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Saturday, October 10, 2015
How Obama Ushered in the New Age of Christian Martyrdom...
SpaceWar Oct 10, 2015: NKorea ready for any war; Russia short off cash; China vows to keep building islands...
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| October 10, 2015 |
 N. Korea ready for 'any' US war, leader tells anniversary parade Pyongyang (AFP) Oct 10, 2015 - North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un said Saturday his country could fight any war provoked by the United States, as he presided over a vast military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party. Thousands of troops marched through the capital followed by columns of tanks, armoured vehicles and ballistic missiles, in what was tipped to be one of the largest ceremonial display ... more |  |
N. Korean capital kicks off military extravaganza Pyongyang (AFP) Oct 10, 2015 - North Korea is ready to deal with any threat from the US, leader Kim Jong-Un said Saturday as he presided over a vast parade to mark the 70th anniversary of its ruling Workers' Party. Wave after wave of goose-stepping troops marched through the capital, followed by columns of tanks and weapons, in what may prove to be one of the largest ceremonial displays of military strength in North Korea ... more |  |
Satellite images show scale of planned N. Korea parade Seoul (AFP) Oct 9, 2015 - Satellite imagery from North Korea shows it has amassed hundreds of trucks, armoured vehicles, troops and horses for a massive military parade to mark Saturday's 70th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party. The North traditionally marks major anniversaries with large-scale shows of strength in a display of patriotic fervour and observers say this weekend's spectacle could be one of the big ... more |  |
 Russia running short on reserve funds Moscow (UPI) Oct 9, 2015 - Stumbling under the strain of low crude oil prices, the Russian economy will run out of reserve funds as early as 2017, the deputy finance minister said. Russian Deputy Finance Minister Tatiana Nesterenko said private sector investments are all-but out of the question when access to foreign markets is limited. "Reserve funds are depleting. We believe reserve funds may end at such ... more |  |
China vows to continue building on disputed islands, reefs Beijing (AFP) Oct 10, 2015 - China on Saturday vowed to continue building in disputed reefs of the South China Sea, as state media said construction had finished on two lighthouses on reefs claimed by other countries. Beijing has been bolstering its claim to almost all the South China Sea by rapidly building large artificial structures resembling islands, straining ties with neighbours. The lighthouses on Cuateron R ... more |  |
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 Russian missiles aimed at Syria crashed in Iran: US official Beirut (AFP) Oct 9, 2015 - Four Russian cruise missiles aimed at targets in Syria crashed in Iran, a US official said Thursday, as regime troops backed by Lebanon's Hezbollah pressed a "vast offensive" against rebels in the war-torn country's west. The missiles were thought to be among a salvo fired Wednesday from Russian warships in the Caspian as part of a nine-day-old air war targeting foes of President Bashar al-A ... more |  |
Poland seeks missiles for its MiG-29 fighters Warsaw, Poland (UPI) Oct 9, 2015 - Poland has reportedly begun the process to obtain 40 radar-guided R-27R1 missiles, the main armament on Poland 's Soviet-era MiG-29 fighters. Polish news site Defence24 says the acquisition process is being conducted by the Ministry of National Defense's Armament Inspectorate. The missiles obtained should be guaranteed by the manufacturer to be usable for at least 96 months if de ... more |  |
 IS at outskirts of Syria's Aleppo despite Russian raids Beirut (AFP) Oct 9, 2015 - Islamic State group fighters advanced Friday to the outskirts of Syria's second city Aleppo, despite 10 days of Russian air strikes that Moscow says are aimed at routing the jihadists. Moscow announced on Friday that its raids had killed several hundred IS fighters and hit more than 60 "terrorist targets" in Syria over the past 24 hours. Deputy head of the Russian General Staff Lieutenan ... more |  |
US, Russia to hold new Syria air safety talks: Pentagon Washington (AFP) Oct 10, 2015 - Russia and the United States are set to renew talks to avoid accidents in Syrian air space as the two countries conduct separate bombing campaigns, a US official said Friday. The Pentagon expressed alarm this week after Russia failed to quickly answer proposals made during initial talks, even as it launched cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea and repeatedly violated Turkish air space. B ... more |  |
UN launches audit of funds linked to bribery scandal United Nations, United States (AFP) Oct 8, 2015 - United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon ordered an audit Thursday to shed light on UN ties to a Chinese real estate mogul and foundations allegedly set up to funnel bribes to UN diplomats. Former General Assembly president John Ashe was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly taking $1.3 million in bribes from billionaire developer Ng Lap Seng to promote his plan to build a UN conference center in Macau. ... more |  |
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 Taiwan's Ma defends China policy on National Day Taipei (AFP) Oct 10, 2015 - Taiwan's embattled President Ma Ying-jeou defended his China-friendly policies Saturday in his last National Day speech, as thousands gathered in the capital Taipei. Relations between Taiwan and Beijing have warmed since Ma took power in 2008, promising that closer ties would bring economic prosperity. But public sentiment has turned against the ruling Kuomintang party (KMT) as fears gro ... more |  |
 James named new principal DOD space advisor Washington DC (AFNS) Oct 09, 2015 - On Oct. 5, Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work re-designated the position of the Department of Defense executive agent for space (EA4S) to the principal DOD space advisor (PDSA). The Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James, formerly the EA4S, will now assume the expanded responsibilities of the PDSA. "We can no longer consider space a peaceful sanctuary," James said. "As the PDSA, ... more |  |
US to Launch Intelligence Satellites for National Reconnaissance Office Washington DC (SPX) Oct 09, 2015 - The US space company United Launch Alliance (ULA) is preparing a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) mission with the launch scheduled for 12:49 GMT on Thursday, although the specifics of the payload are classified. "The mission will be launched for the National Reconnaissance Office in support of national defense," ULA stated on its website, saying that the NROL-55 mission will be launch ... more |  |
Russian Long-Range Cruise Missiles 'Particular Challenge' for US Defense Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 09, 2015 - US Commander of NORAD said that Russian long-range aviation and highly accurate long-range cruise missiles present a new challenge for US strategic homeland defense. Russian long-range aviation and highly accurate long-range cruise missiles present a new challenge for US strategic homeland defense, US Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Adm. William Gortney said. ... more |  |
 Arctic Militarization 'Moot Point' - NORAD Commander Washington DC (Sputnik) Oct 09, 2015 - US head of Northern Command and Commander of NORAD Admiral William Gortney said that the Arctic has already been militarized by both the United States and Russia as an area of mutual strategic interest. The Arctic has already been militarized by both the United States and Russia as an area of mutual strategic interest, US head of Northern Command and Commander of the North American Air Def ... more |  |
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 Russian Military to Complete Testing on KAB-250 Guided Bombs This Year Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 09, 2015 - The latest version of Russia's KAB-250 precision-guided bomb will soon complete trials, according to the weapon's manufacturer, Moscow-based Region Scientific and Production Enterprise JSC. "The bomb is in trials on the Sukhoi Su-34 [Russian fighter jet], with the trials to be completed late this year," Region's director general, Igor Krylov, told IHS Jane's at the Russian Defense Ministry ...more |  |
 Selex ES delivers air defense radars to Poland Rome (UPI) Oct 9, 2015 - Three installed air defense fixed radar systems were officially delivered to Poland this week by Selex ES for use in NATO's air defense network. The RAT 31 DL radars are set up at three strategic locations in northeast and southeast Poland under a contract issued by the NATO Communications and Information Agency under NATO's Security Investment Program. The system is a long-range ... more |  |
 Afghanistan and Russia to sign delivery deal for Mi-35 helicopters Washington (UPI) Oct 9, 2015 - Afghanistan and Russia are set to sign an agreement for the delivery of Mi-35 gunship helicopters as Afghan forces seek to boost their capabilities. Zamir Kabulov, Russian President Vladimir Putin's representative to Afghanistan, says the agreement is expected to be signed this month. The details of the agreement are unknown, however Khaama Press reports Russia will provide Afghanistan ... more |  |
New ammunition for tanks under development Dulles, Va. (UPI) Oct 9, 2015 - Next-generation, multi-purpose 120 millimeter ammunition is to be developed for U.S. Abrams tanks by Orbital ATK. The U.S. Army contract for first-phase development work is worth $16 million. "Our ammunition innovations like advanced kinetic energy penetrators and airbursting munitions are providing combat overmatch for our warfighters - which is our company's mission," said Dan ... more |  |
Norway to significantly increase defense budget Oslo, Norway (UPI) Oct 9, 2015 - The Norwegian government proposed a 9.8 percent increase for its defense budget in 2016, which includes more funding for F-35 procurement. The $526 million increase would bring Norway's defense budget to about $6 billion, and would almost double the funding for Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II fighters. Lockheed Martin, a U.S.-based arms and aerospace manufacturer, began producing th ... more |
JERRY BROWN SIGNS "FUNCTIONAL ILLITERATES BILL" SCRAPPING CALIFORNIA'S HIGH SCHOOL EXIT EXAM ...
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JERRY BROWN SIGNS "FUNCTIONAL ILLITERATES BILL" SCRAPPING CALIFORNIA'S HIGH SCHOOL EXIT EXAM ... Posted: 08 Oct 2015 09:20 PM PDT The big education lie … The progressive socialist democrats tell you that the key to success in today’s economy is to get a good education that will allow you to compete in the global marketplace. True enough, but what they refuse to say is that K-12 (and soon to be pre-K) education in California is controlled by corrupt unions that are all about siphoning money out of the state treasury, rewarding seniority over merit, ignoring rank incompetence, pursuing the status quo rather than innovation, and pursue greater wages and benefits without an corresponding increase in educational effectiveness or efficiency. In fact, the teachers’ unions fear competency testing in both teaching skills and subject-matter knowledge. It is no secret that the unions are all in for the progressive socialist democrats and have pushed citizens away from the bargaining table – in essence they bargain with their bought and paid for politicians who are willing to sell out our children and their future in return for campaign funds and voter support. Politicians running scared lest the unions fund a competitor who offers them a better deal. So here we have Governor Moonbeam, a silver-spoon aging hippy who has never worked a day in his life, putting his signature to a bill that, once again, avoids the responsibility for educating our children and giving a pass to the unions and another decade of functional illiterates.
Parity with illiterate and uneducated illegal aliens? Other than hiding the fact that union-controlled education in California is an abject failure due to the policies of corrupt progressive socialist democrats like Jerry Brown and his cadre of fellow socialists, it appears that many illegal aliens educated in California are unable to apply for jobs because they lack the minimal requirement: a high school diploma. Bottom line … If progressive socialist democrats are deliberately, with malice aforethought, willing to dumb-down California’s educational requirements, supply a revisionist history, and substitute socially-relevant content on sexual perversion in place of core educational elements (reading, writing, arithmetic, history, civics, etc.) then there is only one conclusion: we are so screwed. The sooner progressive socialist democrats are purged from government, in the leadership and the bureaucracy, the sooner we will begin to swing away from a government-dependent underclass to a self-sufficient populace that relies on individualism rather than collectivism. -- steve |
A reminder of the greed and corruption that exists in our white house today ...
I hope this is not all true.
First Lady Expenses=A repeat worth reading again as a reminder of the greed and corruption that exists in our white house today !!
Just think, Mary Lincoln was taken to task for purchasing China for the White House during the Civil War.And Mamie Eisenhower had to shell out the salary for her personal secretary from her husband's salary.
Total Personal Staff members for other first ladies paid by taxpayers
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Mamie Eisenhower: — One -- paid for personally out of President's salary.
Total number of Personal Staff Members paid by Tax Payers.
Jackie Kennedy: ------- One
Rosaline Carter: -------- One
Barbara Bush: ------ One
Hilary Clinton: -------- Three
Laura Bush: ---------- One
Michele Obama: ------- Twenty-two
How things have changed! If you're one of the tens of millions of Americans facing certain destitution, earning less than subsistence wages stocking the shelves at Wal-Mart or serving up McDonald cheeseburgers, prepare to scream and then come to realize that the benefit package for these servants of MS Michelle are the same as members of the national security and defense departments and the bill for these assorted lackeys is paid by YOU, John Q. Public:
Michele Obama's personal staff:
One.. $172,200 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
Two.. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects For The First Lady)
Three.. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary for Mrs. Obama)
Four.. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President and Director of
Communications for the First Lady)
Five.. $100,000 - Winter, Melissa (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
Six.. $90,000 Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
Seven.. $84,000 - Lilyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady)
Eight.. $75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)
Nine.. $70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Project for the First Lady)
Ten.. $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
Eleven.. $64,000 - Reinstein, Joseph B.(Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
Twelve.. $62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator For The First Lady)
Thirteen.. $60,000 Fitz, Alan O.(Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady)
Fourteen.. $57,500 - Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)
Fifteen.. $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary To The First Lady)
Sixteen.. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide To The First Lady)
Seventeen.. $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady)
Eighteen.. $43,000 - Tubman, Samantha a (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)
Nineteen.. $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
Twenty.. $36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)
Twenty-One.. $35,000 - Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
Twenty-Two.. $35,000 - Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)
Total $1,591,200 in annual salaries - all for someone we did not vote for and apparently have no control over.
There has NEVER been anyone in the White House at any time who has created such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First Lady's social life. One wonders why she needs so much help, at taxpayer expense. (I'm wondering why there are no guidelines or restraints for this and other activities concerning our government officials and their kin.)
Note: This does not include makeup artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, and "First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright, 31, both of whom traveled aboard Air Force One to Europe ...
Copyright 2009 Canada Free Press: canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652<http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652 >
Yes, I know, The Canadian Free Press had to publish this, perhaps because America no longer has a free press and the USA media is too scared that they might be considered racist or suffer at the hands of Obama.
I helped El Chapo Escape ...
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Posted: 09 Oct 2015 12:08 PM PDT Borderland Beat posted by DD republished from Mexcio News Daily By Luis Elizalde*
I helped El Chapo escape. And you, who is reading this, and you, and you. Yes, this is going to be a radical post, but what do you want? That’s me. The first time I helped El Chapo was, perhaps, in February 1986 when I finally got my first fake ID and used it to get into the News, a popular disco in El Pedregal, and get blissfully drunk. The second time was in ’87 when I got my “no-test” driver’s license by paying 300 pesos more, for which, obviously, I received no receipt. The third was the first time I ran a light and fell back on the proverbial “How can we fix this, officer?” The fourth, when Messrs. Johnnie and Walker helped me pass a remedial geography course with a gift for my dipsomaniac teacher. And I could continue with countless episodes in which a bribe took place. The last time I helped him was with his tunnel two weeks ago when a cop pulled me over because my car’s emissions test had expired. I preferred to resolve the matter in a pleasant and friendly manner with two Sor Juanas (200-peso notes), instead of paying the ticket, allowing my car to be towed away and dealing with all the fucking hassle. You have helped, too, when you double-park “very quickly because you’re only just going close by,” or when you buy pirated movies, or when you bribe the alcohol inspectors because your restaurant’s license has expired and renewing it is a fuss, or you who voted for the PRI, or you who didn’t vote. It’s a radical point of view, as I said, but I consider it as real as El Chapo’s escape. My father-in-law used to say that “nobody can get through the three honests:” You ask someone, “Are you honest?” And they answer, “Yes.” You ask again: “Honest, honest?” And they answer again: “Yes, yes.” You ask once again: ““Honest, honest, honest?” And then the person being asked will always say, “Weeelll, I mean, define honest, because, you see . . . .” And, yeah. Nobody can endure the three honests. It sounds like a joke, but it isn’t. We live in a country in which we are told from childhood that “if you don’t cheat, you don’t get ahead.” That seems to be the motto. That’s how “the system” works. Alas, it is sometimes cheaper to bribe someone and get things done than become “misterthreehonests,” because in many cases if you want to resolve a bureaucratic procedure, you must bribe someone. Is it Mexican genetics? Not at all, and you simply have to cross from Tijuana to Chula Vista to find out. The Mexicans who run lights and leave litter in Baja California are the same as those in California who stop at stop signs, and for whom the idea of spitting chewing gum on the sidewalk never even crosses their minds. Why? Because they know that if they do that in the United States they’re in deep shit. And it’s not like our northern neighbors aren’t corrupt, it’s that their corruption doesn’t affect ordinary citizens so directly. I lived for two years in Texas, and at first I felt like a hot shot and insulted everyone because of the oppressivedamngringos, they call it the land of the free but won’t let you do anything, etc. I quickly realized that everything there works like clockwork. It’s im-pres-sive. As an example, if you run a light and get pulled over by a cop, don’t even think about asking “What’s up, officer, is there a way to fix this problem outside the court?” because you’ll probably end up in jail instead of court. Tax collection there does have an impact on public health and schools, on colleges, roads, streetlights and many more services. So no, we aren’t born like this nor is it ingrained in our DNA. We just know that here in our home, for better or worse, we can do whatever the hell we want, and we can solve anything with threats, influence, a little (or large) bribe, or just by playing the fool. Because the institutions don’t work. There’s too many people who don’t pay taxes. Can we blame them? Have you had something taken care of at the Seguro Social? You’ll bleed to death before someone even admits you. Do your kids attend a public school? God-for-bid. Are the roads and streetlights in your cities terrific? Are you fucking kidding me? No, no and no. The list could go on with thousands of no’s. Even if you want to be well-behaved and do stuff without cheating, you’ll realize sooner rather than later that “the system” works better if you take the easier road. As in: the illegal one. Sad. Very sad. So if you are one of those who paid off your ex’s lawyer to get a better deal out of the divorce, or don’t pay taxes, or got an innocent joint from someone at the office to have a good time, or benefited from your government’s contractors and built yourself an eight-million-dollar mansion with public funds, you too helped El Chapo build that tunnel. A tunnel that we know nobody used to escape. We all know that El Chapo left by walking out through the front door, whistling Raphael’s “today is a special day for me, cause I’ll go out at night.” He managed to do this while unloading cartloads of cash left and right. And nobody was surprised he escaped. It was logical. It’s Mexico. A Mexico built by you and me. This, of course, doesn’t make me proud. This is simply a very brief chronicle of this sick country in which we live. *Luis Elizalde is executive vice-president and chief creative officer at the communications and advertising agency, Saatchi & Saatchi México. |
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