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02 July 2015

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FBI on High Alert for Fourth of July Terrorist Attack --The FBI is setting up command centers at its 56 field offices across the country. | 30 June 2015 | The FBI and Department of Homeland Security are asking Americans to remain vigilant to the threat of a terror attack over the Fourth of July weekend. Although officials say there is no credible threat, the FBI is reacting to a call to arms by I-CIA-SIS for mass murder during Ramadan. Even though there's no credible threat, all field offices in the country will be on high alert.

 

Worries of ISIS-Inspired Attacks Cloud July 4 Holiday Weekend | 01 July 2015 | July 4 security alerts have become almost routine, with authorities warning every year that the holiday could inspire an attack by foreign or home-grown terrorists. But the vigilance surrounding this year's celebration carries added weight. The reason is ISIS [I-CIA-SIS]. The year-long rise of the radical Islam terror group, and its leaders' appeals for supporters to carry out attacks around the world, has prompted a sharper sense of caution.

 

Heads up! A big, fat false flag is 'needed' really soon, as the dirt-bags want to ram the TPP through Congress in July without any mention of it in the media: FBI Agents Telling Friends and Family to 'Avoid July 4 Celebrations' - Report | 01 July 2015 | Gateway Pundit's Jim Hoft cites an "inside source" who told him that, "FBI agents are telling their friends and family members to avoid "official celebrations." Hoft also claims that the FBI has canceled vacation for all its agents for the duration of the weekend. Earlier this week, the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI issued alerts to local law enforcement and urged Americans to "remain vigilant" for this weekend's July 4 events. Former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell also said Monday that he "wouldn't be surprised" if there's a terrorist attack during the 4th of July weekend. [*None* of us would be surprised!]

The U.S. is quietly--and under a virtual media blackout--conducting a coup d'etat in Syria at enormous taxpayer expense: Pentagon paying monthly stipends to Syrian rebels (aka ISIS) to eventually fight Assad and invoke regime change | 24 June 2015 | The U.S. Department of Defense announced Monday it is making monthly payments to 'moderate Syrian rebels' being trained to fight foment the Islamic State. The United States, Turkey, Jordan, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia agreed in February to participate in the training and fielding of a moderate Syrian opposition force..."The trainees are currently receiving a stipend of between $250 and $400 per month, per soldier, depending on skill set, performance and leadership position," Navy Cmdr. Elissa Smith, a Pentagon spokeswoman, told reporters. The Pentagon hopes to have 3,000 fighters trained by the end of the year and 5,400 trained after 12 months. The fighters are primarily to be used 'against' IS forces and are envisioned to eventually stand as viable opposition to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, USA Today reports. [Yeah, let's pay I-CIA-SIS to fight while we slash Medicare to fund the TPP - great idea!]

Israeli military escorts Gaza-bound aid flotilla flagship to port of Ashdod | 29 June 2015 | The ship that was trying to lead a flotilla of aid boats to the blockaded Gaza has arrived to the Israeli port of Ashdod after being apprehended by the Israeli military. It was detained earlier on Monday and there has been no contact with it for hours. It is unclear what is going to happen to the people aboard the vessel, RT reports from the port of Ashdod. They could be detained on the spot or escorted to the Ben Gurion airport to be sent out of Israel first thing Tuesday morning.

US and Cuba reach historic agreement to open embassies and formally re-establish diplomatic ties | 30 June 2015 | The United States and Cuba have reached an agreement to reopen embassies and restore diplomatic ties severed more than five decades ago, and the historic deal will be unveiled on Wednesday, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. Nearly seven months after U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro sealed a diplomatic breakthrough, Obama will announce the new steps toward rapprochement in the White House Rose Garden at 11 a.m on Wednesday. Signaling it is likely to act in sync with the United States, Cuba's government said the chief of the U.S. mission, Jeffrey DeLaurentis, would meet the interim foreign minister in Havana on Wednesday to deliver a note from Obama to Castro on the re-establishment of ties between the two former Cold War rivals.

'Persons of interest' in MH17 probe, say Dutch investigators | 30 June 2015 | Dutch prosecutors say they have identified many "persons of interest" in their probe into the shooting down of flight MH17 over Ukraine, but no definite suspects. "We have a large group of people that we're at this stage branding 'persons of interest' in whom we have an above average interest," Dutch chief prosecutor Fred Westerbeke told a press briefing in Rotterdam. "But we've not yet taken the formal step of making them suspects," he told journalists, almost a year after the Malaysia Airlines flight was downed over war-torn Ukraine, killing all 298 on board, the majority of them Dutch.

New WikiLeaks Documents Reveal NSA Spied on Top French Companies | 29 June 2015 | Following last week’s eavesdropping reports, WikiLeaks shared new documents with Libération and Mediapart. This time, the new documents reveal that the NSA was spying on France’s best performing companies for economic intelligence purposes. In addition to eavesdropping French Economy Ministers François Baroin and Pierre Moscovici between 2004 and 2012, the NSA gathered as much data as possible on big French companies. According to an economic espionage order, the NSA intercepted all French corporate contracts and negotiations valued at more than 200 million in many different industries, such as telecommunications, electrical generation, gas, oil, nuclear and renewable energy, and environmental and healthcare technologies.

Terrorism Scare Shuts Down Highway 163 in Mission Valley --'Hazardous objects' were later identified as mortars | 27 June 2015 | (CA) Discovery of several hazardous objects, on a weekend when the federal government is warning police about terrorism, forced the closure of Route 163 between Balboa Park and Mission Valley on Saturday. San Diego Fire-Rescue dispatchers said their bomb squad was rolling to an undisclosed location on the freeway, north of University Avenue and south of Friars Road. That stretch of Highway 163 includes its interchange with Interstate 8. At around 3:15 p.m., the freeway was once again opened to all traffic.

TPP fast-track bill signed into law by Barack Obama | 30 June 2015 | US president Barack Obama on Monday signed into law legislation that gives him "fast-track" power to push ahead on a Pacific Rim 'trade' deal that has been the subject of intense debate in Congress and across the nation. Flanked by some of the lawmakers who supported the bill through a six-week congressional battle, Obama acknowledged that his fight to secure the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership was far from over. He noted that lawmakers and the public will be able to scrutinise the trade deal before it is finalised. "The debate will not end with this bill signing," he said.

Faulty insulation caused fire, oil spill at N.Y. nuclear plant | 01 July 2015 | An insulation failure in a transformer caused the fire at a New York nuclear plant May 9 that spilled about 3,000 gallons of oil into the Hudson River. Entergy, the operator of Indian Point Energy Center, announced Tuesday that the failed insulation -- made of special paper -- caused a short circuit in a high-voltage coil. The company regularly inspects its paper insulation for signs of degradation, but no problems were detected before the fire near the Unit 3 generator.

Redeeming lives of Fukushima's irradiated animals | 29 June 2015 | In the wake of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, much remains unknown [?!?] about the long-term health effects of the radioactive substances released. Seeking answers, Tohoku University Prof. Manabu Fukumoto has been examining the blood and other factors of slaughtered cattle and wild animals caught by hunters mainly within a 20-kilometer radius of the plant...Fukumoto discovered that cesium levels in the organs of calves were 1.5 times higher than in those of their mothers.

Governor Jerry Brown signs controversial school vaccination bill | 30 June 2015 | A controversial [deadly] bill that requires almost all school children to be vaccinated has been signed by Governor Jerry Brown. Senate Bill 277 strikes California's personal belief exemption for immunizations, applies to public and private school students and children enrolling in day care. It's among the strictest vaccination guidelines in the country. While medical exemptions would still be granted to children with serious health issues, other unvaccinated children would need to be homeschooled.

Insane in the membrane: California Legislature passes strict school vaccine bill | 29 June 2015 | California lawmakers on Monday sent the governor a contentious bill that would impose one of the strictest school vaccination laws in the country after a series of emotionally charged debates. The Senate reaffirmed the bill striking California's personal belief exemption for immunizations on a 24-14 vote. Mississippi and West Virginia are the only two states with such strict requirements in place. Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown has not said if he would sign it.

U.S. top court rules against Obama administration over air pollution rule | 29 June 2015 | The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled the Obama administration should have considered compliance cost when it decided to limit emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants mainly from coal-fired power plants, a setback for the government that leaves the legal status of the regulation in limbo. The court ruled in a 5-4 decision, with its five conservative justices [Koch-suckers] in the majority, against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The rule stays in effect for the time being, with the case returning to an appeals court, which will decide whether or not it should be thrown out.

Supreme Court upholds Oklahoma lethal injection process | 29 June 2015 | The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a drug used by Oklahoma as part of its lethal injection procedure does not violate the U.S. Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment, dealing a setback to opponents of the death penalty. The court, in a 5-4 decision with its conservative justices [sic] in the majority, handed a loss to three inmates who objected to the use of a sedative called midazolam, saying it cannot achieve the level of unconsciousness required for surgery, making it unsuitable for executions.

Greek debt crisis: Banks to remain shut all week | 29 June 2015 | The Greek government has confirmed that banks will be closed all week, after a decision by the European Central Bank not to extend emergency funding. In a decree, it cited the "extremely urgent" need to protect the financial system due to the lack of liquidity. C-sh withdrawals will be limited...for this period, the decree says.

Confederate flag backers confront Obama in Tennessee | 01 July 2015 | Several people waved the Confederate battle flag outside Stratton Elementary School in the suburb of Madison, Tenn., where Obama delivered a speech on his healthcare law. Another man was seen holding the flag along Obama's motorcade route as he returned to the airport. The Confederate flag has come under fire since a mass shooting last month at a historic African-American church in South Carolina.

Female pastors in Clarendon County receive letters threatening their safety | 30 June 2015 | (SC) Two Clarendon County pastors say they have been targeted with threats of violence just because they are women. The two pastors received letters where the writer used Bible verses to threaten the women, leaving them concerned about their safety. One letter was left on the front door of Society Hill AME Church on June 10th for Pastor Mary Rhodes. Four days later, Pastor Valarie Bartley received the same letter at Reevesville AME Church.

'A bridge too far:' Chris Christie launches 2016 presidential bid | 30 June 2015 | Gov. Chris Christie is about to find out whether the tough-talking style that's so popular at home in New Jersey will resonate on the presidential campaign trail. Christie announced Tuesday he is running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. Speaking at his alma mater, Livingston High School, in Livingston, New Jersey, Christie said "he is now ready to fight for the people of the United States of America." Christie is the 14th major contender seeking the GOP nomination.

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