06 June 2013 (14:38 UTC-07 Tango)/27 Rajab 1434/16 Khordad 1391/28 Wu-Wu (4th month) 4711
“Hey, what kind of people vote to fund a prison that’s 95% full of men who haven’t been charged with a crime after eleven and a half years?”-Gitmo prisoner who is on hunger strike
U.S. President Barack Obama has stated many times […] Continue Reading…
06 June 2013 (13:59 UTC-07 Tango)/27 Rajab 1434/16 Khordad 1391/28 Wu-Wu (4th month) 4711
The New York State Senate passed a new bill likely to be signed into law: Annoy a cop, go to prison!
Threatening a cop is usually accepted as a reason to get arrested, but the S.2402 will make it a felony to […] Continue Reading…
06 June 2013 (13:44 UTC-07 Tango)/27 Rajab 1434/16 Khordad 1391/28 Wu-Wu (4th month) 4711
After earlier reports by Israeli military and pro-rebel groups, that U.S. backed rebels seized control of the Quneitra crossing on the Israel-Syria ceasefire line in the Golan Heights, it’s now clear who actually won the battle; Syria.
The Syrian government reports that […] Continue Reading…
06 June 2013 (04:06 UTC-07 Tango)/27 Rajab 1434/16 Khordad 1391/28 Wu-Wu (4th month) 4711
Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) radio says a group of U.S. backed Syrian rebels have captured the Quneitra crossing on the Israel-Syria ceasefire line in the Golan Heights.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a pro-rebel group based in United Kingdom, confirmed […] Continue Reading…
06 June 2013 (03:46 UTC-07 Tango)/27 Rajab 1434/16 Khordad 1391/28 Wu-Wu (4th month) 4711
“The NSA’s capability at any time could be turned around on the American people, and no American would have any privacy left, such is the capability to monitor everything: telephone conversations, telegrams, it doesn’t matter.”-a prophetic warning in 1975 by Frank […] Continue Reading…
06 June 2013 (18:20 UTC-07 Tango 05 June 2013)/27 Rajab 1434/16 Khordad 1391/28 Wu-Wu (4th month) 4711
“I think the county’s response is probably indicative of a larger mindset that is really frightening right now in the public school system. That we’ve stopped seeing kids as individuals…..Instead, they’re a number, or they’re a dollar sign!”-Katie […] Continue Reading…
31 May 2013/21 Rajab 1434/10 Khordad 1391/22 Ding-Si (4th month) 4711
In Kapisa Province, witnesses say a U.S./NATO drone strike killed six people and wounded 12 others. Most of those killed and wounded were women and children.
In Nuristan Province, local government officials say Pakistan shelled Kamdish District. One person killed, two wounded.
In Ghazni Province, major […] Continue Reading…
In United Kingdom, the Sandwell Hospital now on restriction after a norovirus outbreak.
The University of Southampton says copper, and alloys that contain copper, kills norovirus. This might have implications for those plastic water lines that have been replacing copper pipes in homes.
“As soon as you prescribe an antibiotic, you start creating resistance….The drug will […] Continue Reading…
Stems, a major flower supplier to grocery stores and other retailers in Florida, Texas and Georgia, now bankrupt.
In Illinois, U.S. Cellular announced that as many as 600 people will lose their jobs! It’s part of the takeover by Sprint. Also, heavy equipment maker, Caterpillar, will layoff at least 460 people in June! Company officials […] Continue Reading…
28 May 2013/18 Rajab 1434/07 Khordad 1391/19 Ding-Si (4th month) 4711
It was revealed that the government of Japan will give Afghanistan $30 million USD worth of their taxpayers’ money, supposedly for road construction equipment.
In Nangarhar Province, the Afghan senate chairman secretary was assassinated. Local police do not know who did it: “Shafiqullah, secretary of […] Continue Reading…