Tag Archive: Self-Defense

on August 10, 2015 in World News

The Disastrous Neocon Mindset

The Disastrous Neocon Mindset August 6, 2015 The neocon mindset, which envisions U.S. military force remaking the Mideast at the point of a gun or the warhead of a drone, has confronted a string of disasters and faces a new challenge from President Obama’s successful diplomacy with Iran, but the mindset will likely survive, says ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar. By Paul R. Pillar President Barack Obama’s speech at American University was a thorough enough review of the issues that have come to surround the agreement to restrict Iran’s nuclear program that any fair-minded listener who focuses on merits rather than politics would reach… View Article

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on August 10, 2015 in World News

Fox News tried to take down Donald Trump at debate

Fox News tried to take down Donald Trump at debate   Tonight’s progressive panel discusses last night’s GOP presidential debate and in tonight’s “Conversations with Great Minds”, Thom discusses the voting rights act with Professor Gary May, author of the book “Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy.” http://www.rt.com/shows/big-picture/311920-gop-debate-fox-news/

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on August 10, 2015 in World News

‘Preppers’ hone skills for coping with disaster and dystopia

‘Preppers’ hone skills for coping with disaster and dystopia A Star reporter tags along to an annual weekend devoting to learning wilderness lore, self-defence and what to stockpile in the face of the coming apocalypse. A man who calls himself Che Bodhi draws a crude map in the dust on the hood of his maroon Volkswagen, a battered car that can run on used vegetable oil. There’s the United States and all its guns to the south, Bodhi says. Highways 401 and 407 are heavily travelled. And St. Catharines and the Niagara Region are a “funnel point.” “North,” he concludes,… View Article

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on August 10, 2015 in World News

Seattle City Council Voting To Tax Individual Bullets, Firearms

Seattle City Council Voting To Tax Individual Bullets, Firearms by AWR Hawkins On August 10, the Seattle City Council will vote on two proposed anti-Second Amendment ordinances, one of which will place a tax on individual bullets and a tax on each firearm purchased by law-abiding citizens within city limits. Breitbart News previously reported that City Council President Tim Burgess is pushing the new taxes. And according The Seattle Times, Burgess is trying justify the taxes by citing the cost of treating gunshot victims in Seattle in 2014 and suggesting “it’s time for the gun industry to help defray those costs and this… View Article

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on August 9, 2015 in World News

Oregon State Police Collecting Data On Gun Sellers

Oregon State Police Collecting Data On Gun Sellers Oregon State Police plan to demand, and database, personal information on the seller, or transferor, of the firearm by GovtSlaves ust a few days before the universal gun owner registration bill kicks in, it appears that the Oregon State Police are planning on collecting data on sellers of guns, not just buyers. We’ve been telling you all along that SB 941 was never intended to be anything but a vast database of gun owners and now it’s being proven to be all too true. Starting today, gun dealers are seeing a new interface… View Article

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on August 9, 2015 in World News

Participants at Conservative events must agree to gag order

Participants at Conservative events must agree to gag order Those attending the event also have to agree to be searched by Elizabeth Thompson Members of the public who attend Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s campaign events are being required to agree to a gag order before they can walk through the door, iPolitics has learned. While attendance is by invitation only, and attendees are vetted by the Conservative Party before receiving a ticket, those who want to attend a campaign event in person are also being asked to agree to a number of conditions including not to transmit any description of… View Article

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on August 9, 2015 in World News

Donald Trump turns black women into Republicans

Donald Trump turns black women into Republicans By Kyle Olson Suffice it to say there are at least two women who support Donald Trump for president. A duo of black women — hosting a YouTube “show” called “The Viewers View” — eviscerated Fox News debate moderator Megyn Kelly for her questions related to Trump’s statements on Twitter concerning women. Lynnette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson produced, “Megyn Kelly and that Damn Debate,” today: “Okay, so it’s a day after the debates and you all know I am mad as hell,” Hardaway began. “Somebody already tried to come for Donald, so I’ve… View Article

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on August 9, 2015 in World News

Why the Obama team can’t make national-security decisions

Why the Obama team can’t make national-security decisions The US military now believes that Russian hackers, likely tied to the Putin regime, were behind last month’s massive cyber attack on the Defense Department’s e-mail servers by NY Post The US military now believes that Russian hackers, likely tied to the Putin regime, were behind last month’s massive cyber attack on the Defense Department’s e-mail servers. But don’t expect our government to respond. After all, that news comes on the heels of White House-Pentagon battling over just how much of a threat Vladimir Putin poses. Top US military commanders are imploring… View Article

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on August 9, 2015 in World News

States Enact ‘Plan B’ to Defund Planned Parenthood

States Enact ‘Plan B’ to Defund Planned Parenthood by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. In the wake of the U.S. Congress’ inaction on defunding Planned Parenthood prior to the congressional summer recess, states continue to take matters into their own hands in cutting financial assistance to the abortion giant. On Thursday, Alabama became the third U.S. state in a week to withdraw funding from local branches of Planned Parenthood. Thousands of Americans have participated in rallies across the nation to urge their state and federal lawmakers to investigate and defund Planned Parenthood in the aftermath of the release of a series of recent… View Article

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on August 9, 2015 in World News

Climate change: the Hoax that Costs Us $4 Billion a Day

Climate change: the Hoax that Costs Us $4 Billion a Day by James Delingpole “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!” Upton Sinclair. The global climate change industry is worth an annual $1.5 trillion, according to Climate Change Business Journal. That’s the equivalent of $4 billion a day spent on vital stuff like carbon trading, biofuels, and wind turbines. Or — as Jo Nova notes — it’s the same amount the world spends every year on online shopping. But there’s a subtle difference between these two industries —… View Article

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