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KFC fires employee for being homeless.

A Tupelo woman hired earlier this month by a KFC was fired Monday after the franchise owner discovered she’s homeless.

Eunice Jasica has been staying at the Salvation Army lodge since early December after losing her job, her car and her home.

The nonprofit organization requires its residents to seek employment daily and, upon finding it, to pay for lodging and start saving for a place of their own. Jasica said she [...]

China’s Drone Swarms Rise to Challenge US Power

Jeremy Hsu
TechNewsDaily
March 13, 2013

China is building one of the world’s largest drone fleets aimed at expanding its military reach in the Pacific and swarming U.S. Navy carriers in the unlikely event of a war, according to a new report.

The Chinese military — known as the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) — envisions its drone swarms scouting out battlefields, guiding missile strikes and overwhelming opponents through sheer numbers. China’s military-industrial complex has [...]

Hungary stands firm: human rights is not gay rights!

April 11, 2012
(Budapest) Hungarian police should immediately revoke their decision to refuse planners of the 2012 Pride March permission to pursue their chosen route, Human Rights Watch said today. The march should be allowed to go ahead as planned on July 7. The police also have an obligation to facilitate the peaceful passage of the Pride March, protect the safety of the participants, and ensure that anti-gay protesters are not [...]

Hungary Amends Laws, In a Snub to EU and U.S.

Margit Feher and Gordon Fairclough
Wall Street Journal
March 11, 2013

Hungarian lawmakers on Monday passed amendments to the country’s constitution, despite warnings from the European Union and the U.S. that the measures could threaten the rule of law and weaken democratic checks and balances.

Parliament, controlled by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s right-leaning Fidesz alliance, approved the changes—including provisions that allow the court system’s top administrator and prosecutors to choose which judges hear legal [...]

Barroso Urges E.U. to Keep Cutting Debt

JAMES KANTER, STEPHEN CASTLE and NIKI KITSANTONIS
nytimes.com
March 11, 2013

The president of the European Commission on Monday called on E.U. leaders to stay the course on debt reduction and economic overhauls, as he sought to head off a rancorous debate on those issues when the leaders hold a summit meeting here this week.

“Steadfast implementation of reforms is beginning to deliver results in terms of current accounts and regaining competitiveness,” the commission [...]

Soon 60,000 Customs and Border Protection agents could be told to stay home.

Allyson Blair
KPHO.com
March 11, 2013

 

CBS 5 – KPHO

Soon 60,000 Customs and Border Protection agents could be told to stay home. Furlough notices went out late last week to agents in Arizona and across the country.

Art Del Cueto is the president of the Tucson Custom and Border Protection Union. He represents 3,500 members.

“There is a lot of confusion right now with the agents not knowing what’s going to happen,” said Del [...]

Italy’s economy shrinks as EU leader warns of lost generation

Rachel Cooper
telegraph.co.uk
March 11, 2013

Data from Italy’s national statistics institute ISTAT showed that the country’s economy shrank by 0.9pc in the fourth quarter of last year and gross domestic product was down a revised 2.8pc year-on-year.

The economy was hobbled by chronically weak domestic demand and a fall in inventories, while exports posted modest growth.

Italy has been mired in recession since the middle of 2011 and is not expected to show any [...]

Ron Paul: Congress, Drones, and The Imperial Presidency

Ron Paul
Infowars.com
March 11, 2013

Last week the US Senate took a break from debating the phony cuts known as “sequestration,” for Senator Rand Paul to hold a 13-hour filibuster to force the Obama administration to state whether it believes the President has the right to kill American citizens with drones on US soil. I find it tragic that there has to be a discussion on an issue that should be so [...]

Water contamination suspected as more than 1,000 pig corpses float down China’s Shanghai river

AFP
March 11, 2013

More than 1,000 dead pigs have been found floating in Shanghai’s main waterway, the Chinese city’s government said Monday, as residents expressed fears over possible drinking water contamination.

Workers in the southwestern district of Songjiang fished more than 1,200 dead swine out of the Huangpu river, which goes on to cut through the commercial hub and create its waterfront Bund district.

The haul included both piglets and huge adult pigs, [...]

Second Drone Spotted Over New York?

UAV reported within 3 miles of LaGuardia Airport

Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
March 11, 2013

For the second time within a week, police are investigating reports of an unmanned drone spotted flying over New York within three miles of LaGuardia Airport.

According to journalist Christopher Robbins, police scanner audio revealed that the NYPD was called to look into an “unusual incident” concerning reports of a “drone flying” near exit 23 of the Long [...]

North Korea Forces Await ‘Final Strike Order’ from Kim Jong-un As The Peace Treaty With The South Ends

North Korea Forces Await ‘Final Strike Order’ from Kim Jong-un

South Korea vows strong response if provoked

North Korea’s armed forces are reported to be awaiting a “final order” from the country’s supreme leader Kim Jong-un before launching a campaign against South Korea.

Ahead of a ten-day joint computer-simulated drill to be conducted by the US and South Korea on 11 March, the North’s most widely circulated mouthpiece Rodong Sinmun said: “Our front-line [...]

1 Meter Tsunami 7.3 EQ Off Japanese Coast ; Multiple After Shocks!

LATEST UPDATE:Japan quake: No serious damage, tsunami warning lifted

http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/japan-lifts-tsunami-warning-issued-after-earthquake-in-northeast-302560

(Old)UPDATE: One meter high tsunami hits Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture – NHK

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000e5n4#summary

37.710°N 144.625°E depth=33.0km (20.5mi)
Nearby Cities

295km (183mi) SE of Kamaishi, Japan
295km (183mi) ESE of Ofunato, Japan
300km (186mi) SE of Otsuchi, Japan
302km (188mi) ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan
494km (307mi) ENE of Tokyo, Japan

A warning for a one meter tsunami was issued for the coast of Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, which was hit by a [...]

Fukushima: Sinking Unit 4 Literally On Verge Of Collapsing

Though the mainstream media has long since abandoned the issue, the precarious situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility in Japan is only continuing to worsen, according to a prominent Japanese official. During a recent interview, Mitsuhei Murata, the former Japanese Ambassador to both Switzerland and Senegal, explained that the ground beneath the plant’s Unit 4 is gradually sinking, and that the entire structure is very likely on the [...]

Japanese women lose world longevity title to Hong Kong… and Japan’s government blames 2011′s earthquake and tsunami

For 26 years Japanese women have been blessed with the world’s longest life expectancy, being able to look forward to an average age of 86.3 years.

But last year they lost their longevity crown, and the Japanese government has blamed the 2011 earthquake and tsunami for the drop.

The health and labour ministry said the disaster, which left nearly 20,000 dead or missing, was mainly behind a decline in average lifespan to [...]

Families flock to Fukushima beach after officials declare it safe to swim

Graham Smith
dailymail.co.uk
July 18, 2012

Officials in Japan have opened Fukushima state’s first beach to swimmers since last year’s nuclear disaster after judging the water to be safe.

About 1,000 people yesterday descended on Nakoso beach, about 40miles south of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, where three reactors melted down after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

The opening was celebrated with beach volleyball games and hula dancers from a nearby spa.

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Tokyo-based Writer: Over 1,000,000 Japanese living in areas with high daily radiation exposure — Previous cesium limit in rice was just 0.1 Bq/kg; Now 1,000 times higher

Now is time to go nuclear-free: author
Taipei Times
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Jun 25, 2012

Tokyo-based Taiwanese writer Liu Li-erh (???) yesterday in Taipei shared her latest fact-finding from Japan

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Having lived in Tokyo for 30 years and experienced the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11 last year and led to the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, Liu said that more than 1 million Japanese [...]

Radioactive release at Fukushima was underestimated – NY Times article

via NYT:

The amount of radioactive materials released in the first days of the Fukushima nuclear disaster was almost two and a half times the initial estimate by Japanese safety regulators, the operator of the crippled plant said in a report released on Thursday.

The operator, the Tokyo Electric Power Company, said the meltdowns it believes took place at three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant released about 900,000 terabecquerels of radioactive [...]

500,000 people to have been evacuated around Fukushima after March 11? Official suggested 50km evacuation zone -Asahi

Government considered evacuating 500,000 after nuclear accident
AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
GO YAMASHITA
May 10, 2012

In the days after the Great East Japan Earthquake last year, the Cabinet Office was drawing up plans to evacuate 500,000 people in a “worst-case scenario” at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.

That plan would have relocated all people living within a 50-kilometer radius of the plant.

Koichiro Genba, then minister in charge of national policy [had] a [...]

Investor Sentiment: A Sell Signal is Upon Us

For weeks now, I have been using phrases in these weekly articles on sentiment like “the best, most accelerated gains are behind us” and “we are closer to the end then the beginning”. When we look at the charts, the SP500 has been essentially flat for the past 8 weeks, so every now and then, I guess I can get it right. If you have been a buyer over this [...]

FLASH: U.S. SENT FRENCH SHOOTING SUSPECT BACK TO FRANCE FROM AFGHANISTAN… DEVELOPING…

1556 GMT: More details emerging about the gunman from French prosecutor Francois Molins. He tells reporters that the US army sent the gunman back to France after he was arrested in Afghanistan. Afghan police detained Merah and then handed him over to the US army “who put him on the first plane headed to France,” Mollins says.

Afghan police detained the young man and then handed him over to the US [...]

Soldier ‘can’t recall’ Afghan massacre

AFP - The US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers does not remember the incident, his lawyer said Monday, but the Pentagon has announced that he could be charged within days.

Staff Sergeant Robert Bales — who prosecutors say returned to his base and turned himself in after the shooting rampage could face the death penalty if convicted, according to US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.

The 38-year-old trooper’s civilian attorney told CBS [...]

4 killed in shooting at French Jewish school

A gunman opened fire on a Jewish school in southern France Monday, killing four people — the third shooting in the area in 10 days.

The shooting in the city of Toulouse left a teacher and three children dead, including a 3-year-old, said local prosecutor Michel Valet. A fourth child was injured.

The gunman arrived shortly after 8 a.m. and fled on a motor scooter after the shootings. He is believed to [...]

Army capt.: Afghan killing suspect has saved lives

SEATTLE (AP) — A former platoon leader for the soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians says the allegations are “100 percent out of character” for the man, whom he described as a model soldier who has saved other soldiers’ lives.

Army Capt. Chris Alexander said Robert Bales worked as a stock trader before the Sept. 11 attacks motivated him to enlist in the Army.

“I’ve always admired him for that – [...]

TO SAVE JACKSON MEMORIAL WE NEED MORE THAN A FORMER BANKER

By Farid A. Khavari

 

Bankers are notoriously known to wreak havoc on the economy, as we have seen with recent events on Wall Street; if they had not been bailed out, most of them would have gone bankrupt. Are they any better at fixing business problems, especially when it comes to pulling a hospital out of the red into the black? That’s the question we’ll be exploring here.

 

CARLOS MIGOYA – A [...]

45,000 caught cheating at Britain’s universities

Brian Brady and Kunal Dutta
The Independent 
March 11, 2012

Tens of thousands of students in universities across Britain have been caught cheating in exams and coursework – and the trend is on the rise, according to a investigation by The Independent on Sunday.

Over the past three years, more than 45,000 students at 80 institutions have been hauled before college authorities and found guilty of “academic misconduct” ranging from bringing crib-sheets or mobile phones [...]

US Service Member Kills At Least 16 Afghan Civilians

VOA News 
March 11, 2012

Afghan officials and witnesses say a U.S. service member walked off his base and shot and killed at least 16 Afghan civilians in Kandahar province Sunday.

The shooting is the latest in a string of incidents to further strain Washington and Kabul’s already tense relationship.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai called Sunday’s shooting unforgivable. He demanded an explanation from the United States for what he called “intentional killings.” Karzai said [...]

American soldier has a ‘breakdown’ and shoots nine children dead in their sleep

BETH STEBNER
DailyMail
March 11, 2012

Nine children and three women were among 16 innocent Afghan civilians shot and killed by a U.S. soldier who opened fire after suffering a ‘mental breakdown’ early this morning.

The soldier reportedly entered the Afghan family’s homes in the middle of the night and opened fire on his victims in a killing spree. A relative of the deceased added that he then ‘poured chemicals over their dead bodies [...]

Israel to delay strike on Iran until after US elections?

Ynet
March 11, 2012

Israel will only strike Iranian nuclear facilities in September or after the United States presidential elections in November, a White House official told the British Sunday Times newspaper after a meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama last week.

According to the report, Obama has taken Israel’s warnings about a possible strike in Iran very seriously. The Washington source added that the president “might visit [...]

World Government = Global Death

Infowars.com
March 11, 2012

The elites establishing world government have openly stated a plan to exterminate 6 billion people. The system is not run by people who are just corrupt, it is controlled by blood lusting control freaks who are unspeakably evil.

NYPD Officer Held in Psychiatric Ward of Hospital for Six Days After Reporting Corruption

Village Voice
March 11, 2012

For more than two years, Adrian Schoolcraft secretly recorded every roll call at the 81st Precinct in Brooklyn and captured his superiors urging police officers to do two things in order to manipulate the “stats” that the department is under pressure to produce: Officers were told to arrest people who were doing little more than standing on the street, but they were also encouraged to disregard actual [...]