Re-posted at request: The possibility of the embarrassing cover up. That the U.S. supported the groups that funded the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. The following document was disclosed from Libyan Intelligence 26 JUN 2013. – Funders of… Read More ›
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U.S. Pacific forces chief concerned over Japan-China tension
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Jan. 24, 2014 – 03:00PM JST WASHINGTON — The commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific said Thursday the tensions between China and Japan are likely to grow unless they talk to each other. The two Asian… Read More ›
Older Cancer Patients Are Being ‘Written Off’ ( U.K.) being assessed on age rather than fitness
A study reveals tens of thousands of elderly patients with cancer can survive at least 10 years if they are given treatment. 4:19am UK, Friday 24 January 2014 Clinical need should drive treatment according to medical experts Some patients with… Read More ›
China blocks foreign news sites that revealed elite’s offshore holdings
• Guardian among sites blocked over reports • China Digital Times publishes details of directive Tania Branigan in Beijing and James Ball in New York theguardian.com, Thursday 23 January 2014 14.44 EST The Chinese government has recently concentrated on improving… Read More ›
US Man spends 43 years in mental hospital over theft of $20 necklace
– Now, nearly 70, Mr. Frye displays no dangerous behavior of any kind.” Thursday, 23 January 2014 American Franklin H. Frye was charged with stealing a $20 necklace in 1970, and he has spent the better part of his life… Read More ›
Lobbyist Helped Foreigner Influence Elections, Feds Say
By ANNIE YOUDERIAN – “that he wanted the next mayor to fire the chief of police and replace him with a person of Encinas’ choosing,” (CN) – A San Diego lobbyist conspired to funnel more than $500,000 from a wealthy… Read More ›
Abe tells world to stand up to China or face consequences
Jan. 23, 2014 – 06:55AM Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers his special address at the opening session of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday.AFP DAVOS, Switzerland — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday told the world it… Read More ›
Water canon lined up in case of ‘austerity riots’
Water cannon set to be deployed across Britain amid fears of more riots Senior officers say likelihood of future protests against the Government mean they could need permission to deploy water cannon in mainland Britain for the first time Police… Read More ›
A British businessman has been forced to apologise after scathing Facebook comments he made about Singapore emerged online sparking a fierce backlash
British businessman receives death threats in Singapore over Facebook comments – “Daddy where is your car and who are all these poor people?” – “Ahhhhhhhhh reunited with my baby. Normal service can resume, once I have washed the stench of… Read More ›
‘It’s time to arrest and hang him high’: Florida politician running for office calls for execution of President Obama on his Facebook and Twitter accounts
Local Republican candidate, Joshua Black, said President Barack Obama should be hanged for war crimes Responses to Black’s Facebook post condemned the candidate’s sentiment Black has since been visited by the U.S. Secret Service, though he maintains his comments were… Read More ›
ChinaLeaks: Chinese elite’s offshore accounts exposed in unprecedented leak
Family members of Deng Xiaoping and Xi Jinping, along with Tencent billionaire and China’s richest woman, are among 20,000 people in Hong Kong, the mainland and Taiwan whose offshore holdings have been exposed UPDATED : Wednesday, 22 January, 2014, 11:10am… Read More ›
Army Fires Back on Its right to experiment on military personel without informed consent pre-1988
– at least 7,800 soldiers had been used as guinea pigs in Project Paperclip. – Soldiers were allegedly administered at least 250 and perhaps as many as 400 types of drugs, among them Sarin , one of the most deadly… Read More ›
Leaked Records Reveal Offshore Holdings of China’s Elite
Illustration: Tim Meko By Marina Walker Guevara, Gerard Ryle, Alexa Olesen, Mar Cabra, Michael Hudson and Christoph Giesen January 21, 2014, 4:00 pm Key Findings Government officials and their families and associates in China, Azerbaijan, Russia, Canada, Pakistan, the Philippines,… Read More ›
‘No poor countries by 2035’: Bill Gates annual letter says extreme poverty and child mortality could be virtually wiped out in next two decades
EEV: This a day after the Oxfam report is released on wealth redistribution reaching globally destabilizing levels. This is almost as curious as the http://www.givingpledge.org . * EEV Commentary added above as well as the Oxfam Graphic released 20 JAN 2014 Bill… Read More ›
One-time ‘World’s fastest man’ Carl Lewis says Chris Christie torpedoed his political career in New Jersey because he wanted to run against the governor’s friend
Lewis, the 9-time Olympic gold medalist, says the guv muscled him off the ballot when he tried to run for state Senate after a longtime Christie chum Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, then the attorney general, overruled a judge in 2011… Read More ›
In the U.S. the richest 1% in the U.S received 95% of wealth created since 2009
– 1% of the population, which combined owns about 46% of global – 1% had $110 trillion in wealth — 65 times the total wealth of the bottom half of the population 85 people Own Half of Earth’s Wealth Tuesday,… Read More ›
20 richest Spaniards have as much as 20% of population
– ”the economic elite is seizing political power to manipulate the rules of the economic game” 80% believe laws crafted for the wealthy, says Oxfam Intermon 20 January, 16:02 (ANSAmed) – MADRID, JANUARY 20 – The overall wealth of… Read More ›
World’s 85 richest people have as much as poorest 3.5 billion: Oxfam warns Davos of ‘pernicious impact’ of the widening wealth gap
Nigel Morris Monday 20 January 2014 The 85 richest people on the planet have accumulated as much wealth between them as half of the world’s population, political and financial leaders have been warned ahead of their annual gathering in… Read More ›
Dropping ‘no-war’ pledge a part of Abe’s strategy
By CAI HONG, ZHOU WA and REN QI (China Daily) 08:41, January 20, 2014 Increases the bookmark digg Google Delicious buzz friendfeed Linkedin diigo stumbleupon Qzone QQ Microblog Experts say move represents another gesture embracing militarist past A longtime… Read More ›
China memorial to Korean assassin sparks Japan feud
Politics Jan. 20, 2014 – 02:59PM JST South Korean conservative activists burn placards during a protest to complain against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visiting the Yasukuni war shrine, in Seoul on Dec 27.AFP BEIJING — A new Asian diplomatic… Read More ›
Revealed: Army scientists secretly sprayed St Louis with ‘radioactive’ particles for YEARS to test chemical warfare technology
EEV: Reposted at Request: In regards to aircraft spraying (i.e. Contrails or spaying in general ) radioactive contaminants on U.S. soil. In addition may be the real reason Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex was built and destroyed. September 29, 2012 By Emily… Read More ›
‘Too hot’ report on police leaks to media was buried as Leveson Inquiry ignored Met’s bombshell intelligence report
Bombshell file on Met links to News International was dismissed by Leveson Inquiry – classified 2006 document alleged senior officer passed secret information on Met chief’s decisions to the ‘News of the World’ Tom Harper Sunday, 19 January 2014 The… Read More ›
Christie aides ‘threatened to withhold Sandy aid money from local mayor unless she approved redevelopment’
Hoboken Mayor awarded only $320,000 of the $127m she requested in hurricane relief funds Dawn Zimmer claims she was told more money would come if she backed lucrative Rockefeller plan By Daily Mail Reporter UPDATED: 13:17 EST, 18 January 2014… Read More ›
Official advice on the Government’s new scheme to regulate the press is being kept secret by ministers ( U.K. )
Ministers suppressing legal advice on press regulation Maria Miller, the Culture Secretary, has insisted that the new scheme to regulate the press is “compliant with all legislation” Photo: EPA By Edward Malnick 9:04PM GMT 18 Jan 2014 The Government is… Read More ›
California kids enlist in Mexico militias to rout a drug cartel
Dudley AlthausJanuary 17, 2014 09:03 Born in Mexico but raised in barrios of Southern California, these rifle-slinging fighters are holding down the front line in Michoacan’s battle against a ruthless meth gang. NUEVA ITALIA, Mexico — Moises Verduzco says… Read More ›
‘A hacker’s wet dream:’ ‘World’s most wanted hacker’ SLAMS Obamacare website security
– Healthcare.gov retrieves information from numerous third-party databases belonging to the IRS, Social Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security, and other State agencies – it’s clear that the management team did not consider security as a priority – A breach may result… Read More ›
The tiny drone that lets anyone be a SPY: Pocket-sized aircraft lets people film from the air – and it can even automatically follow someone for you
$450 tricopter will fold up to become handbag sized Has a high definition camera that can send back live pictures Controlled via a phone or tablet app – and can even be programmed to follow someone By Mark Prigg UPDATED: … Read More ›
Goldman Sachs made more money from its investment banking division in 2013 than any point in its 145-year history (except 2007 when the credit crunch hit)
EEV : To my Greek friends: It is time to bring forward legal action against Goldman Sachs for the debt manipulation that magnified your financial hardship. The boost fuelled an average gold-plated payout of £234,000 per worker The bank plans to… Read More ›
This map could mean militia mayhem for Mexico
Many say armed self-defense groups are filling a vacuum left by a near-absent government, becoming Mexico’s next big security challenge. Self-defense groups have surged in western Mexico’s Michoacan state, fighting gangs in at least 70 communities in 25 municipalities…. Read More ›
Navy’s second-in-command investigated in corruption scandal forced to resign
Published time: January 15, 2014 22:25 Robert Martinage (Navy) The US Navy has forced the second-highest ranked civilian official to resign as a result of a growing investigation into an alleged contracting conspiracy, which revealed sexual misconduct with a… Read More ›
Dozens of US nuclear missile officers caught up in drug and cheating scandals
– 11 air force officers are suspected of illegal drug use, and 34 officers have been implicated in cheating – Missile-launch officers work in part in underground bunkers on bases equipped with nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles. Affected ICBM sites included… Read More ›
China seeks to calm US fears over missile
EEV – Great example of the Chinese Government , getting its point across. Through building the illusion of the capabilities of its potential adversary. The Chinese military is far more capable than they will ever reveal publicly. This deserves a… Read More ›
Coming ‘oil glut’ may push global economy into deflation
OPEC spare capacity set to reach levels last seen in the depths of the financial crisis in 2009, analysts say The dangers of dwindling oil supplies in the long-run have not gone away Photo: AP By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard 8:52PM GMT… Read More ›
37 US nuclear missile launch officers involved in drug, cheating scandal
© Flickr.com/The National Guard/cc-by US Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James says 34 missile launch officers have been implicated in a cheating scandal and three others have been implicated in a drug probe, the latest missteps by those who maintain… Read More ›
Mexican army clashes with vigilantes, one dead
– military convoy arrived in the community of Cuatro Caminos on Tuesday to seize weapons, one day after the militia routed gangsters from the area – telling civilians to lay down their arms – Ignoring repeated government warnings that their… Read More ›
Net neutrality is now DEAD
– Internet providers may be able to offer faster connections to preferred websites, or even block competitors – This ruling, if it stands, will adversely affect the daily lives of Americans and fundamentally change the open nature of the internet,… Read More ›
Britain ‘backstabbed’ Sikhs by advising India on 1984 Golden Temple raid
Britain betrayed us by advising Indira Gandhi on her fatal raid against militants barricaded in Amritsar’s Golden Temple, say Sikh leaders Indian troops take up positions on rooftops around the Golden Temple during operation Blue Star Photo: GETTY IMAGES By Georgia… Read More ›
Former U.S. Defense Contractor Arrested for Allegedly Trying to Ship Sensitive Information to Iran
Jan. 13, 2014 9:15pm Elizabeth Kreft A former engineer for a top U.S. Defense contractor allegedly tried to ship “sensitive technical materials” and other proprietary information related to the tri-variant F-35 Lighting II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter…. Read More ›
High school officials and police sent a bomb squad to a disabled student’s home and arrested him after seeing his doodles of a superhero glove with a flame coming out of it
NEWARK (CN) – New Jersey high school officials and police sent a bomb squad to a disabled student’s home and arrested him after seeing his doodles of a superhero glove with a flame coming out of it, the boy’s parents… Read More ›
US govt struck deal with Mexican drug cartel in exchange for info – report
– US government had a deal with Mexican drug cartel Sinaloa that allowed the group to smuggle billion of dollars of drugs in return for information on its rival cartels Published time: January 14, 2014 01:20 Reuters / Susana… Read More ›
Obamacare enrolment numbers reveal critical lack of young customers
– ” sign that prices may have to rise to keep insurers in the program “ Figures show more older people have signed up for plans Insurance companies need young people to balance books Key White House aide announces departure… Read More ›
Dying boy ‘sucked moisture out of wet wipes’ on ‘shambolic’ ward, parents tell inquest ( U.K. )
Four-year-old boy died on hospital ward where he was so neglected he resorted to sucking moisture out of wet wipes, inquest is told Steve and Yolanda Turner hold a portrait of their late son Sean Photo: SWNS By Agencies 2:22PM GMT… Read More ›
NY politician steps down after women employees claim he asked them to dress as sexy elves, took them to strip clubs and even sent oral sex video
Gabryszak, 62, stepped down after accusations of taking staffers to massage parlors and telling them about trips to strip clubs Jamie L. Campbell, 24, says she received a video of him ‘appearing to be receiving a sex act’ Annalise C…. Read More ›
Japan condemns China fishing curbs; vows to defend islands
By Kiyoshi Takenaka National Jan. 13, 2014 – 06:35AM JST – require foreign fishing vessels to obtain approval to enter disputed waters in the South China Sea, which the local government says are under its jurisdiction NARASHINO — Japan on… Read More ›
US tested weapons to harm rice crop in Japan, report claims ( rice blast fungus )
– The same experiments were conducted on the US mainland and in Taiwan – rice blast fungus – known to occur in 85 countries – was released over rice fields and data was collected on how it affected rice production… Read More ›
Honeywell under investigation for Chinese-made parts in US warplanes
– The Pentagon repeatedly waived laws banning Chinese-built components on US weapons to keep the $392bn F-35 fighter Sensors and magnets for F-35 fighter jet were made in China • Pentagon issued waivers to ban on Chinese-made components Reuters in… Read More ›
More Americans than ever before are not working with 92 MILLION people out of the workforce
The share of Americans in the workforce has sunk to its lowest point in 35 years Experts say it’s a sign of both an aging population and of unemployed people who have given up on their dispiriting job hunts. Congress… Read More ›
China surpasses US as world’s largest trading nation
Beijing describes 2013 figures as ‘a landmark milestone’ as annual trade in goods passes the $4tn mark for the first time Angela Monaghan The Guardian, Friday 10 January 2014 06.17 EST China has overtaken the US in annual trade… Read More ›
Frail pensioners and dementia patients mistreated for ‘gratuitous sport’ (U.K.)
Nursing home residents were stamped on, nearly tipped out of wheelchairs and had balls thrown at their head Residents at Hillcroft nursing home in Slyne-with-Hest, Lancaster, were mocked, bullied and tormented because they would have no memory of the abuse Photo:… Read More ›
Mexican town taken over by vigilantes trying to drive out drug cartel hits back, as they block roads with torched trucks
Residents living in fear of violent criminal gangs in south-west Mexico are taking matters into their own hands 600 vigilantes seized control of town of Paracuaro in Michoacan state in bloody battle that left one dead Convoy of ‘autodefensas’, or… Read More ›