Third Planned Parenthood Video Released

THIRD PLANNED PARENTHOOD VIDEO RELEASED: WHISTLEBLOWER REVEALS “IT’S BASICALLY A HUGE TRAFFICKING OF FETAL TISSUES” (Source blacklistednews.com)

A third undercover expose video of Planned Parenthood has been released by the Center For Medical Progress, and as expected, it shows footage of fetal body parts after abortions. The video features whistleblower Holly O’Donnell, who claims that a biomedical company she was working for was in the business of paying Planned Parenthood clinics for fetal organs, according to the condition of the tissue after being extracted from an abortion. O’Donnell, a former technician for California-based Stem Express, says “The more valuable the tissue the more money you get, so if you can somehow procure a brain or a heart you’re going to get more money than just umbilical cord.” “So I guess that’s incentive to try and get the hard stuff because they get more money.” she adds O’Donnell explains that she was looking for employment as a phlebotomist, simply drawing blood from patients, yet when she applied for a position with Stem Express, the company failed to explain what the role would entail. “I thought I was going to be just drawing blood, not procuring tissue from aborted fetuses“ she says. O’Donnell soon discovered, after landing the job, that the company hires procurement techs to “draw blood and dissect dead fetuses, and sell the parts to researchers. They partner with Planned Parenthood and they get part of the money.”

Brain-Eating Amoeba Shows Up in Louisiana Tap Water

Brain-Eating Amoeba Shows Up in Louisiana Tap Water (Source Yahoo) A brain-eating amoeba that killed two people in two weeks ago has turned up in the water supply of a Louisiana county near New Orleans for the second time in two years. The water supply of St. Bernard Parish (Louisiana counties are called parishes), which is located five miles outside of downtown New Orleans, is undergoing a 60-day chlorine “burn” to eradicate Naegleria fowleri, the Louisiana Department of Heath and Hospitals announced. Officials say the burn is being conducted “out of caution,” adding that the tap water is safe to drink because you cannot become ill by drinking infected water. However, they warn that residents should avoid getting water in their noses because it can infect people via that route. It travels up the nose and into the brain, where it typically causes an infection of the lining around the brain (meningitis) and inflammation of the brain (encephalitis). Symptoms often include severe headaches, fever, and a stiff neck. Infection with the amoeba is often deadly. A teenage boy died this month after developing an infection believed to have been caused by Naegleria fowleri that he came into contact with while swimming in a lake. Hunter A. Boutain, 14, died from primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare infection of the brain caused by the amoeba, just 48 hours after he went swimming in Minnesota’s Lake Minnewaska. He was hospitalized after his swim and was unresponsive hours later, The Associated Press reports.

Russia names US foundation first ‘undesirable’

Russia names US foundation first ‘undesirable’ foreign group (Source AFP) Russian prosecutors on Tuesday declared the US Congress-funded National Endowment for Democracy the first “undesirable” foreign group under a controversial new law to ban overseas organisations deemed a threat. The move is part of what critics say is a Kremlin drive against civil society being fuelled by growing anti-Western rhetoric over the Ukraine crisis. “Taking into account the overall aim of the Endowment’s work, prosecutors came to the conclusion that it presents a threat to the constitutional order of Russia, its defence capabilities and state security,” the prosecutors said in a statement. Prosecutors accused the American non-profit organisation of using local NGOs to undermine elections and organise political rallies in the country. “The National Endowment for Democracy participated in work to declare the results of election campaigns illegitimate, to organise political demonstrations aimed at influencing decisions taken by state institutions and to discredit service in the Russian armed forces,” the statement said. The decision — which now needs to be rubber-stamped by the justice ministry — will see the Endowment barred from opening offices in Russia or funding any groups or individuals in the country.

NATO eastward expansion would be ‘catastrophic’

NATO eastward expansion would be ‘catastrophic’: Russian official (Source AFP) NATO enlargement into Ukraine and Georgia would have “catastrophic consequences” for Europe, Russia’s envoy to NATO warned Tuesday in a television interview, as relations between Moscow and the West sink to Cold War-era lows. “Any political game concerning NATO expansion into Georgia and Ukraine is filled with the most serious, most profound geopolitical consequences for all of Europe,” Russia’s permanent representative to NATO, Alexander Grushko, told LifeNews television channel. “I hope that people in Brussels and other capitals fully understand the danger of this game, the danger of the cards some forces are still trying to play. This would have catastrophic consequences,” he told the Russian channel.

The Economic and Financial Problems in Europe are only just beginning

THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL PROBLEMS IN EUROPE ARE ONLY JUST BEGINNING (Source blaclistednews.com) Right now, the financial world is focused on the breathtaking stock market crash in China, but don’t forget to keep an eye on what is happening in Europe.  Collectively, the European Union has a larger population than the United States, a larger economy than either the U.S. or China, and the banking system in Europe is the biggest on the planet by far.  So what happens in Europe really matters, and at this point the European economy is absolutely primed for a meltdown.  European debt levels have never been higher, European banks are absolutely loaded with non-performing loans and high-risk derivatives, and the unemployment rate in the eurozone is currently more than double the unemployment rate in the United States.  In all the euphoria surrounding the “deal” that temporarily kept Greece in the eurozone, I think that people have forgotten that the economic and financial fundamentals in Europe have continued to deteriorate.  Whether Greece ultimately leaves the eurozone or not, a great financial crisis is inevitably coming to Europe.  It is just a matter of time. In many ways, the economy of Europe is in significantly worse shape than the U.S. economy.  Just recently, the IMF issued a report which warned that the eurozone is “susceptible to negative shocks” and could be facing very tough economic times in the near future.  Nothing has been “solved” in Greece.  The only thing that has been accomplished so far is that Greece has been kept in the euro (at least for the moment).  But for the average person on the street things continue to go from bad to worse. Yes, definitely keep an eye on what is happening in China.  Without a doubt, it is very big news. But I believe that what is going on in Europe will ultimately prove to be an even bigger story. The greatest financial crisis that Europe has ever seen is coming, and it is going to shake up the entire planet.

Global Derivatives: $1.5 Quadrillion Time Bomb

Global Derivatives: $1.5 Quadrillion Time Bomb (Source globalresearch.ca) When investing becomes gambling, bad endings follow. The next credit crunch could make 2008-09 look mild by comparison. Bank of International Settlements (BIS) data show around $700 trillion in global derivatives. Along with credit default swaps and other exotic instruments, the total notional derivatives value is about $1.5 quadrillion – about 20% more than in 2008, beyond what anyone can conceive, let alone control if unexpected turmoil strikes. The late Bob Chapman predicted it. So does Paul Craig Roberts. It could “destroy Western civilization,” he believes. Financial deregulation turned Wall Street into a casino with no rules except unrestrained making money. Catastrophic failure awaits. It’s just a matter of time. Ellen Brown calls the “derivatives casino…a last-ditch attempt to prop up a private pyramid scheme” – slowly crumbling under its own weight. For years, Warren Buffett called derivatives “financial time bombs” – for economies and ordinary people. Unless collateralized or guaranteed, their worth depends on the creditworthiness of counter-parties. Earnings on derivatives are “wildly overstated,” Buffett explains – because they’re “based on estimates whose inaccuracy may not be exposed for many years.” When corporate bosses ask financial executives how profits look in any quarter, they, in turn, ask how much do you want, then manipulate things to oblige when told. Since 2008, too-big-to-fail banks consolidated to much greater size than ever. They’re financial and political powerhouses controlling world economies to their own advantage. Civilization’s only hope is smashing them – dismantling them into small, impotent pieces, or ideally putting money back in public hands where it belongs. It’s too important to be privately controlled. Financial predators entrap small/weak nations into unrepayable debt peonage like Greece, bleed them dry, and third worldize developed ones into dystopian backwaters – while they grow richer and more powerful than ever ahead of the whole corrupt system going bust, decimating billions worldwide in greater human misery than already.

 

House Passes Bill Blocking States From Requiring GMO Labels on Food

HOUSE PASSES BILL BLOCKING STATES FROM REQUIRING GMO LABELS ON FOOD (Source The Hill) The House on Thursday passed hotly contested legislation that would keep states from issuing mandatory labeling laws for foods that contain genetically modified ingredients, often called GMOs. The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015, which passed 275-150, would instead create a federal standard for voluntary labeling of GMOs. Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.), who authored the bill, called mandatory labeling laws — which have already passed in Vermont, Connecticut and Maine — unnecessarily costly given that GMOs have been proven to be safe. “Precisely zero pieces of credible evidence have been presented that foods produced with biotechnology pose any risk to our health and safety,” Pompeo said. “We should not raise prices on consumers based on the wishes of a handful of activists.”

 

Fast-moving California wildfire threatens homes, prompts evacuations

Fast-moving California wildfire threatens homes, prompts evacuations (Source Reuters) A rapidly expanding wildfire in Northern California is threatening about 150 structures and has forced evacuations in several rural areas as the wind-whipped blaze rips across parched vegetation, officials said on Wednesday. Experts predict an unusually active and destructive wildfire season in California, as the state grapples with a fourth year of crippling drought. The Wragg Fire near Lake Berryessa, some 75 miles north of San Francisco, was sparked around 2:30 p.m. by a vehicle accident, according to CalFire, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention. The fire had expanded to 4,000 acres in about eight hours, and was 5 percent contained, CalFire said. The blaze shut down part of a highway and was threatening 150 homes and other structures, it said. Evacuation orders were issued in several rural areas and a campground, but it was not clear how many people were forced to leave. CalFire said 300 firefighters and four helicopters had been dispatched to battle the blaze as it cut across rugged, steep and brush-covered terrain. Shortly after the blaze broke out, three hikers were rescued from an area south of the lake, CalFire said. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Erratic winds made fighting the fire more difficult, officials said.

WEB WARS: German Army to Enter Global Cyberwar

WEB WARS: GERMAN ARMY TO ENTER GLOBAL CYBERWAR (Source Sputnik)The Bundeswehr is planning to unfold its “offensive capabilities” in cyber warfare. A new strategy paper of the Ministry of Defense considers the Internet as a potential war zone. The Bundeswehr is facing a major change of its strategy in cyber warfare. In addition to defense against cyberattacks, the German army is due to perform attacks on foreign states, DWN wrote, referring to a strategy paper of the German Ministry of Defense. The strategy guidelines serve as a basis for the new White Paper of the Bundeswehr, which will be released in 2016 and is designed to define the German security policy orientation. According to the guidelines, Germany has to play a decisive role in cyberspace. Internet and other communication platforms are defined as a new “operating room” of the Bundeswehr besides classical threats on land as well as in the air, sea and space. “The spectrum of threats ranges from cyber espionage and sabotage to open cyber conflict,” German Minister of Defense Ursula von der Leyen said. The more advanced technologies a country has, the greater the security threat is, she added.
Germany faces increasing cyberattacks on its infrastructure. Therefore, according to German officials, the Bundeswehr should be responsible for “the defense against cyberattacks, which represent an armed attack on Germany” in the future. The use of the armed forces can be allowed in the event of attacks on critical infrastructure, such as communications or transport networks, as reported by Spiegel. However, the plans of the German Minister of Defense go even further. The Bundeswehr is expected to be able to carry out “offensive cyberattacks inside the country and abroad”. For instance, it is expected to be able to “reduce and, possibly, even eliminate” the access of the enemy to mobile networks and Internet. In order to fulfill this new role, the IT resources should be increased and centralized, German officials argue.

 

 

KKK, Black Panthers Clash at Confederate Flag Rally

KKK, Black Panthers Clash at Confederate Flag Rally (Source newser.com) A crowd rallying for black power faced off against Klu Klux Klan members today outside the South Carolina Statehouse over the Confederate flag, NBC News reports. About 50 KKK members showed up waving the flags (with one bearing a Nazi symbol) after a 200-strong “Countering the Attack on Black Unity Rally.” The latter included people from Black Lawyers for Justice and Black Educators for Justice, a group from Florida that’s linked to the New Black Panther Party. The KKK members hurled racial slurs at the earlier group, who yelled back from barricades where they were placed near the Statehouse. Scuffles eventually broke out and police took two people away,WYFF4 reports.