Posts Tagged ‘arms’

France bans glyphosate products with harmful co-formulants after yanking Roundup from garden centers

(NaturalNews) France is instituting a ban on glyphosate products that are mixed with certain additives, because of the risk they pose to human health. This news comes just two months after the French ecology minister, Segolene Royal, called for such a ban to be put in place. The French Food, Environmental and Occupational […]

Couple Facing 3-Months in Jail for Overdue Library Books — Welcome to the Police State

Claire Bernish | The Free Thought Project Tecumseh, MI — Like a dystopic nightmare, a couple from Michigan faces not only large fines, but jail time over failing to return two library books — one of which is a classic by Dr. Seuss — despite their attempts to resolve […]

Larijani off to Moscow to attend Eurasian parliamentary meeting

“Considering the critical condition of the region and in order to expand trade and economic ties and resolving the regional tensions, developing the political ties is a need,” said Larijani on his departure at the Mehrabad Airport. He added “the meeting is a unique opportunity to meet these needs.” Larijani is scheduled to deliver speech […]

Cops Now Checking Bicycle Speed with Radar and Ticketing “Fast Bikers”

Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project San Francisco, CA — As if threatening government force to extort money from drivers who exceed an arbitrary limit of speed on the highway is not bad enough, police in California will begin issuing tickets to speeding bicyclists as well. Earlier this […]

Major Earthquake Hits Japan, Strongest Since 2011

Just over 5 years since the massively destructive 2011 Japanese earthquake which unleashed a tsunami and led to the Fukushima disaster, moments ago NHK reported that Japan’s Kumamoto region had been hit with another quake which had a Shindo shaking intensity of 7 and registered a magnitude of apprxoimately 6.4. According to […]

ISIS destroys 2,000-year-old legendary ‘Gate of God’ in Iraq

The destruction of the ancient structure, also called the Mashqi Gate, has been confirmed by the British Institute for the Study of Iraq, and the Antiquities Department in Baghdad hasn’t denied the demolition, The Independent reported. The terrorists demolished the 2,000-year-old gate using military equipment, activists in Mosul told Kurdish media outlet ARA News. Media […]

Putin’s epic style: "I thought, I came, I won, I left’

     The Union of Strongmen of the Perm region gave a T-shirt depicting the Russian President to Arnold Schwarzenegger during the 2016 Arnold Amateur Strongman World Championship that takes place every year in Columbus, Ohio. “The Russian terminator!” — the actor commented on the present. Vladimir Putin seems to be gaining support in the USA, […]

Exclusive Update: Trump Closer To Choosing Kasich As VP

Less than a month ago, we reported exclusive information from a source with close ties to the Donald Trump Presidential campaign who told us that Trump was planning on choosing competitor John Kasich as his running mate. In an article titled, Insider Reveals The Shocking Person Who Is Trump’s VP Choice, we wrote: YourNewsWire.com has exclusively learned […]

Identitarians Surprise Graz’s Green Reds

Austrian Generation Identitarian activists carried out a surprise raid on the headquarters of the Green Party in Graz this week, unfurling an “Islamism kills” banner on the roof and then drenching it—and the roof tiles—in symbolic red blood. The action was held to protest the building of a huge mosque in the Upper Austrian […]

Israel’s Nuclear Weapons Program and the Displacement of Palestinian Bedouins

Fahwad Al-Khadoumi (nsnbc) : Lance Bartholomeusz, Director of UNRWA Operations in the West Bank condemned Israel’s latest round of large scale demolitions of homes in the Palestinian Bedouin refugee community Um al-Khair in the occupied Palestinian West Bank. Israel uses parts of the Negev desert for testing weapons with nuclear material and to dispose of nuclear […]

Flowers Excluded From Debate Disrupts For Democracy

Print Friendly Above: Dr. Margaret Flowers being surrounded by Goucher University security as she speaks from the debate stage on March 28, 2016. She had been excluded from the debate by the sponsor of the event, the Baltimore Jewish Council. Reaction From Crowd Shows Thirst For Real Democracy Note: Popular Resistance does not endorse candidates […]

Armed police out in force across Europe in wake of Brussels attacks

     Emergency patrols, beefed up security at transport hubs and a heavier armed police presence have become the new reality in Europe, following the deadly Brussels attacks. The Netherlands’ National Coordinator for Security and Counter-Terrorism (NCTV) agency said on Wednesday that Dutch military police would carry heavier arms to ensure the security of ‘high-risk sites’ […]

Kurdish Diyarbakır, city of the dead and missing after Turkish crackdown

     An RT crew has visited Diyarbakır, the unofficial capital of the Turkish Kurds, to throw light on the gruesome consequences of Turkey’s crackdown on the Kurdish population. RT’s William Whiteman talked to the relatives of one of the victims. RT took an exclusive look into the mass killings of civilians allegedly committed by the […]

Pentagon Seeking Assistance from Computer Hackers

Qualified participants will help the Pentagon find security weaknesses in its computer programs. Friendly hackers have been used for years by Silicon Valley Technology firms, but it will be a “first” for the federal government when the Pentagon begins using them in April, 2016. Hackers are people who are highly skilled […]

The Lasting Lethal Legacies of the Fukushima & Chernobyl Nuclear Disasters

Despite all the evidence to the contrary, the nuclear industry and its government supporters continue to hide the threats of nuclear power from the public. The real risk of nuclear power, however, is inescapable for hundreds of thousands of Chernobyl and Fukushima survivors. Despite the immense suffering that accompanies losing your home or living in […]

Body Odor Is Less Repulsive When It Comes From Someone In Your Group

From: scientificamerican.com New research shows that our feelings of disgust depend on group membership Its no secret that when traveling abroad, people often find local residents body odor particularly offensive. And mothers tend to believe that other infants smell far less appealing than their own. Now, in a study published this […]

Iran-Afghanistan bilateral trade hits $1.8bln

The value of Afghanistan’s non-oil imports from Iran has reached $1.8 billion and $50 million worth of goods have been exported to the Islamic Republic, Alokozai said on the sidelines of Iran’s third specialized exhibition in the Afghan capital. He added that before holding Iran’s specialized exhibitions, the value of bilateral trade between the two […]

Climate Movement Prepares For Leap Into 2016

Print Friendly Above Photo: Canadians marched for the climate in Quebec last April. (Photo: Greenpeace/flickr/cc) …Across Canada And World Global day of action is in support of the Leap Manifesto, a set of 15 demands endorsed by more than 150 organizations and unveiled last September “The Manifesto, bolder than anything on offer from the major federal political […]

Iraqi foreign ministry protests UAE minister’s Shia militia comments

MOSCOW (Sputnik) –Speaking after meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan said on Friday there was no difference between Daesh, the Nusra Front, and groups in Syria and Iraq backed by Iran. Nahyan further listed Hezbollah, the Abbas Brigade in Syria, as well as the Badr Corps and the Popular Mobilization forces in Iraq. “The ministry states […]

Scientists Successfully Grow Fully Functioning Sperm In Laboratory

Scientists in China have successfully grown fully functioning mice sperm in a lab in a move that experts say could be one step closer to solving male fertility problems. The viable mouse sperm were grown in a petri dish using a new technique with skin cells. The sperm cells were then used to fertilise IVF […]

David Cameron Praises His Government Over Arms Sales To Saudi Arabia

The British Prime Minister has praised his government over their efforts in selling fighter jets, manufactured by BAE Systems, to Saudi Arabia. Speaking at a BAE Systems factory in Preston, David Cameron boasted about how the UK had pushed the sale of Eurofighter Typhoons to countries in the Middle East, including Oman and Saudi Arabia. […]

Facing up to 96 Years in Prison: Nevada Federal Grand Jury Indicts Cliven Bundy and Four Others

Source: D.C. Clothesline A federal grand jury has indicted Cliven Bundy and four others for leading a 2014 standoff with unconstitutional federal agencies at the Bundy Ranch. Bundy, along with his sons Ammon and Ryan, Ryan Payne and Pete Santilli are facing charges of conspiracy to commit an offense against the […]

Facing up to 96 Years in Prison: Nevada Federal Grand Jury Indicts Cliven Bundy and Four Others

Source: D.C. Clothesline A federal grand jury has indicted Cliven Bundy and four others for leading a 2014 standoff with unconstitutional federal agencies at the Bundy Ranch. Bundy, along with his sons Ammon and Ryan, Ryan Payne and Pete Santilli are facing charges of conspiracy to commit an offense against the […]

For Russia, Iran’s return to the world oil market is a boon, not a threat

​The analyst told the news agency that, in light of the latest wave of Brussels’ anti-Russian sanctions, Russia has faced new challenges in selling energy on the European continent. “Furthermore, because of sanctions, refineries which have been sourcing their crude from Lukoil or Rosneft are facing legal issues when they try to supply the refined […]

UK to Ban Public Bodies from Boycotting Israeli West Bank Goods

Britain’s Conservative government is to announce next week a law that would ban local councils, student unions and other public bodies form boycotting goods for political reasons. The rules are widely seen as meant to protect goods produced by Israeli companies in the occupied West Bank. The plan to introduce such legislation was first proposed […]

Arms, Agribusiness, Finance and Fossil Fuels: The Four Horsemen of the Neoliberal Apocalypse

Featured image: From the poster for the 1962 film ‘Les Quatre Cavaliers de l’Acopalypse’. Photo: CartelesCine via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA) The world is in the grip of a structural war against people, land, economies and ecosystems, writes Colin Todhunter. It is being waged by a quartet of organised criminal interests bent on monopolizing energy, money, […]

Israeli forces murder two Palestinian kids in Jenin

Days of Palestine, West Bank -Israeli occupation forces have murdered two 15-year-old Palestinian boys in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. Credible sources said that the Israeli occupation forces opened fire at the two boys in the village of Al-Araqa west of Jenin. The Palestinian Red Crescent said that it was informed that the […]

Deployment of US Missile Defense Systems in South Korea

Konstantin Asmolov (NEO) : The launch of a North Korean carrier rocket, which certain agenda-driven groups equate with combat missile testing, has significantly boosted the development of the US and KR “defense” programs. We have already covered the way this “fright” came about, paying particular attention to the possibility of deployment of the US missile defense […]

Systemic Fragility in the Global Economy

The following text is the introduction to Jack Rasmus’ Book Half way through the second decade of the 21st century, evidence is growing that the global economy is becoming increasingly fragile. Not just in fact, but in potential as well. And not just in the financial sector but in the non-financial sector—i.e. in the ‘real’ […]

Zika Outbreak Epicenter in Same Area Where GM Mosquitoes Were Released in 2015

The World Health Organization announced it will convene an Emergency Committee under International Health Regulations on Monday, February 1, concerning the Zika virus ‘explosive’ spread throughout the Americas. The virus reportedly has the potential to reach pandemic proportions — possibly around the globe. But understandingwhy this outbreak happened is vital to curbing it. As the WHO […]

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