“While the markets can operate on false scenarios for a significant period of time, reality always wins in the end. When it does, the situation can get quite ugly and all the profits gained from a belief in an unsupportable viewpoint can evaporate over night. At the moment, there is […] Continue Reading…
“The officers, equipment and vehicles will come from all eight Scottish forces. The situation is being constantly monitored between the Association of Chief Police Officers Scotland and colleagues in England, and any further assistance required will be given careful consideration.”-ACPOS statement
The Scottish Parliament has agreed to send forces to England, to deal […] Continue Reading…
At least eleven Israeli soldiers, with Kfir Brigade’s Duchifat Battalion, are refusing to follow orders, on the grounds they are not getting any financial help from the military, and they can not afford to buy their own military related supplies.
Military service in Israel is mandatory. Men must serve three years, and women must serve […] Continue Reading…
The Israeli Defense Forces believe they will have to go to war with Syria, if the United Nations recognizes the Palestinian state in September.
The IDF believes that Syria will send thousands of Palestinian supporters to the Israel/Syria border. The IDF says they will respond by shooting anyone who tries to come in from Syria, […] Continue Reading…
“The Ashura brigades of Basij forces are ready to be deployed to London as peacekeeping forces.”- Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Naqdi
Since the beginning of the riots in England, Iran has been critical of the U.K. government’s handling of the crisis.
Iranian officials pointed out that London police have Big Brother style surveillance cameras […] Continue Reading…
The Colorado volcano in Alaska is erupting, something that was predicted back in July. Scientists think the eruptions could get bigger, based on satellite images.
The volcano is on an island (part of the Aleutian Islands) and doesn’t threaten people, but, because it’s thought the volcano’s eruptions could get bigger, it poses a threat to […] Continue Reading…
The Japanese Nuclear Safety Commission deliberately erased all the data collected regarding the radiation contamination of children in Fukushima Prefecture!
Officials claim that since the date was public it threatened the privacy of the families!
Since the nuclear disaster following the 11 March 2011 quake and tsunami, more than 1,000 children, aged 15 or younger, were […] Continue Reading…
The shot that started the riots, that have been going on since this past weekend, was fired by cops, and cops only!
The Independent Police Complaints Commission says there is no evidence that a father of four, who was shot in a taxi and killed by police, was armed or even shot at police.
The police […] Continue Reading…
“Plaintiffs have alleged sufficient facts to show that Secretary Rumsfeld personally established the relevant policies that caused the alleged violations of their constitutional rights during detention.”-Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
August 8, a Federal appeals court ruled that former Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, is not immune from being sued for torture.
Interestingly, the […] Continue Reading…
“There’s been tension for a long time. The kids aren’t happy. They hate the police. It’s like a war zone and the police weren’t doing anything. There were too many people and not enough police.”-Matthew Yeoland, 43-year-old teacher in Peckham.
Violence has spread to three cities now; London, Birmingham and Liverpool. Police are […] Continue Reading…