Archive for January 14th, 2014

GEOFFREY INGERSOL BusinessInsider.com Jan 14, 2014 The West Lafayette Police Department has added to its ranks a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle for about the same price as a used 1998 Cadillac sedan with almost 100,000 miles. The purchase includes a new black paint job from the local DeFouw Chevrolet dealership and gun turret... »

RT.com January 14, 2014 Japanese paratroopers recaptured an island from an enemy in a wargame as its Defense Minister vowed to defend a disputed East China Sea territory. China’s ships sailed near the contested islets as Beijing reportedly expanded its air defense zone. Tokyo’s military on Sunday held a military drill dubbed “Island Defense,”... »

By William La Jeunesse, Laura Prabucki FoxNews.com January 13, 2014 A federal judge who endorsed “suspicion-less” searches of laptops, cameras and cell phones at the border has set up a possible Supreme Court showdown challenging what critics call “Constitution-free zones” and the Obama administration’s dragnet approach to national security. A decision by Judge Edward... »

BY ALLEN MCDUFFEE Wired.com 01.07.14 A new drone with the mammoth wingspan of a Boeing 757 is set to give the U.S. Navy some serious surveillance power. Northrop Grumman and the Navy say they’ve just completed the ninth flight trial of the Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS), an improvement upon its predecessor in the... »

BOB UNRUH WND.com Jan. 13, 2013 With NASA reporting a “potentially hazardous” asteroid nearly half-a-mile wide possibly heading toward earth, and some upstate New Yorkers claiming they experienced a loud boom and a bright light in the sky last night caused by a meteor, a doctors’ organization is offering some timely advice: Just as... »

AmmoLand.com Tuesday, January 14, 2014 When this case first appeared, at the height of the first exposure of the Fast and Furious scandal, it was highlighted as an example of smuggling to the Mexican cartels that was *not* a part of the operation. It might or might not be significant that the BATFE agent... »

Jefferey Jaxen Activist Post.com Tuesday, January 14, 2014 Fukushima: oversights, over-budget, missed opportunities, under-managed, under-prepared. Well which is it? Experts weight in, news columns stretch to accommodate, websites keep busy firing synaptic brain cells of eager readers. Does it matter at this point? The rules of survival have changed as the damage continues and... »

by: J. D. Heyes NaturalNews.com Tuesday, January 14, 2014 he progressive gurus on Capitol Hill thought they had pulled off a political coup de grace when the president took pen in hand (several, actually) to sign the Affordable Care Act into law in March 2010. And indeed, in terms of advancing the century-old progressive... »

Beijing says if Tokyo takes provocative action on Senkaku islands issue, China will make firm response K.J.M. Varma LiveMint.com MON, JAN 13 2014 Beijing: Tension between China and Japan over the disputed islands in the East China Sea escalated as Beijing on Monday warned of “firm response” if Tokyo resorted to any provocative action... »

Ruling runs counter to tradition of anonymous speech in the United States Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com January 14, 2014 The Virginia Court of Appeals has ruled that Yelp users have no right to anonymity when they post negative comments about a business online. The ruling was handed down after the owner of a carpet-cleaning business... »