CLG: Republicans weigh government shutdown to stop Obama on immigration, Anonymous seizes Ku Klux Klan Twitter account over Ferguson threats

News Updates from CLG
18 November 2014

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FBI Warns Ferguson Decision 'Will Likely' Lead to Violence By Extremist Protesters 17 Nov 2014 As the nation waits to hear whether a Missouri police officer will face charges for killing unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., the FBI is warning law enforcement agencies across the country that the decision "will likely" lead some extremist protesters to threaten and even attack police officers or federal agents. Peaceful protesters could be caught in the middle, and electrical facilities or water treatment plants could also become targets. [?!?] In addition, so-called "hacktivists" like the group "Anonymous" could try to launch cyber-attacks against authorities. [One can only hope. Notice that the FBI is *silent* on the KKK's death threats against Ferguson protesters?]

Missouri governor declares state of emergency as national guard called in to Ferguson 17 Nov 2014 The governor of Missouri declared a state of emergency on Monday, authorising the national guard to assist the policing of protests expected in Ferguson after it is announced whether a white police officer who shot dead an unarmed black 18-year-old will face charges. Jay Nixon signed an executive order on Monday activating the national guard to support police "during any period of unrest that might occur following the grand jury's decision concerning the investigation into the death of Michael Brown". Nixon had previously said he was ready to order national guard troops back into the St Louis suburb whenever necessary.

Anonymous seizes Ku Klux Klan Twitter account over Ferguson threats 16 Nov 2014 The Twitter account belonging to American racial segregation org Ku Klux Klan has been taken over by hacker-activist entity Anonymous as part of Anonymous's new #OpKKK campaign. @KuKluxKlanUSA is currently under the control of Anonymous after a week of mutual threats sparked by the KKK's announcement to use "lethal force" against Ferguson protesters. Last week, a Ku Klux Klan group based 75 miles south of Ferguson, Missouri began distributing flyers threatening "lethal force" against Ferguson protesters in any aftermath of the upcoming grand jury decision regarding Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson.

#OpKKK Phone Numbers List 2 Small By Anonymous 16 Nov 2014 'Imperial Wizard Chris Baker loves pizza'

Unsuspecting middle school students terrified by active shooter drill - 'I thought he was going to shoot me' 14 Nov 2014 Police officers in Florida surprised students, teachers and parents Thursday with an active shooter drill. And by "active shooter drill," we mean that a Winter Haven middle school went into lockdown as two armed police officers burst into classrooms, guns drawn, leaving the unsuspecting children terrified -- and their parents furious. According to Fox affiliate WTVT, officials at Jewett Middle Academy e-mailed parents to inform them of the drill, after it took place...In the wake of the December 2012 Sandy Hook school shootings false flag, a handful of states -- including New Jersey, Tennessee and Missouri -- now require active shooter drills in schools. "Active shooter" bills were introduced in 10 states in 2014, including Florida, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Iraq needs 80,000 military troops to retake lost territory: U.S. general 13 Nov 2014 Iraq will need about 80,000 effective military troops to retake the terrain it lost to Islamic State militants and restore its border with Syria, the top U.S. general said on Thursday. "We're going to need about 80,000 competent Iraqi security forces to recapture territory lost, and eventually the city of Mosul, to restore the border," Army General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff, told a congressional hearing.

UN vehicles targeted by blast in Baghdad 18 Nov 2014 A convoy of three vehicles belonging to the United Nations has been targeted by at least one blast in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) said in a statement on Monday that the convoy was heading for the heavily-secured Green Zone in Baghdad from Baghdad International Airport.

Iranian-built copy of U.S. drone takes first flight: IRNA 10 Nov 2014 An Iranian copy of a U.S. reconnaissance drone captured in 2011 has taken its first flight, state news agency IRNA reported on Monday. In December 2011, Iran said it had captured a U.S. RQ-170 Sentinel reconnaissance drone in eastern Iran that had been reported lost by U.S. forces in neighboring Afghanistan. "We promised that a model of RQ-170 would fly in the second half of the year, and this has happened," Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh told IRNA. "A film of the flight will be released soon."

U.S. aid worker Peter Kassig beheaded by Islamic State 16 Nov 2014 Islamic State militants have beheaded Peter Kassig, a U.S. aid worker and former Army Ranger who was captured last year in Syria while on a 'private humanitarian mission,' the White House confirmed Sunday. U.S. officials authenticated a 16-minute video, released on various social networks by the militant group earlier in the day. The video also includes images of the mass beheading of men said to be Syrian government soldiers.

US to increase nuclear weapons spending - Pentagon 14 Nov 2014 United States Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has announced an overhaul of how the US nuclear weapon arsenal is maintained, calling for billions of dollars in investment to address recent security violations and low morale among nuclear-force management. Hagel revealed on Friday the results of two reviews - one done by the Pentagon and another external probe - of US nuclear force maintenance protocol that, in recent years, has been beset by scandal. The reviews were ordered after reporting by AP showed security, safety, morale, and leadership lapses among the nuclear force.

Russia fears ethnic cleansing in Ukraine amid rise of neo-Nazism - Putin 17 Nov 2014 As Kiev continues to amass its forces in eastern Ukraine despite the ceasefire and use radical nationalist groups as armed battalions, Moscow is concerned about possible ethnic cleansing there, Russian President Vladimir Putin told ARD in an interview. Speaking with Hubert Seipel of the German channel ARD ahead of the G20 summit, Putin warned of catastrophic consequences for Ukraine if the Kiev government continues to nurture radical nationalism and Russophobia, including in the ranks of its military and National Guard units that are still being sent as reinforcements to the country's troubled east. "Frankly speaking, we are very concerned about any possible ethnic cleansings and Ukraine ending up as a neo-Nazi state. What are we supposed to think if people are bearing swastikas on their sleeves? Or what about the SS emblems that we see on the helmets of some military units now fighting in eastern Ukraine?"

Russia produces satellite image that suggests MH17 was shot down by Ukrainian warplane --'Sensational pictures' show Boeing was shot down by cannon fire over Ukraine 14 Nov 2014 Russian state television has produced a satellite image that allegedly showed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 being shot down by a fighter jet yesterday, in what appeared to be a crude fake deliberately released on the eve of the G20 economic summit. Channel One presented the image, said to have been taken moments before the passenger jet crashed in eastern Ukraine, as a smoking gun that confirmed how MH17 had been downed, killing all 298 people on board on July 17. A Russian engineer investigating the crash told the programme he had received the "sensational picture" on November 12.

CIA mission accomplished: Afghan Opium Poppy Cultivation at All-Time High 12 Nov 2014 Poppy production is the leading export among the mind boggling agents produced in the war torn nation..."Helmand province, registering a 3% increase in cultivation, remained Afghanistan's leading crop grower (taking 46% of the national total)". In fact, the production trend from Helmand, where British troops were first deployed in 2006 and which they left last month, has been steadily up. One could conclude the poppy eradication programme the British were supposed to lead at the request of then Prime Minister Tony Blair has been a failure...According to UN sources, at least 70% of dr-g profits wound up in the pockets of government figures who were the NATO allies.

Four Killed in Attack on Contractors' Camp in Afghanistan 17 Nov 2014 Four people were killed when a suicide car bomb detonated at a perimeter wall of a camp housing foreign contractors in the Afghan capital on Tuesday morning, allowing militants to enter the compound, a senior security source told NBC News. Both militants and two Afghan guards were killed.

US drone attack kills five in eastern Afghanistan 16 Nov 2014 At least five people have been killed in a US assassination drone attack in eastern Afghan province of Kunar, local security officials say. Three more people have also been wounded in the drone attack...The US carries out targeted killings through drone strikes in several Muslim countries, such as Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Somalia.

Virginian-Pilot sues FBI for withholding information on deaths of two agents connected to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev --In a May 2013 article, Daugherty cites the Hostage Rescue Team's elite standing, including their connection to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. 13 Nov 2014 The Virginian-Pilot newspaper sued the FBI claiming the agency is wrongly withholding information on the training-related deaths of two hostage rescue team members. In a lawsuit filed in the federal court in Norfolk, Va., the newspaper's publisher and reporter Scott Daugherty claim the FBI improperly documents related to the May 17, 2013, deaths of agents Christopher Lorek and Stephen Shaw during a training exercise. Daugherty says he requested reports and memos on the incident in its immediate aftermath, but that request was denied by the agency 10 days later. A subsequent appeal to the Department of Justice was also denied earlier this year, the complaint says.

US government planes mimic cellphone towers to collect user data - report 14 Nov 2014 The US justice department is reportedly using electronic equipment on aircraft to simulate cellphone towers so it can collect phone location and identifying information on a mass scale from users on the ground below. The allegations, reported in the Wall Street Journal late on Thursday, suggest that the US Marshals Service has for seven years flown Cessna aircraft outfitted with "dirtbox" devices that mimic cellular towers, permitting the collection of thousands of unique IDs and location data from users. According to the Journal the planes operate from at least five metropolitan airports, permitting a "flying range covering most of the US population".

Mexico protesters torch state congress over kidnapped students 13 Nov 2014 A crowd of about 500 protesters set ablaze the state congress building in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero in a violent rally over the alleged massacre of 43 college students. Students and teachers stormed the Guerrero state legislature in the city of Chilpancingo on Wednesday and set fire to the library and chamber. Both areas were empty during the break-in...On Tuesday, protesters torched the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party's (PRI) regional headquarters, which is located in the same city.

Department confirms Avian flu outbreak in three countries 17 Nov 2014 (Ireland) Avian flu virus has been detected in Britain, Germany and the Netherlands, the Department of Agriculture here has confirmed. Commenting on the outbreak, Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney said while it is a serious disease for chicken and duck flocks, concerns for humans getting the disease remain low...Reports in the British press have linked the outbreak in England to a duck farm in Yorkshire.

Dutch authorities identify highly contagious bird flu strain 16 Nov 2014 Dutch authorities said on Sunday they had found a highly contagious strain of bird flu at a poultry farm in the central Netherlands and set about destroying 150,00 chickens. The strain, H5N8, has never been detected in humans, but an outbreak in South Korea meant millions of farm birds had to be slaughtered to contain the outbreak. Cases have also been reported in China and Japan, although the strain was first reported in Europe, on a German farm, in early November.

Bird flu confirmed at Yorkshire duck farm 16 Nov 2014 A case of bird flu has been confirmed at a duck breeding farm in East Yorkshire, officials have said. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said the risk to public health was very low. A cull of poultry is being carried out at the site and an exclusion zone is in place. The strain has not been confirmed, but the deadly H5N1 form has been ruled out by Defra officials.

Doctor With Ebola Dies in Nebraska 17 Nov 2014 A surgeon who contracted Ebola working in Sierra Leone became the second patient to die of the virus in the U.S., less than two days after his arrival for treatment. Martin Salia was in critical condition when admitted on Saturday to the Nebraska Medical Center's biocontainment unit in Omaha after a medical evacuation from Freetown, Sierra Leone. He was the 10th Ebola patient to be treated in the U.S. and the second to die, after Liberian Thomas Eric Duncan passed away at a Dallas hospital on Oct. 8.

House votes to allow TransCanada's risky Keystone XL pipeline to pass over key US aquifers 14 Nov 2014 The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives [sociopaths] approved the Keystone XL pipeline on Friday, but a similar measure struggled to get enough support in the Senate and President Barack Obama indicated he might use his veto if the bill does get through Congress. The legislation, approved by 252 votes to 161, circumvents the need for approval of TransCanada Corp's $8 billion project by the Obama administration, which has been considering it for more than six years. No Republicans voted against the measure, while 31 DemocRATs voted for the bill. [Allow Canadian eco-terrorists TransCanada to destroy the environment and poison the US water supply, so TransCanada can ship deadly tar sands oil to China?]

Republicans weigh government shutdown to stop Obama on immigration 16 Nov 2014 One Republican leader on Sunday held open the possibility that his party could move to shut down the government in an attempt to stop President Barack Obama from taking executive action on immigration policy. A vocal group of conservatives in the House of Representatives is pressing to use government funding as leverage to prevent any White House moves that would allow millions of undocumented immigrants to stay and work in the United States.

90-year-old Florida man arrested for second time in a week after feeding homeless again 15 Nov 2014 When 90-year-old Florida resident Arnold Abbott said following his arrest on Sunday that police couldn't stop him from feeding the homeless, he apparently meant it. Abbott was charged again on Wednesday night for violating a new city law in Ft. Lauderdale that essentially prevents people from feeding the homeless. "At least this time they let us feed people first," he said in a Sun Sentinel report.

Rape allegations resurface against 'blame blacks first' family values conservative, Bill Cosby 14 Nov 2014 The rape allegations against [Ronald Reagan troll] Bill Cosby just won't go away. Another woman is accusing the comedian [sic] of raping her 25 years ago. The allegations resurfaced Monday, thanks to a Twitter campaign that immediately backfired. Followers were asked to "meme" photos of Cosby, but all the memes that flooded in were about rape. [Yeah, CLG had a field day w. that one.] Barbara Bowman says she reported her alleged rape at the time, but no one took her seriously.

Photos of the Most Powerful People in the World Holding Koalas 15 Nov 2014 Fulfilling every stereotype of we have of Australia, the 2014 G20 summit kicked off by allowing world leaders to cuddle some koalas. Here's Russian President Vladimir Putin and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott...President Obama and Abbott with koalas.

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