actually was.
VA Hospital Spent $300K on Robots It Couldn’t Use
Free Beacon - Staffers at the VA Medical Center in Madison,
Wisconsin, purchased two robots for about $313,000 in September
2012 without determining whether they could move effectively
through the hospital’s hallways, according to a Friday report
released by the agency’s inspector general substantiating
allegations of wasted funds at the medical center.... The
Madison VA hospital bought the robots four years ago to help
distribute supplies throughout the facility and free up time for
employees to focus on other priorities, according to the
inspector general. However, the logistics department did not
assess whether the robots would be able to navigate the
hospital’s crowded hallways before purchasing them.... They were
eventually transferred to two other VA hospitals, where they
were again not used, before being auctioned in March 2016 for
$1,937, a tiny fraction of their original price tag.... The same
year that the hospital purchased the robots, the cardiology
department leased a laser lead extractor, a tool used to remove
pacemaker defibrillator leads from patients’ hearts, for about
$100,000. Hospital workers were unable to use the device because
of issues with operating room space and staffing. Still, the
medical center continued to lease the device for two and a half
years without using it.... Because the hospital could not use
the lead extractor, the VA paid for veterans to go to non-VA
facilities to undergo lead extraction procedures.
US Construction Spending Crashes Into Contraction For First Time
In 5 Years
Zero Hedge - For the first time in 5 years, US construction
spending fell [Year over Year] YoY in August. The 2nd monthly
drop in a row and large downward revisions reduced construction
spending to its weakest since 2015. Public construction spending
dropped considerably more than private, with highway
construction tumbling. This is the biggest drop in over 5
years... At a time when seasonally, construction spending has
picked up... As the report details, the decline was broad based
and impacted both private and public construction.
Apple adopts Windows 10 tactic to auto-download Sierra to Macs
Computerworld - Apple today began automatically downloading macOS Sierra
to Macs that have yet to upgrade to the new operating system, taking a
step that rival Microsoft was criticized for last year. Although the
upgrade to macOS 10.12 will automatically download to eligible Macs, it
will not automatically install. Instead, users must authorize the
upgrade after being notified that it has been retrieved and is ready to
install. Users may also decline the upgrade at that same
notification.... "On Mac [automatic downloading] has been available for
all software except major releases until today [emphasis added]," an
Apple spokeswoman said today via email. Previously, step updates --
those identified, for instance, as 10.11.4 -- were automatically
downloaded to appropriate Macs. But what the Apple spokeswoman called
"major releases," the now-annual upgrades, had not been automatically
pushed to Macs.... Sierra will auto-download to Macs running 10.11.5 or
10.11.6, the last two updates to OS X Yosemite, said Apple, assuming the
systems' users have left the settings in the App Store section of
Preferences unchanged from their defaults.
Bitter melon can stop cancer cells from growing and spreading
(NaturalNews) A popular Asian fruit that looks kind of like a
cucumber with warts, bitter melon has a long history of use in
traditional cooking, holding a prominent place in both Indian
and Chinese cuisine. But recent research out of St. Louis
University (SLU) shows that bitter melon serves as a whole lot
more than just a tasty gourd, showing viability in the
prevention and treatment of cancer. With the help of a $40,000
grant from the Lottie Caroline Hardy Charitable Trust,
researchers from SLU are expanding their investigation into the
anti-cancer effects of bitter melon, which has already shown
that the fruit can prevent the growth and spread of breast
cancer cells. This time around, Dr. Ratna Ray, Ph.D., a longtime
advocate of bitter melon for medicinal use, is looking into how
the fruit can help prevent prostate and other forms of cancer….
Generally speaking in terms of cancer, bitter melon acts at the
cellular level to stop cancer cells from both multiplying and
spreading. Acting upon multiple pathways, including several
signal transduction pathways, bitter melon facilitates the
body's natural means of eradicating cancer cells on its own,
which it does on a constant basis to prevent the formation of
tumors. Bitter melon is also effective against type-2 diabetes…
Studies have shown that bitter melon contains special compounds
that activate AMP-activated protein kinase, or AMPK, a cellular
enzyme that helps protect against obesity and diabetes by
encouraging the movement of glucose transporters to the surface
of cells. This process, researchers have determined,
significantly improves metabolic function, thus minimizing the
damage caused by excess sugar intake.
Top 15 Natural Healthy Foods for People with Kidney Disease
Natural News Blogs - Now-a-days we come across to see people
with numerous small and big kidney diseases like kidney stone,
kidney improper functioning (need of dialysis) and many others.
In this article we will try to convey a number of healthy and
natural foods that can help in kidney disease or these may aid
in it’s functioning. Here are some: 1. Olive oil: Being a great
natural source of oleic acid, olive oil is an anti-inflammatory
fatty acid which protects against oxidation. Other compounds
like polyphenols prevent oxidation as well as inflammation. 2.
Coriander: The best organic food for kidney disease is
coriander. Add a little lemon juice in one glass coriander
boiled water and drink it on daily basis. It will improve the
kidney function as well as reduce oxidation. 3. Water: Drinking
plenty of water will clean the kidneys and take out the waste in
the urine. 4. Garlic: It reduces inflammation and cholesterol in
the body to make kidney perform well. 5. Cranberries: These
small and tangled berries will reduce and protect bladder
infections. 6. Blueberries: These contains antioxidant
phytonutrients known as anthocyanidins which are good
anti-inflammatory. 7. Marshmallow root: It is a diuretic
compound that will protect from bladder infections, kidney
stones and urinary tract infections. 8. Red clover: Rich in
vitamin C and vitamin A, an excellent anti-oxidant for kidney
function. 9. Turmeric: It has antiseptic properties usually used
to treat the kidney infections and inflammations….
Facts About Edamame: This is Why You Should Avoid Edamame at All
Costs
LA Healthy Living - Edamame are immature soy bean pods that are
harvested before the pod hardens. In 2008, the first soybeans
were grown in Europe to be sold commercially. Edamame where
first marketed as an alternative protein and its popularity has
since grown annually. Edamame are said to be “a powerhouse of
nutrition”. I think you may disagree once you can get past all
the hype. Let’s face the facts about this soy bean. Soy is
higher in phytoestrogen than any other food. Phytoestrogens are
plant based estrogen that mimic the estrogen in our body.
Consuming high amounts of phytoestrogen, is the leading cause of
breast cancer, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, infertility and
low libido. Phytlates found in soy block mineral absorption.
Scientists agree that diets high in phytates contribute to
mineral deficiencies in third world countries. Soy is also the
king of cell Goitrogens (thyroid suppressors). Soy isoflavones
can damage thyroid function. In the U.S.A., thyroid problems are
pandemic, especially in women. Reproductive health, researchers
believe that exposure to phytoestrogen could have impacts on
fertility. Human females as a fetus, infant, child, and
adolescent reproductive systems are at risk. Research reports
have also suggest that the compound genistein impairs sperm
ability to swim toward the egg, which would impair your ability
to conceive. Also found in Soy, Trypsin inhibitors, inhibits
proper digestion of protein. And last but not least… 93% of Soy
is genetically modified and has the highest percentages of
contamination by pesticides of any of our foods.
Surgical removal of wisdom teeth often just a sham... pointless
surgery rakes in dough for dentists
(NaturalNews) For many years it's been standard operating
procedure for dentists to recommend the surgical removal of
wisdom teeth – even when there is no pain or symptoms. But is it
really necessary or beneficial? According to a recent study, the
answer is "maybe not." From Fox News Health: "Third molars, or
so-called wisdom teeth, generally emerge fully or partially
between ages 17 and 26 into limited space and they are often
wedged against the second molars. This can cause swelling, root
damage, decay or gum disease, and in these cases experts agree
the wisdom teeth should be removed. "But if there are no
symptoms, it is unclear whether the benefits of surgery outweigh
the risks, researchers write in the Cochrane Database of
Systematic Reviews." There have been no studies showing any
benefit to the removal of "symptom-free" wisdom teeth, which is
surprising, since "the preventive removal of asymptomatic
disease-free wisdom teeth is very common" in the U.S. and
elsewhere, according to lead researcher Hossein Ghaeminia….
Surgical removal of wisdom teeth is not only expensive and
painful, but also carries risks such as infection, inflammation
and temporary nerve damage.
“Pet
Fooled” — Trailer
Susan Thixton - Pet Fooled tells the story that many of us are familiar
with – the madness of pet food ignored by/endorsed by regulatory
authorities…but it is so shocking to see in one sitting. I’ve previewed
the film multiple times over the years of its making, and each time –
through all progressive steps of the film, I can’t stop watching it. It
draws me in, even though I know the subject matter very well. Producer
Kohl Harrington did a fabulous job. Featured in the film are
veterinarians Dr. Karen Becker and Dr. Barbara Royal. And I’m excited to
say…I’m in the film too! Pet Fooled includes an interview of Dr. Dan
McChesney of FDA too. Followers of this site might remember the name Dr.
Dan McChesney. Dr. McChesney is the FDA representative that openly
stated (in a March 2016 meeting with TAPF) the FDA will continue to
allow diseased or dead/non-slaughtered animals in pet food (even though
federal law prohibits it). Now you’ll be able to put a face to the name.
I don’t know if the film will be airing in theaters, I believe it will
be available on Pay Per View type channels beginning in early January….
Pet owners in the Washington DC area can view the film at the Utopia
Film Festival October 21 – 23, 2016.
Monday - October
3, 2016 - Today In History:
1863 - U.S. President Lincoln declared that the last Thursday of
November would be recognized as Thanksgiving Day.
1906 - W.T. Grant opened a 25-cent department store.
1922 - Rebecca L. Felton became the first female to hold office of U.S.
Senator. She was appointed by Governor Thomas W. Hardwick of Georgia.
1929 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes officially changed its
name to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
1932 - Iraq was admitted into the League of Nations leading Britain to
terminate their mandate over the nation.
1941 - Adolf Hitler stated in a speech that Russia was "broken" and they
"would never rise again."
1942 - The Office of Economic Stabilization was established by U.S.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He also authorized controls on rents,
wages, salaries and farm prices.
1944 - During World War II, U.S. troops broke through the Siegfried
Line.
1952 - Britain became the third nuclear power in the world when they
successfully detonated their first atomic bomb. The U.S. and Russia were
the only other nuclear powers.
1988 - The space shuttle Discovery landed safely after its four-day
mission. It was the first American shuttle mission since the Challenger
disaster.
1989 - East Germany suspended unrestricted travel to Czechoslovakia in
an effort to slow the flow of refugees to the West.
1990 - The Berlin Wall was dismantled eleven months after the borders
between East and West Germany were dissolved. The unification of Germany
ended 45 years of division.
1990 - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein made a visit to Kuwait since his
country had seized control of the oil-rich nation.
1994 - The headquarters of the Haitian pro-army militia was raided by
U.S. soldiers.
2003 - Ray Horn, of the duo "Siegfried & Roy," was attacked by tiger
during a performance. Roy survived the attack after being dragged
offstage.
2006 - North Korea announced that it would conduct a nuclear test as a
key step in the manufacture of atomic bombs that it viewed as a
deterrent against a U.S. attack. A date for the test was not announced.
Russia warns against US attack on Syrian forces
AP - Russia warned the United States Saturday against carrying
out any attacks on Syrian government forces, saying it would
have repercussions across the Middle East as government forces
captured a hill on the edge of the northern city of Aleppo under
the cover of airstrikes.... Russian news agencies quoted Foreign
Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying that a U.S.
intervention against the Syrian army "will lead to terrible,
tectonic consequences not only on the territory of this country
but also in the region on the whole." She said regime change in
Syria would create a vacuum that would be "quickly filled" by
"terrorists of all stripes.".... U.S.-Russian tensions over
Syria have escalated since the breakdown of a cease-fire last
month, with each side blaming the other for its failure. Syrian
government forces backed by Russian warplanes have launched a
major onslaught on rebel-held parts of Aleppo.
Indian commandos strike terrorists inside Pakistan-occupied
Kashmir
The Long War Journal - The Indian military launched “surgical
strikes” against Pakistani terrorists across the Line of Control
in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir last night [Thursday, Sept. 28],
killing “up to 38 terrorists and Pakistani soldiers,” according
to India Today. The raids were based on “very specific and
credible information that some terrorist units had positioned
themselves to infiltrate” into the country, the Indian Army’s
Director General of Military Operations said. The raids were
clearly designed to retaliate for the Sept. 17 attack by
Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed on an Indian Army base in Uri in
the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Seventeen Indian soldiers
were killed in the deadly raid.... The Pakistan military’s
Inter-Services Public Relations directorate (ISPR) denied that
India launched “surgical strikes” against “alleged terrorist
bases.”.... The Indian military has stated that it recorded the
operation..., so it can easily refute Pakistan’s denial of a
cross-border raid against the “alleged terrorist camps.” While
Pakistan denies the existence of terrorist camps on its soil,
Syed Salahuddin, the leader of Hizb-ul-Muhajideen, a terrorist
alliance that operates in Kashmir and includes groups such as
Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, said in 2011 that the
Pakistani military allows it to operate freely and run hundreds
of training camps.
AFRICOM masks military operations in Somalia as ‘self defense
strikes’
The Long War Journal - The US military continues to classify
combat operations against Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch in Somalia,
as “self-defense strikes,” even though many of the incidents
reported, such as the targeting of training camps and raids in
Shabaab-held territory, are clearly offensive in nature. United
States African Command, or AFRICOM, has now launched two
so-called self-defense strikes against Shabaab in three days....
AFRICOM’s attempts to mask direct combat operations against
Shabaab targets such as training camps and IED factories as
advise and assist missions whitewashes the more than 10-year-old
war that the Somali government, the African Union, and the
United States has waged against al Qaeda’s branch in Somalia.
This year, AFRICOM announced nine “self-defense strikes” and
“defensive fires” missions in Somalia. The Department of Defense
has even justified airstrikes on Shabaab training camps, such as
the one in Raso on March 5, 2016, as defensive operations. The
US military has been launching airstrikes and naval
bombardments, as well as special operations raids against
Shabaab and its predecessor, the Islamic Courts Union, since
2006. Many of these raids were in direct support of military
operations, such as airstrikes and naval bombardments in 2007
and that supported Ethiopia’s invasion to depose the Islamic
Courts Union.
Colombia referendum rejects peace deal with Farc guerrillas
The Guardian - Colombians have rejected a peace deal to end 52
years of war with FARC guerrillas, throwing the country into
confusion about its future. With counting completed from 98% of
polling stations, the no vote led with 50.23% to 49.76%, a
difference of 61,000 votes. The verdict on the deal between the
government of Juan Manuel Santos and the FARC reached after four
years of intense negotiations means it cannot now not be
implemented. Polls before the vote predicted yes would win with
a comfortable 66% share. Santos had been confident of a yes
result and said during the campaign that he did not have a plan
B and that Colombia would return to war if the no vote won. His
opponents, led by former president Alvaro Uribe, said a win for
their side would be a mandate for the government and rebels to
negotiate a “better agreement”. Both government and rebels have
repeatedly said that the deal was the best they could achieve
and a renegotiation would not be possible.... The deal would
have allowed rebel leaders to avoid jail time if they confess to
their crimes such as killing, kidnapping, indiscriminate
attacks, and child recruitment, something that many Colombians
found hard to swallow.
Saudi-Led UN Human Rights Council Declines Inquiry Into Saudi
Abuses In Yemen
Mint Press News - That latest behind-the-scenes negotiations at
the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva have ended, as with last
year, declining to launch an independent investigation into
Saudi Arabia’s war crimes in Yemen, leading to a series of very
public condemnations from human rights groups. Salma Amer, of
the Cairo Institute, termed the latest deal as having put “Saudi
Arabia’s desire for impunity above the need to protect the
people of Yemen,” while others accused the council itself of
abusing their positions to deflect accountability. Last year’s
debates of the matter ended with the agreement that the Saudi
government and its allies could investigate themselves, which
naturally just amounted to a solid year of rubber stamping
continued war crimes. The new text, dubbed a “compromise,” will
allow a handful of UN investigators to observe the internal
investigation, so they can keep track of how it’s going nowhere
in real time. Saudi Arabia has invested heavily in lobbying
against any international reproach for its actions in Yemen,
ending up briefly on the UN “name and shame” list of violators
of children’s rights before complaining until the UN Security
Council grudgingly took them off the list.
Iran showcases new combat drone, copied from U.S. unmanned
aircraft
Yahoo News - Iran's Revolutionary Guards unveiled a home-built
drone that they said was capable of carrying bombs, state media
reported on Saturday, in what appeared to be another copy of a
reconnaissance U.S. drone that Iran captured five years ago....
"This long-range drone is capable of hitting four targets with
smart precision-guided bombs with high accuracy," the head of
the Revolutionary Guards' aerospace arm, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, was
quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA. The Guards did not
demonstrate the drone's abilities and did not say what range it
had. Photograph carried by the Tasnim news agency showed the
Iranian drone looked similar to the U.S. RQ-170 Sentinel
aircraft that was captured in eastern Iran in 2011. Iranian
media said the Iranian model was based on the U.S. one. U.S.
President Barack Obama asked Iran to give back the drone which
belonged to American forces in neighboring Afghanistan, but
Tehran said Washington should apologize for spying on the
country with unmanned aircraft.
Obama Admin Signed Secret Documents to Lift UN Sanctions on
Iranian Banks – Same Day Tehran Released US Hostages
The Gateway Pundit - The Wall Street Journal reported: The Obama
administration agreed to back the lifting of United Nations
sanctions on two Iranian state banks blacklisted for financing
Iran’s ballistic-missile program on the same day in January that
Tehran released four American citizens from prison, according to
U.S. officials and congressional staff briefed on the
deliberations. The U.N. sanctions on the two banks weren’t
initially to be lifted until 2023, under a landmark nuclear
agreement between Iran and world powers that went into effect on
Jan. 16. The U.N. Security Council’s delisting of the two banks,
Bank Sepah and Bank Sepah International, was part of a package
of tightly scripted agreements—the others were a controversial
prisoner swap and transfer of $1.7 billion in cash to Iran—that
were finalized between the U.S. and Iran on Jan. 17, the day the
Americans were freed. The new details of the delisting have
emerged after administration officials briefed lawmakers earlier
this month on the U.S. decision.
May Will Trigger Article 50 by End of March Next Year
Breitbart - British Prime Minister Theresa May has confirmed she
will formally begin the process of leaving the EU by the end of
March 2017.... She added that there would be no parliamentary
vote on triggering Article 50, accusing those calling for one of
attempting to “subvert democracy” and “kill [Brexit] by delaying
it” .... Theresa May also said that Scotland would have no veto
over Brexit, telling the Conference: “We will leave the European
Union as one United Kingdom. There is no opt out from Brexit.”....
“This is about delivering for the British people. It is not just
about leaving the EU, it’s about people’s trust in politicians.
The people have spoken, we must deliver,” the Prime Minister
said.
Fukushima Radiation Has Contaminated The Entire Pacific Ocean -
And It's Going to Get Worse
True Activist - Fukushima continues to leak an astounding 300
tons of radioactive waste into the Pacific Ocean every day. It
will continue do so indefinitely as the source of the leak
cannot be sealed as it is inaccessible to both humans and robots
due to extremely high temperatures. It should come as no
surprise, then, that Fukushima has contaminated the entire
Pacific Ocean in just five years. This could easily be the worst
environmental disaster in human history and it is almost never
talked about by politicians, establishment scientists, or the
news.... Not long after Fukushima, fish in Canada began bleeding
from their gills, mouths, and eyeballs. This “disease” has been
ignored by the government and has decimated native fish
populations, including the North Pacific herring. Elsewhere in
Western Canada, independent scientists have measured a 300%
increase in the level of radiation. According to them, the
amount of radiation in the Pacific Ocean is increasing every
year. Why is this being ignored by the mainstream media? It
might have something to do with the fact that the US and
Canadian governments have banned their citizens from talking
about Fukushima so “people don’t panic.”
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
7 military trainees from Afghanistan missing from U.S. bases
WSB-TV - Seven trainees went AWOL from bases so far this month.
[Georgia State University security and counterterrorism expert
Robert] Friedmann says he doesn’t think the timing is a
coincidence. “It's fairly likely that it was coordinated,
because that's too much of a coincidence,” he said. The same
weekend a U.S. citizen from Afghanistan detonated a bomb in New
York City, two trainees disappeared from Fort Benning, one from
Fort Lee, Virginia and Little Rock, Arkansas. Two weeks later,
one walked away from Fort Gordon and two more from Fort Leonard
Wood, Missouri. The Afghans were part of a Department of Defense
training program for foreign soldiers.... Last December, two
Afghan airmen disappeared from Moody Air Force Base in south
Georgia. One turned up in Virginia weeks later. The other is
still missing.... So far the feds have not identified the seven
new missing Afghans. In a written statement a Homeland Security
spokesperson told [Channel 2’s Aaron] Diamant, “ICE's Homeland
Security Investigations is aware of the situation, and is
actively working to locate these individuals in coordination
with the State Department and the Department of Defense."
DEA’s Army of 18,000 Informants Pocketed $237 Million Over Five
Years
The Intercept - Published Thursday by the DOJ’s Inspector
General, the audit reports that from 2010 to 2015, the DEA
boasted more than “18,000 active confidential sources assigned
to its domestic offices, with over 9,000 of those sources
receiving approximately $237 million in payments for information
or services they provided.” .... Exactly how useful the DEA’s
sources are is unclear — even, apparently, to the DEA itself.
“Because DEA’s files do not detail the universe of information
provided by its sources, it is unable to examine their
reliability and whether they frequently or rarely provide useful
information, or whether the information DEA agents acted upon
resulted in identifying individuals involved in illegal activity
or instead caused DEA to regularly approach innocent civilians
for questioning,” the audit noted.... The audit identified at
least 33 DEA sources working at Amtrak, including train
attendants and ticket agents, who collectively were paid more
than $1.4 million over four years.... “The DEA violated federal
regulations by selectively approaching and paying Amtrak
employees for information that the DEA would have received for
free,” the company said of the DOJ audit.... The DOJ also found
at least eight TSA employees who had secretly worked as DEA
informants.... DEA informants were also found working in the
commercial airline industry — “because they had access to
corporate airline databases containing detailed passenger
information” — and for private intercity bus companies.
Pentagon Paid for Fake ‘Al Qaeda’ Videos
The Daily Beast - The Pentagon gave a controversial UK PR firm
[Bell Pottinger] over half a billion dollars to run a top secret
propaganda program in Iraq, the Bureau of Investigative
Journalism can reveal.... The work consisted of three types of
products. The first was television commercials portraying al
Qaeda in a negative light. The second was news items which were
made to look as if they had been “created by Arabic TV”, Wells
said. Bell Pottinger would send teams out to film low-definition
video of al Qaeda bombings and then edit it like a piece of news
footage. It would be voiced in Arabic and distributed to TV
stations across the region, according to [ex-employee Martin]
Wells.... The third and most sensitive program described by
Wells was the production of fake al Qaeda propaganda films. He
told the Bureau how the videos were made. He was given precise
instructions: “We need to make this style of video and we’ve got
to use al Qaeda’s footage,” he was told. “We need it to be 10
minutes long, and it needs to be in this file format, and we
need to encode it in this manner.” US marines would take the CDs
on patrol and drop them in the chaos when they raided
targets.... The CDs were set up to use Real Player, a popular
media streaming application which connects to the internet to
run. Wells explained how the team embedded a code into the CDs
which linked to a Google Analytics account, giving a list of IP
addresses where the CDs had been played.
Texas Withdraws From Federal Refugee Resettlement Program Due To
Security Concerns
Daily Wire - “Refugees will continue to come to Texas, albeit
without the state acting as the middleman between federal
dollars and local resettlement agencies," stated popular
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. "Texas has repeatedly requested
that the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the
Director of National Intelligence provide assurances that
refugees resettled in Texas will not pose a security threat, and
that the number of refugees resettled in Texas would not exceed
the State's original allocation in fiscal year 2016 — both of
which have been denied by the federal government.”.... Texas has
resettled roughly 7,000 refugees. Many come from terrorist
safe-havens in the Middle East, including Syria. Abbott argued
that the federal government has so far failed to provide proper
security assurances to assuage the fear of state and local
representatives.... According to NPR, “[Governor] Abbott made
the announcement on the day of a deadline for Texas and the
federal government to negotiate next year's refugee resettlement
budget for the coming year.” The federal program will officially
end in January. Texas is the third state to withdraw from the
Refugee Resettlement Program. Kansas and New Jersey were the
first two to withdraw, citing the same security concerns.
Teen accused of stealing 65-cent carton of milk at middle school
to stand trial
Washington Post - The teenager says he had forgotten to grab the
drink the first time through the line at the Graham Park Middle
School cafeteria, so he headed back. A recipient of free lunches
at the Virginia school, Ryan felt he was just doing what he did
every day. But a school resource officer said he spotted the
teen cutting in line and accused him of stealing the 65-cent
milk. When Ryan did not cooperate with a trip to see the
principal, authorities say, he was arrested and charged with
disorderly conduct and petit larceny. Ryan turned down an offer
of nonjudicial punishment, and, this week, a Prince William
County judge set a trial date in November for the Dumfries teen,
who is now a freshman in high school. He will face the criminal
charges just days after his 15th birthday. Ryan and his mother,
Shamise Turk, acknowledge that he took a carton of milk on that
day last school year, but they say he was entitled to it and did
nothing wrong. They, and their lawyer, allege that Ryan was
discriminated against, targeted because he is a black teenager
who did not want to go along with a police officer who they say
was being unfair.
Police Shoot 6-Year-Old Autistic Boy Dead, But He’s White So No
One Cares
Paul Joseph Watson - Police officers shot and killed a
6-year-old autistic boy during an incident in Louisiana, but the
boy was white, wasn’t holding a gun and didn’t have a long
criminal record, so don’t expect any protests or national media
attention…. Police claim they chased the boy’s father
Christopher Few after he had an argument with his girlfriend and
that Few used his vehicle as a weapon, prompting them to open
fire. “However, state District Court Judge William Bennett said
the video doesn’t show Few using his car as a “deadly weapon” at
the time of the shooting,” reports CBS News…. The officer seems
to be shooting at a stationary car while Few is clearly seen
with his hands up. Mardis, who had autism, died at the scene
after suffering multiple gunshot wounds while his father
survived. Police claimed they were chasing Few because of an
outstanding warrant, although it was later confirmed that there
were no outstanding warrants against him. While ‘Black Lives
Matter’ demonstrators will stage riots, attack reporters and
burn down cities over the shooting deaths of black victims who
invariably turn out to have either been carrying a gun or
resisting arrest, saying “all lives matter” is racist, so there
will be no protests over Mardis.
Disturbing Dashcam Shows Raging Cop Shatter His Windshield With
Handcuffed Man’s Face
RT - An Ohio officer slammed a handcuffed man’s face into a
police cruiser with so much force that it broke the windshield,
causing the glass to shatter, newly released footage shows.
Despite the violent impact, the local police chief is defending
the officer. Dash cam video obtained exclusively by NBC
affiliate WKYC shows Pele Smith being escorted to the squad car
while handcuffed in Lorain, Ohio. Instead of opening the car
door for Smith and placing him in the backseat, the officer
escorting him throws him against the windshield so hard that the
glass shatters. Smith was treated at Mercy Regional Medical
Center for facial injuries following the incident. The arrest
took place while police were investigating drug complaints in
Smith's neighborhood. According to a statement released by
Lorain Police Chief Cel Rivera on Wednesday, Smith tried to
destroy drug evidence by placing it in his mouth and “physically
resisted officers” as they tried to retrieve the evidence.
However, the video merely shows Smith calling out to his mother
to look after his son. Smith was ultimately charged with
tampering with evidence, obstructing official business, and
resisting arrest. As part of a deal with prosecutors, he pleaded
guilty and received probation.
US Tax Expert: NY Times and Clinton Crime Family Commit Criminal
Act – Publish Donald Trump’s 1995 Tax Returns
The Gateway Pundit - The corrupt Clinton supporting New York
Times released an article today on Donald Trump’s taxes. The
article reads: The New York Times obtained three pages of Mr.
Trump’s 1995 tax returns, for filings in New York, New Jersey
and Connecticut, marking the first time any of his actual tax
returns have been publicly revealed. They showed more than $900
million in losses that could have allowed him to avoid paying
any federal income taxes for up to 18 years. This is just
another illegal act by the Clintons and Clinton cronies. First
of all, if the tax returns provided to the NYT were legit, it
would be illegal for someone other than Mr. Trump or his
designates to provide to anyone his tax returns or those of his
companies without his permission. Whoever provided these
documents to the NYT may have committed a crime unless Mr. Trump
gave them the authority to release his returns…. The NYT
reported this past week that they support Hillary for President.
For the NYT to report Trump’s tax information without his
consent, is both unethical and most likely criminal…. US Tax Law
permits taxpayers to avoid taxes within the parameters of the
law. If it is true that Mr. Trump offset future profits with
past tax loss carry-forwards, he is smart in doing so and well
within the parameters of the law.
Related:
NY Times: Donald Trump Tax Records [20 Years Ago] Show He Could
Have Avoided Taxes for Nearly Two Decades, The Times Found
Hypocrite Hillary Clinton Used Same Tax Avoidance Law As Trump
To Save Money On Taxes
The Gateway Pundit - Hillary posted several tweets attacking
Trump for using a common legal tax offset scheme. …a look back
at Hillary Clinton’s tax returns from 2015 (here), proudly
displayed by the campaign proving she has nothing to hide –
shows something awkward on page 17… While not on the scale of
Trump’s business “operating loss”, Hillary Clinton – like many
‘wealthy’ individuals is taking advantage of a legal scheme to
use historical losses to avoid paying current taxes.
The New York Times Paid No Taxes in 2014
Breitbart - The New York Times has excited the Clinton campaign
and the rest of the media with a revelation that Republican
nominee Donald Trump declared a $916 million loss in 1995 that
might have resulted in him not paying taxes in some subsequent
years…. But the Times itself has “avoided” paying taxes — in
2014, for example. As Forbes noted at the time: … for tax year
2014, The New York Times paid no taxes and got an income tax
refund of $3.5 million even though they had a pre-tax profit of
$29.9 million in 2014. In other words, their post-tax profit was
higher than their pre-tax profit. The explanation in their 2014
annual report is, “The effective tax rate for 2014 was favorably
affected by approximately $21.1 million for the reversal of
reserves for uncertain tax positions due to the lapse of
applicable statutes of limitations.” If you don’t think it took
fancy accountants and tax lawyers to make that happen, read the
statement again. New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani defended Trump on
Sunday, telling NBC News’ Meet the Press that Trump was a
“genius” in business who was simply doing what the tax code
allows every American to do by counting losses against tax
liabilities, and bouncing back from failure to success.
WikiLeaks cancels Tuesday announcement amid security concerns:
report
The Hill - WikiLeaks has canceled an unknown announcement it had
planned for next week due to security concerns, according to an
NBC News reporter. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was
scheduled to make an announcement Tuesday from the balcony of
London's Ecuadorian Embassy. It was expected to be connected to
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. However, NBC
News reporter Jesse Rodriguez reported that because of security
concerns at the embassy, the event has been canceled. WikiLeaks
hasn't said whether the announcement will be rescheduled. Over
the summer, Wikileaks published a trove of emails which appeared
to show top officials at the Democratic National Committee
planning how to undermine Sen. Bernie Sanders's presidential
campaign. Assange has promised to release more emails from the
massive hack of the Democratic National Committee. Last month,
Assange said more Clinton leaks would be coming soon. Roger
Stone, a supporter of Donald Trump, tweeted Sunday morning that
Clinton's would be "done" on Wednesday because of the Wikileaks
announcement.
Clinton Names Merkel Favorite Leader…
Breitbart - U.S. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has
named German Chancellor Angela Merkel as her favourite world
leader, choosing specifically to praise her record on the
migrant crisis — despite her policies on opening Europe’s
borders now providing a source of immense regret for her party
and Germany. The comments were made during a question and answer
session on board Mrs. Clinton’s campaign aeroplane in Chicago
yesterday, when a member of the press asked what the
presidential candidate’s favourite world leader is…. She told
members of the press: “One of my favorites is Angela Merkel
because I think she’s been an extraordinary, strong leader
during difficult times in Europe, which has obvious implications
for the rest of the world and, most particularly, our country”,
reports Politico.
Black Lives Matter Vandalizes Trump International in DC –
Liberal Media Completely Ignores Attack –Update: With Video
The Gateway Pundit - Hillary Clinton supports the #BlackLives
Matter movement. Hillary met privately in January with #BLM
leaders Deray Mckesson and Johnetta Elzie. DeRay McKesson and
Elzie (ShordeeDooWhop) were the lead agitators at the Ferguson
and Baltimore riots. Black Lives Matter activists are
responsible for millions of dollars of public destruction and
dozens of attacks on police and innocent pedestrians. On
Saturday Black Lives Matter goons defaced the Trump
International Hotel in Washington DC. The liberal mainstream
media totally IGNORED the attack. A Google search on “Trump
International Washington DC” finds only one article on the
vandalism – by conservative media outlet Independent Journal
Review.
Report: Crooked Hillary’s Mysterious Cleanup Man Is Linked to
Egypt, Arab Spring
The Gateway Pundit - Various ways that Hillary apparently
cheated have already been identified… Other unusual items are
now literally coming to light… The below video shows a light on
Hillary’s podium go out after the debate. Trump did not have the
same light on his podium. The bright light that went out after
the debate was a not a light for reading because it was too high
and faced her and not the podium. The light appears to be more
like a small monitor or teleprompter perhaps used to transmit
messages to her during the debate. A picture from one website
shows that Hillary’s podium has something directly under the top
of the podium that Trump’s podium does not have, a sort of black
box with an on/off light illuminated. After the debate a strange
man now referred to as ‘the cleaner’ quickly rushed the stage
and picked up Hillary’s notes off of her podium. This stranger
then handed the notes to Holt as he was leaving the stage. He
mysteriously is also the first person to meet Hillary before the
debate as she walked in the building after arriving in her black
vehicle which leads some to speculate that he handed her notes
before the debate or placed them on her podium before the
debate. Another video shows ‘the cleaner’ after handing Holt
Hillary’s notes, grab something from under Hillary’s podium
while looking guilty of doing something and then he eventually
walks out with the Clinton’s. It looks like he took the black
box that was under Hillary’s podium but not under Trump’s
podium. The identity of the ‘cleanup man’ has been reported as
being lawyer Brady Williamson. He has been involved with the
Clinton’s for a long time. The fact that the Clinton’s used him,
a lawyer, to pick up her papers after the debate leads to many
questions. …it’s reported that Williamson was involved in
projects in Iraq, Southern Sudan, Egypt and Bangladesh,
traveling frequently to Baghdad and East Africa to work with the
committees drafting new national and regional constitutions. His
constitutional work has been sponsored, under a grant from the
U.S. government, by the National Democratic Institute for
International Affairs (NDI), a nonprofit organization working to
strengthen democracy world-wide. It’s also reported that the NDI
was given a grant of $14 million and then court proceedings
against NDI’s staff began in Cairo on February 2012,. NDI was
charged with managing an unlicensed nongovernmental organization
and receiving funds from the U.S. government without the
approval of the Egyptian government.
Army Veteran Beaten by Charlotte Mob Screaming “You’re in the
Danger Zone White Boy”
The Gateway Pundit - Army veteran David Palmer was beaten badly
last week during the violent #BlackLivesMatter riots in
Charlotte. David was jumped by 10 men that were attacking
multiple victims and looting several businesses around the
Epicentre. Popular Military reported: According to Palmer’s
sister, Ashley, he had been out of the Army for less than a year
and was working at a bar to make money before starting school in
the spring. Palmer was walking down 4th St -near the Epicentre
parking deck- after leaving dinner at the Blackfinn with his
sister, at around 8:45 p.m when the attack occurred. His sister
parted ways with him after dinner but reports the men ambushed
Palmer from a concealed position behind a construction site. As
the began to beat him they reportedly shouted, “You’re in the
danger zone white boy.” There’s a
Go
Fund Me page set up for David Palmer.
Third US Navy sailor dies after being exposed to Fukushima
radiation
NaturalNews - August 24, 2015 - At least three of the U.S. Navy
sailors exposed to radiation from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear
disaster in Japan have now died from mysterious illnesses,
according to Charles Bonner, an attorney representing
approximately 250 of the sailors in a class action lawsuit
against companies involved in running the Fukushima plant.
Bonner said in a July 21 update on the case that more than 250
sailors have come down with illnesses and three have died. "We
had one of the sailors who came home and impregnated his wife.
They gave birth to a little baby born with brain cancer and
cancer down the spine, lived for two years, and just died in
March of this year." Following a massive earthquake and tsunami
in March 2011, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan
was redirected to the coast of Japan to assist in relief
efforts. By the time the ship arrived, the first of what would
eventually be three meltdowns had taken place at the Fukushima
Daiichi nuclear power plant, and a massive radioactive plume had
erupted into the sky. The two successive meltdowns occurred when
the ship was already close to shore…. In the four years since
then, at least 500 sailors have become ill, many with
still-unexplained health problems: muscle wasting, cancer,
internal bleeding, thyroid dysfunction, abscesses, and birth
defects in their children. The class action lawsuit seeks
damages from TEPCO along with other Fukushima builders and
operators Toshiba, Hitachi, Ebasco and General Electric. Among
its allegations are that TEPCO deliberately concealed the fact
that the plant was in full meltdown, thereby prolonging the
sailors' exposure to dangerous radiation.
Near ‘Collapse,’ Minnesota to Raise Obamacare Rates by Half
Bloomberg - Minnesota will let the health insurers in its
Obamacare market raise rates by at least 50 percent next year,
after the individual market there came to the brink of collapse,
the state’s commerce commissioner said Friday. The increases
range from 50 percent to 67 percent, Commissioner Mike Rothman’s
office said in a statement. Rothman, who regulates the state’s
insurers, is an appointee under Governor Mark Dayton, a
Democrat. The rate hike follows increases for this year of 14
percent to 49 percent. “It’s in an emergency situation -- we
worked hard and avoided a collapse.” Rothman said in a telephone
interview. “It’s a stopgap for 2017.” On average, rates in the
state will rise by about 60 percent, said Shane Delaney, a
spokesman for MNSure, the state’s marketplace for Obamacare
plans.... Jonathan Gold, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, said Minnesotans would still have
affordable options for coverage next year. “Headline rate
changes do not reflect what these consumers actually pay because
tax credits reduce the cost of coverage below the sticker
price,” Gold said in a statement. Of the about 70,000 people who
had insurance on the Obamacare markets this year, 63 percent got
subsidies last year, according to the commissioner’s office.
Restaurant Industry, Leading Indicator of US Economy Sours,
Bankruptcies Pile up
Wolf Street - Eight restaurant companies representing 12 chains
have filed for bankruptcy since December: Restaurants
Acquisitions, Cosi, Logan’s Roadhouse, Fox & Hound, Champps,
Bailey’s, Old Country Buffet, HomeTown Buffet, Ryan’s, Johnny
Carino’s, Quaker Steak & Lube, and Zio’s Italian Kitchen....
Restaurants are precarious creatures.... Some of that is normal.
The [new] restaurants come along, and old ones die. “But the
current wave of bankruptcies is definitely unusual, and rivals
the chain bankruptcy wave of 2009 and 2010, when several chains
filed for debt protection after sales fell,” writes Jonathan
Maze at Nation’s Restaurant News.... Other restaurants are
trying to hang on by cutting costs and shrinking their
footprint, which entails more sales declines, and thus continues
the downward spiral.... The restaurant industry is not a
sideshow. About 14 million people work in it, according to the
National Restaurant Association. With $710 billion in annual
sales, it’s an important part of consumer spending and accounts
for about 4% of GDP. If the industry is having problems, it’s a
red flag for the overall economy.
Quake alert issued for Southern California
The Orange County Register - Southern California cities should remain on
heightened alert into early next week for the increased possibility of a
powerful earthquake following a swarm of temblors near the Salton Sea,
officials announced. Such warnings are uncommon – typically issued once
or twice a year, said Kelly Huston, the deputy director of crisis
communications for the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. Given
the swarm’s location near the San Andreas fault, the Governor’s Office
of Emergency Services issued the warning this week. The Salton Sea is
located on the 800-mile-long San Andreas, the state’s fastest moving
fault. It experienced 142 temblors starting Monday. Those quakes ranged
in strength from a magnitude of 1.4 to 4.3 near Bombay Beach at the
southern end of the fault, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Because of the cluster of quakes, scientists estimate the likelihood of
an earthquake of a magnitude 7.0 or higher increased to between 0.03 and
1 percent, according to the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.
That means the probability of a sizable earthquake on the southern San
Andreas fault being triggered is between 1 in 3,000 and 1 in 100.
This Secret Tool Tracks Everything You Do at Restaurants and
Nightclubs
Fortune - Montaniel, 32, is the co-founder and CEO of SevenRooms,
a customer relationship management (CRM) platform that gives
nightclubs and restaurants a detailed view of who they’re
serving. Through the tool, businesses can see a customer’s
photo, as well as his or her zip code, birthday, allergy
information, previous food and drink orders, and spending…. It’s
now used by clubs and restaurant in 100 cities across the
globe…. The software platform, which has an app for venue
operators, tracks the number of customer cancellations,
no-shows, and tardies — all factors that could affect the bottom
line of a hospitality business…. SevenRooms was scraping public
information from social media sites to pull in phone numbers,
email addresses, photos, job titles and other available
information…. Today, the company uses an algorithm to track what
you order and how much you spend, but all other data is entered
manually by staff… This means that your profile could also
include any notes of how you treated (or mistreated) the staff.
Your profile can be shared across different nightclub and
restaurant properties owned by the same company. And if you
don’t want any of this data tracked? Montaniel says you could
personally call the venue to say you don’t want a profile; the
onus is on you, the customer.
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
Organic Grain Imports Threaten Domestic Markets and Standards
Cornucopia - During the third week in May 2016, the Nakagowa — a
cargo ship docked in Indiana on Lake Michigan with a cargo of
450,000 bushels of supposedly organic corn. The Nakagowa took on
that cargo from a Turkish port, a fact that raised even larger
questions about the “organic integrity” of the shipment. Other
reports indicate that additional ships docked on the East Coast
with similar “organic” grain cargos. These combined “organic”
cargoes resulted in dumping up to 1.2 million bushels of corn on
the U.S. organic market. That’s an amount equal to 336 rail cars
of organic grain.
Hemp seeds are a natural anti-inflammatory powerhouse
(NaturalHealth365) Many foods are touted as “super foods,” but
hemp seeds have the credentials to back up that claim. In fact,
no other plant-based food has such a perfect ratio of all the
essential amino (and fatty) acids in such an easily digestible
form for human consumption as the hemp seed. Their notoriety as
a super food comes primarily from the significant amounts of
alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) and gamma linolenic acid (GLA) they
contain. These hemp seed benefits help to make hemp seeds a
natural combatant for chronic inflammation, marking them as an
important defense mechanism against chronic disease and the
effects of premature aging…. Hemp seeds can be easily added to
your diet in natural, unshelled form, and the typical suggested
serving size is 1.5 to 3 tablespoons. They are easily
incorporated into a diet on a regular basis by sprinkling them
onto yogurt, hot cereal or salads; mixing them into shakes or
smoothies; using them in baked goods such as muffins or granola
bars; or just eating them in raw form as a snack. Just in case
you’re wondering, the hemp seed is high in protein and tends to
have a delicious (delicate) taste – similar to sunflower seeds.
Drinking to Cure: How Did A Woman Cure Her Arthritis In Two
Weeks With Apple Cider Vinegar
Natural News Blogs - This is a real story. Linda Faulkner, a
woman who was suffering from arthritis, tried countless
treatments since 2006, but the results were not good, as the
treatments could not help her for a long term. She still
suffered from the pain in wrists, neck, and back. A miracle
happened when she decided to try apple cider vinegar, actually
she drunk a mixture of apple cider vinegar and honey. A
tablespoon of apple cider vinegar and a tablespoon of raw honey
with a cup of hot water, she kept drinking a cup every morning
and evening. She felt the differences after 2 weeks, she was
totally pain-free the first time since 2006. How Does Apple
Cider Vinegar Relieve Arthritis Pain? 1. Joint pains and
arthritis are normally caused by mineral deficiency, and apple
cider vinegar is a good source of many essential minerals, such
ad calcium, magnesium, potassium, and phosphorus. 2. Apple cider
vinegar strengthens the bone as it contains a good amount of
magnesium, which helps bones absorb calcium. 3. Apple cider
vinegar is packed with antioxidants and acetic acid, which help
block the damaging effects of free radicals and prevent some
conditions including arthritis. 4. Apple cider vinegar also aids
in digestion and promotes the nutrients absorption, which is
essential to healthy joints. 5. Acetic acid and mallic acid in
apple cider vinegar help flush the toxins out of the body, this
is also an important process for relieving the symptoms of
arthritis.
14 Practical Reasons to Stock a Bottle of Castor Oil at Home
Dr. Mercola - Castor oil is a triglyceride that is composed of
fatty acids, 90 percent of which is ricinoleic acid. Other seeds
and oils, like soybean oil and cottonseed oil, also contain this
unique fatty acid, although in much lower concentrations.
Ricinoleic acid is said to be the primary healing ingredient in
castor oil and, according to David Williams, a medical
researcher, chiropractor and biochemist, it’s: “[E]ffective in
preventing the growth of numerous species of viruses, bacteria,
yeasts and molds. It's successful as a topical treatment for
ringworm, keratoses, skin inflammation, abrasions,
fungal-infected finger- and toenails, acne and chronic pruritus
(itching).” In his article, Williams also says that in India,
castor seed plants are traditionally used for various health
conditions such as dysentery, asthma, constipation, inflammatory
bowel disease, and bladder and vaginal infections. “The most
effective use of castor oil is castor oil packs or poultices,
which increase topical absorption. When used properly, castor
oil packs improve the function of the thymus gland and other
immune system functions,” he adds…. The website Natural Living
Ideas gives 14 ways on how you can use castor oil, which I’ve
summarized below: 1. Safe and natural laxative. A 2010 study
highlighted how castor oil packs helped to effectively reduce
constipation among the elderly. The U.S. FDA actually deems this
oil "generally regarded as safe and effective" for use as a
stimulant laxative…. 2. Muscle pain relief. Rub it on your
muscles after an intense workout to promote blood circulation
and relieve soreness. Mix it with peppermint oil or Roman
chamomile oil for extra healing and soothing effect…. 3.
Alleviates joint pain. The ricinoleic acid in castor oil has a
decongestant effect on the lymphatic system, which is
responsible for collecting waste from your tissues and carrying
it to your bloodstream to be eliminated…. 4. Helps treat fungal
diseases. It’s said that castor oil is just as effective as
anti-fungal drugs in treating common infections like ringworm,
Hemp For Dogs: Should You Use It?
Dogs Naturally - Unlike fish oil, hemp seed oil contains the perfect
ratio of Omega-6 (linoleum acid) to Omega-3 (alpha linolenic acid) fatty
acids. These are essential fatty acids, meaning your dog can’t produce
them and needs to get them in his diet. A good balance of these Omega
oils is critical to your dog’s health because they work synergistically
in the body. Hemp seeds are also high in an essential Omega-6 fatty acid
called gamma linolenic acid (GLA). That’s important because there’s some
really good reasons to boost the GLA in your dog’s diet: 1. It Fights
Cancer - Researchers at the American Cancer Society say there’s evidence
that people with cancer, diabetes and skin allergies don’t make enough
GLA … and these issues are incredibly common in dogs too. While GLA is
considered a conditionally essential fatty acid (which means that most
dogs can make enough of it, most of the time), there are many
circumstances (hard exercise or stress) where dogs can’t make enough GLA
and supplementing can become important. The THC in hemp seeds have also
been found to stop brain cancer (British Journal of Cancer), improve
breast cancer (Breast Cancer Research and Treatment) and lung cancer. 2.
It Reduces Joint Pain - Researchers in the Journal of Arthritis and
Rheumatology found that the GLA found in hemp seeds reduced arthritis
symptoms by 25% compared to the placebo at 4%. Once again, this is
because the perfect balance of fatty acids helps to reduce inflammation
naturally. 3. It Improves Skin And Coat - Hemp seed has long been used
in cosmetic products and soaps because the oil can penetrate the inner
layers of the skin and promote healthy cellular growth.
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