Archive for December, 2016

Colorado Citizens Forced to Pay $325,000 for Mass Detention of Motorists by Aurora Police

A total of 14 drivers in Aurora, Colorado have received a settlement of $325,000 for a 2012 incident, in which local police decided to detain everyone within an intersection at gunpoint in order to search for a bank robbery suspect. Those motorists had filed a lawsuit in 2014 based on violations of their Fourth Amendment […]

Arrested in South Elgin, Illinois for Knowing the Law

The following post was shared with the CopBlock Network by Richard S. Blum, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page. In the post, Richard describes being unlawfully arrested by an Illinois police officer and how even after the bogus charge was thrown out it ended up costing him. Date of Incident: Fall of 2015Officer Involved: Officer NelsonDepartment […]

TX Police Illegally Detain Man, Demand ID, And Threaten Arrest For Filming in Public

The following post was shared with the CopBlock Network by Patrick Roth of CopBlock Oklahoma, via the CopBlock.org Submissions Page. (See “related posts” section below for previous submissions from Patrick.) In this video, Patrick was filming in public when he was accosted by, Sergeant Graham, a very rude and unprofessional officer from the Seagoville Police […]

2016 And Beyond: Justice Jumping Genres

Above Photo: From environmentalhealthnews.org A historic year for environmental justice saw government failures in Flint, a resurgent Native voice, and a merging of movements. We’re watching where it’s headed in the new year. There I was in a mid-March snowstorm riding shotgun in a truck heading south through the Crow reservation in Montana. I made a […]

On World Day Of Peace, Recognizing Those Who Work For Nuclear Disarmament

In observance of the World Day of Peace January 1, we at Global Sisters Report join in prayer for peace in all regions, for all victims of war and for women religious around the world who dedicate their lives to helping them and to build peace. • Sr. Megan Rice, a member of the Holy Child Jesus sisters, was […]

11 Million Could Lose Health Coverage If Expansion Of Medicaid Repealed

[1] Michael Karpman, Sharon K. Long, and Stephen Zuckerman, “Health Insurance Coverage Under the ACA as of March 2016,” Health Reform Monitoring Survey, Urban Institute, May 25, 2016, http://hrms.urban.org/briefs/health-insurance-coverage-ACA-March-2016.html. [2] Approximately 11 million people had enrolled through the expansion as of the end of 2015, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis based on administrative enrollment data.  Since […]

Why I Answered The Call For Veterans To Go To Standing Rock

Above Photo: From otherwords.org At Standing Rock, for the first time, I felt like I was finally serving the people. I lay among friends, huddled and cold in our sleeping bags. We listened to the lashing wind and the drums and prayer chants coming from the sacred fire, and we reflected on why we, four […]

Get Ready For All-Out Assault On Social Security By Washington In 2017

Above Photo: Fabricator of Useless Articles/ Flickr But Social Security is not like a 401(k) fund. It is a government program funded by taxes and with benefits set by Congress. It is a wholly political construct, in other words, and it will be whatever the public demands it to be. Sadly, because most of the corporate media have […]

For the Love of the Land

One day we children had to collect signatures for the retention of West Prussia and Danzig. We did it gladly. For the First time I realized that we children still thought just the same as our fathers did in 1914. We preserved faith. One day it was rumoured that East Prussia would be lost. […]

Has Obama Abandoned Israel? What You’re Not Being Told

By Darius Shahtahmasebi of Anti Media In 2011, linguist and foreign policy critic Noam Chomsky was asked whether he thought Obama was as bad as George W. Bush, to which Chomsky responded: “he’s worse.” Asked why, Chomsky cited Obama’s use of the U.N. veto at the Security Council level, which killed a resolution condemning settlement expansions that Israel […]

Fakest News: The Iraq War

The History of Class Struggle in Vermont: From Socialism to the American Plan

Argentina – El año que viviremos en peligro

Turkey Plane Transfers ISIS-Daesh Terrorists from Aleppo to Yemen: Report

“Color Revolution” in Uganda? China’s Strategic Advance in Central Africa

Iranian man cycles around world in his 60s

IFP- In the seventh decade of his life, Hamidreza Mir-Saeed Qazi, a retired military member, has decided to change his lifestyle: he tried to become a vegetarian, did more exercise, improved his language skills, and started to collect what is necessary for a globetrotter cyclist! 10 years ago, he started to overcome all barriers to […]

Iran’s coverage: Syrian, Iranian foreign ministers discuss ceasefire, humanitarian aid to Syria

Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Top Iranian, Syrian diplomats hold talks in Tehran Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Muallem in a meeting in Tehran discussed the latest developments in Syria.   Iran, ATR plane maker to finalize deal in days: Official Iran is going […]

Putin approves MoU with Iran on economic cooperation

ISNA – Russian President, Vladimir Putin has approved Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Iran to support the bilateral investment. This MoU, which considered as a structure for further improving of economic relation between Tehran and Moscow, includes offering the mutual services for Iranian and Russian investors, Ria novosti reported. The MoU also paves the way […]

Photos: APFF underway in Tehran

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 31 Iran Front Page- Newspapers today covered the recent diplomatic row between the US and Russia, which started with the White House’s decision… Source Article from http://theiranproject.com/blog/2016/12/31/photos-apff-underway-tehran/

Top Iranian, Syrian diplomats hold talks in Tehran

Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Muallem in a meeting in Tehran discussed the latest developments in Syria. Muallem arrived in Tehran on Saturday as diplomatic efforts to end fighting in Syria have gained momentum in recent days with the announcement of a ceasefire in the Arab country. […]

6 Gorgeous Tiny Homes All Built For Under $20K

Tiny homes have come to the forefront in a big way. With the American Dream reaching its tipping point, living simply has become a rebellious response to a failing ideal. In the words of Henry David Thoreau, “As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty […]

Couple Forced To Destroy 40-Year-Old Pond On Property Because Government Owns The Rainwater

Jon and Sabrina Carey live in Butte Falls, Oregon, on 10 acres of land. Though they only purchased the property two and a half years ago, the pond that resides there has been in place for 40 years. Now, the couple is being told by the government that they must destroy the two-acre pond. […]

Anonymous Hacks Bilderberg Official Website & Leaves Them A Chilling Message

One of the world’s most secretive groups that’s filled with very wealthy and powerful individuals, just got hacked. The official website bilderbergmeetings.org, now has a cryptic yet powerful message on it. The message had a direct warning to the “Wealthy Elitico-Political 1%” that they have a year to work for the benefit of humanity or their assets […]

Putin Tired Of ‘Russian Hack Lies’ Sends A Message Directly To The American People

Ever since Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 US presidential election, we have seen some very interesting things happen. From sheer panic to claims of Russian hacks to blaming ‘fake news,’ everything under the sun has been pulled out to blame someone or something for why she lost. The two apparent reasons that have seemed […]

Kwanzaa: Concocted by a deranged felon in 1966?

     It’s Christmastime, America, and you know what that means: It’s the season when public schools across the fruited plain are teeming with lessons about Kwanzaa and a handful of other holidays which aren’t Christmas. As a public service, then, The Daily Caller is here to tell you the true — and truly bizarre — […]

Finland: Car strikes crowd of people; 7 injured

     Up to seven people were injured when a car plowed into a crowd in the eastern part Helsinki, Finland’s capital. Police say that nothing indicates the incident was intentional, however. No one was killed in the collision, but at least three people were taken to hospitals in critical condition, Finnish media report, citing police […]

Corporate media admits to publishing viral fake news after independent media busted them

     Mangling facts for the benefit of U.S. government’s anti-Russia, anti-Trump propaganda campaign, yet again corporate media published an article — which subsequently went viral — claiming that, in an interview, Julian Assange ‘praised’ Donald Trump but ‘blasted’ Hillary Clinton because, essentially, he’s working for The Russians. It simply isn’t true. In fact, as journalist […]

John Kerry says the problem with Syria is that young Americans "don’t want to die anymore" (warning strong language)

     Jimmy Dore and his crew of comedians properly expose John Kerry for the warmonger he is. In this audio recording, US Secretary of State John Kerry explains that the problem in Syria is that young Americans are simply tired of fighting so many wars and therefore do not want to take part in another […]

Virginia lawmaker proposes declaring pornography a ‘public health crisis’

     Cigarettes, disease and now pornography are to be considered public health hazards if a Virginia state delegate gets his way. A resolution declaring porn to be an “epidemic” is sounding the alarm for more to be done to thwart the “harm” done by sex films. State Delegate Bob Marshall (R-Prince William) compares his resolution […]

What will the New Year bring for Canadians? By Betty Krawczyk

What will the New Year bring for Canadians? By Betty Krawczyk What will the New Year bring for Canadians? I think the western world lead by the US, and including Canada, is losing its collective mind. It’s as if the US is telling itself fairy tales and getting very angry when any collection of individuals […]

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