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Saturday, 29 November 2014

DeAndre Joshua murdered, fits profile of eye-witness to Michael Brown shooting

© http://www.patriotnetdaily.comDeAndre Joshua, a witness in the Michael Brown case? DeAndre Joshua, 20, was murdered on the same night of the Saint Louis Grand Jury announcement. DeAndre was shot in the head, and then a flammable liquid poured on him and set afire inside his vehicle.Perhaps coincidentally DeAndre Joshua also fits the social profile of an eye-witness who gave a police/FBI statement and testified before the Grand Jury in the Mike...

Nicolas Sarkozy is back as leader of France’s main opposition party

“I would like to thank all the UMP members who did me the honor of electing me leader of our political family,” Sarkozy said on his Facebook page. “Their mobilization, at a level unequalled in the history of our movement, is the best response to two years of internal quarrels and divisions.” Sarkozy won with 64.5 percent of the votes, beating his nearest rival Bruno le Marie, with 155,000 members of UMP taking part in the election.The win makes...

Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson Resigns, Hopes His "Resignation Will Allow The Community To Heal"

Days after Ferguson was torched by angry rioters following a grand jury verdict not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, the policeman's lawyer announced moments ago that he has resigned from the Ferguson, Mo., Police Department. As ABC reports, Wilson has been on administrative leave since the shooting. One of his attorneys, Neil Bruntrager, said the resignation is effective immediately.Though Wilson was...

Ferguson officer who murdered Michael Brown resigns - effective immediately

© ReutersOfficer Darren Wilson Ferguson officer Darren Wilson, who fatally shot black teenager Michael Brown, has resigned from the police force, his attorney said. The news comes amid unceasing protests across the US against a grand jury decision clearing Wilson of murder charges.The resignation is effective immediately, AP quoted one of Wilson's lawyers, Neil Bruntrager, as saying on Saturday.Prior to the resignation, Wilson was on administrative...

U.S. Polar blast to chill millions from Minnesota to Texas

A fresh blast of frigid air and bone-chilling winds will continue to expand across the Plains and Midwest through Monday, hitting cities from Minneapolis to Chicago and Oklahoma City.The frigid blast has already dropped temperatures nearly 60 degrees in a 24-hour period across parts of Montana Friday into Saturday. Some locales went from the mid-50s on Friday to nearly 10 below zero F.The arctic chill will dive south and east through Monday, hitting...

Look out Hawaii, here come da pro-GMO judge!

If you had any doubt about the boldfaced sham that "democracy" is, that doubt should be completely alleviated now. The people in Hawaii County voted that they did not want GMOs....in addition to banning any new GMO crops. The bill forbids any open-air testing or production of genetically modified crops. It also prohibits farmers from growing any new GMO crops but grandfathers in those that are already being grown, such as the Rainbow papaya. The...

America Has a New Commando Unit: National Guard Special Operations Detachment could boost secretive command

The North Carolina Army National Guard has quietly stood up a new commando detachment for secretive missions around the world.On Oct. 18th, federal and state officials held a ceremony marking the creation of Special Operations Detachment-X—a.k.a., SOD-X — in the capital Raleigh. The Guard already has 10 commando detachments spread across the country.“The addition of the of the SOD … means North Carolina now has the ability to accomplish worldwide...

More functions for 'junk DNA' discovered

It's not exactly Ferguson, Mo., but the battle between ENCODE researchers and junk-DNA holdouts goes on. Our ongoing coverage of the hostilities left off with the latter sending over their latest salvo. Now, ENCODE is back. Confident that genomes are not mostly junk, they have set their latest contender in the ring: a mouse.The mouse genome was sequenced in 2002 as a primary model in which to study gene function and human diseases and to develop...

Ferguson and the shoot-first mentality and training of American police

'Just following orders!' Few, if any, of the correct questions were asked in the grand jury hearing to decide whether policeman Darren Wilson would be indicted for killing Michael Brown.The most important unexamined question is whether police are trained to use force immediately as a first resort before they assess a situation or determine if they are at the correct address. Are the police trained that the lives of police officers are so much more...

Enough is enough: Hundreds demand independence at Scottish Parliament

© Twitter/ Harry FearArticulate speakers angry at ‘greedy #Westminster rule’ over #Scotland, passionately calling for greater autonomy Hundreds of people have gathered near the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood with St. Andrew's Cross flags, music and speeches in a celebration of Scottish nationhood, amid continued demands for independence as St. Andrew's Day celebrations got underway.Poetry recitals, speeches and songs were on the agenda, as people...

Sun's shifting magnetic field may predict lightning strikes

© arhip4/Shutterstock The sun may be partly responsible for lightning strikes on Earth, and scientists think fluctuations in the sun's magnetic field could be used to predict lightning storms weeks in advance.The sun's magnetic field can bend Earth's own magnetic field, and this twisting and turning may be allowing an influx of high-energy particles into the planet's atmosphere. These particles can cause a buildup of electric charge that can trigger...

VIDEO: Ferguson: "It is officially open season on black folks," says legal expert

[embedded content]On Monday St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch announced the grand jury had found "that no probable cause exists" to charge Officer Darren Wilson with any crime in the death of Michael Brown. The jury deliberated for three months and heard dozens of hours of testimony, including from Wilson himself. But did they hear the full story? McCulloch himself had faced public scrutiny throughout the grand jury investigation, with calls for him to resign over allegations of a pro-police bias and questions raised about an unusual grand...

UN report details abysmal US record of abuse

© Pat Racimore The United Nations Committee Against Torture issued a lengthy report today assessing the performance of the 156 countries whose governments have ratified the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which took effect two decades ago.The report subjected a major country to a wide-ranging critique, indicting it for a long list of human rights violations including:Refusal to prosecute...

Why we may need viruses more than vaccines

© GreenMedInfo A groundbreaking study published this month in challenges a century old assumption about the innate pathogenicity of these extremely small, self-replicating particles known as viruses.Titled, "An enteric virus can replace the beneficial function of commensal bacteria ," researchers found that an "enteric RNA virus can replace the beneficial function of commensal bacteria in the intestine."Known as murine (mouse) noravirus (MNV), researchers...

FLASHBACK: False-flag terrorism: Ferguson residents say looters 'not from here'

Agents provocateurs were brought in to initiate the looting, then the police sat back so others could see no arrests were being made, then the government can turn to the country and say: "See, looters! Now do you REALLY want to support anti-police brutality protests?" The looters in Ferguson are reportedly total strangers to the communityThe looting and destruction of property that has taken place in Ferguson, Missouri has been the primary justification...

Study confirms: DNA from GMOs can pass directly into humans

The idea that DNA from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is broken down in the digestive tract and rendered innocuous, a common industry claim, is patently false. A recent study published in the scientific journal found that large, meal-derived DNA fragments from GMOs are fully capable of transferring their genes directly into the bloodstream, deconstructing the myth that transgenic foods act on the body in the same way as natural foods.A combined...
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