Bird flu confirmed at Iowa farm with 5.3 million chickens (Source AP) Up to 5.3 million hens at an Iowa farm must be destroyed after the highly infectious and deadly bird flu virus was confirmed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday. The farm in northwest Iowa’s Osceola County has nearly 10 percent of the state’s egg-laying hens. Iowa is home to roughly 59 million hens that lay nearly one in every five eggs consumed in the country. Egg industry marketing experts say it’s too early to predict the impact on prices, but say it’s unlikely to immediately cause a spike or a shortage, because number of chickens that are to be euthanized is a little more than 1 percent of the nation’s egg layers. “Don’t panic. Let’s wait and see,” said poultry industry consultant Simon Shane, who also teaches poultry science and veterinary medicine at North Carolina State University. He added that if 20 million to 30 million hens are infected, consumers could start seeing prices rise.

The Pentagon’s “Operation Jade Helm 15″: The Floodgate towards Martial Law and World War III? (Store globalresearch.ca) First we learned that Operation Jade Helm 15 is coming this summer from mid-July through mid-September to a Southwest neighborhood near you stretching from Texas to California. Per government sources and their mainstream media outlets like the Washington Post, it’s nothing more than a benign massive military drill designed to test how effectively US Special Operations forces can covertly and as seamlessly as possible embed themselves into the civilian populace as a mere security training exercise to keep us all safe in the future. The Washington Post March 31st headline – “Why Operation Jade Helm 15 is Freaking out the Internet and Why it Shouldn’t Be” – then goes on to list several alternative news sites like InfoWars making the claim that martial law in America is coming soon. According to last August’s CNN poll, an all-time high of 87% of Americans simply do not trust their own government nor mainstream media as truthful or credible. More and more Americans are turning to alternative news sources in an attempt to find out what’s really going on in their world. But the rash of “sky is falling” headlines from the internet news sources have created a media firestorm. Millions of Americans could hardly be consoled by the Washington Post article encouraging them not to worry that our government once again is up to no good. Instead those distrusting MSM believe Jade Helm 15 is a training exercise that will pave the way for US martial law similar to how the Boston Marathon false flag was a litmus test for martial law imposed on a major US metropolitan city. Except this time Jade Helm’s unprecedented size and scope covers a large expansive area taking up the southwestern quadrant of the United States.

Russia vs. US: The World War 3 (Source valuewalk.com) Russia and China stand better chances in a possible nuclear war against the US, which would mean complete destruction of the United States’ territory, the French journalist said. His comments come as the Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens to use his nuclear force against the United States and its allies if NATO moves more forces into the Baltic states or if attempts are made to return Crimea to Ukraine. While Washington would be able to hit just a part of Russia’s massive territory, the US would be wiped off the face of the Earth. And Russia has a major advantage if that sort of conflict occurs as it would be able to launch its advanced missiles from its ships off the coast of the US. As for Russia’s missiles, it’s a whole other story. As it was earlier reported, Putin signed a decree that lifts a ban on delivering S-300 missiles, which are currently the world’s most advanced air defense systems, to Iran. But it’s very unlikely Russia is going to use these missiles in a nuclear war against the US as the Kremlin is currently manufacturing the even better version of these missiles – S-500 missile system. Although it is fair to say that even these missiles won’t be able to withstand a large attack of ballistic missiles from US ships. Over a week ago, ValueWalk interviewed a retired Russian Army General and a Military Strategies and Technologies expert, Evgeni Solovyov, who said that Russia is clearly “testing the West, particularly the United States.” There are a lot of indications that a nuclear confrontation between Moscow and Washington could indeed happen: Russian military aircraft have been repeatedly invading into NATO airspace, particularly the Baltic states’ airspace. Putin admitting he was ready to ready up his nuclear forces in Crimea. Then, of course, there was this meeting between the US and Russia’s military and intelligence experts, which revealed Putin’s willingness to view any attempt from NATO’s side to return Crimea to Ukraine or to increase its presence in the Baltic states as declaration of war and threatened a “spectrum of responses from nuclear to non-military” to retain his control in the region.

Fed official hints many cities to follow Detroit bankruptcy road (Source rt.com) A top Federal Reserve official indicated Tuesday that the municipal bankruptcies of Detroit, Michigan, and Stockton, California, could mean further such filings in the future, more so that current bond ratings suggest. At a workshop on the US bankruptcy code for local governments, or Chapter 9, New York Fed President William Dudley spoke of the possibility for more US cities to fall into bankruptcy before long. “While these particular bankruptcy filings have captured a considerable amount of attention, and rightly so, they may foreshadow more widespread problems than what might be implied by current bond ratings,” Dudley said, according to a text of his speech. “We need to focus our attention today on addressing the underlying issues before any problems grow to the point where bankruptcy becomes the only viable option,” he added. Dudley did not mention any specific municipalities that could join the likes of Detroit, but he did say that cities borrowing money to pay for a current year’s operating budget is “equivalent to asking future taxpayers to help finance today’s public services.”

Huge Trouble Is Percolating Just Under The Surface Of The Global Economy (Source globalresearch.ca)

Did you know that the number of publicly traded companies declaring bankruptcy has reached a five year high?  And did you know that Chinese exports are absolutely collapsing and that Chinese economic growth in 2014 was the weakest in over 20 years?  Even though things may seem to be okay on the surface for the global economy at the moment, that does not mean that big trouble is not percolating just under the surface.  On Wednesday, investors cheered as stocks soared to new highs, but almost all of the economic news coming in from around the planet has been bad.  many of the exact same financial patterns that we saw just before the crash of 2008 are repeating once again. Most people were feeling really good about things, but huge trouble was brewing just underneath the surface.  Finally, one day we learned that Lehman Brothers had “suddenly” collapsed, and then all hell broke loose.

Pineapple Enzyme More Effective than Chemotherapy Agent, Kills Cancer Without Killing You: Study

(Source GreenMedInfo) Published in 2007 in the journal Planta Medica, researchers found that an enzyme extracted from pineapple stems known as bromelain was superior to the chemo-agent 5-fluorauracil in treating cancer in the animal model. Bromelain, like all natural substances, will never receive FDA drug approval. Capital, at the present time, does not flow into the development of non-patentable (i.e. non-profitable) cancer therapies, even if they work, are safe and extremely affordable. This is simply the nature of the beast. Until we compel our government to utilize our tax dollars to invest in this type of research, there will be no level playing field in cancer treatment, or any treatment offered through the conventional medical establishment, for that matter. Or, some of us may decide to take our health into our own hands, and use the research, already freely available on possible natural cancer treatment, to inform our treatment decisions without the guidance of the modern day equivalent of the “priest” of the body, the conventional oncologist, who increasingly fills the description of an “applied pharmacologist/toxicologist” – nothing more, nothing less.

US paratroopers to train Ukraine army as Russia complains (Source bbc.com) About 300 US paratroopers have come to western Ukraine to train with Ukrainian National Guard units, the US Army says. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned that the move “could seriously destabilize the situation” in Ukraine. He said the US military presence “is a long way from helping towards a settlement of the conflict”, Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency reported. The US and its Nato allies accuse Russia of sending soldiers and weapons to the separatists in eastern Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin again dismissed the Western charges on Thursday, telling millions of Russians that “there are no Russian troops in Ukraine”. The rebels in the east signed a ceasefire agreement with the Ukrainian government in February, but recently the number of violations has escalated. There has been further shelling on the outskirts of rebel-held Donetsk and in the village of Shyrokyne, near the southern port city of Mariupol. Ukraine’s National Guard has been involved in the fighting. It includes various volunteer units who are now being integrated with the Ukrainian regular army. The US Army said the US paratroopers were part of the 173rd Airborne Brigade. The training will take place at Yavoriv, near Lviv in western Ukraine. The US forces will begin training three battalions of Ukrainian troops over the next six months, the statement said.

Russian Army Chief Defends Increased Military Activity, Warns of U.S. and Its Allies’ ‘Military Threat for Russia’ (Source au.ibtimes.com) Russia’s army chief has accused the United States and its NATO allies for bringing down his country to its knees to achieve “world domination.” He vowed that Moscow will be ready to defend Russia if threatened. Speaking at a security conference in Moscow, General Valery Gerasimov justified Russia’s show of military strength as preparation for the future. “It’s difficult to foresee how this will all end,” said the head of Russia’s army about the West’s interference of the Russian-backed military activity in Ukraine. Gerasimov warned that Russia does not know what kind of “orders” the new Ukrainian government is receiving from the West and where Kiev’s aggression may be directed in the future. He believes it could involve a “military threat for Russia.” The Russian army chief, who is also the close friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin, claimed the U.S. and its NATO allies plan to bring Russia down by fuelling conflicts across its border including Ukraine, reports the Express. Gerasimov called the ongoing UK-led military exercises in Scotland is based on “military action against a simulated enemy, which could be easily guessed as the Russian Federation.” The general added that the deployment of U.S. global anti-missile defence systems is seen by Russia as another step of the U.S. and its allies to destroy the current system of international security. He added that the continued implementation of the U.S. and NATO defence plans create a “real threat” to Russia’s strategic nuclear forces. NATO military activity near Russia’s borders has increased dramatically, according to Gerasimov. He also noted a rise in the number of ships that enter the Black Sea since 2013. He believes the West is exerting economic and political pressure on Russia to cut it down to size. Military spending in Russia has risen by 97 percent but the country’s military budget has taken a 5 percent cut in 2015 due to a drop in oil prices. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute has noted that despite the budget cut, Russia’s 2015 military budget is still a significant increase on spending compared to the previous years.

Only 14% of People in Disneyland Measles Outbreak Were Unvaccinated, but It’s 100% their Fault, Claims Propaganda (Source Natural News) A new study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics claims to delineate the source and spread of measles during the widely hyped Disneyland measles outbreak, of course blaming the unvaccinated for this ridiculous non-event. But the data points presented in the study reveal that the vast majority of those who caught measles had previously been vaccinated, and yet the outbreak is still somehow being blamed 100% on the unvaccinated. According to information from the study presented by California Healthline, as many as 86% of those who caught measles at Disneyland were fully up to date on their MMR vaccinations for measles, mumps and rubella. This means that none of them should have gotten measles, if you believe the official story anyway. But in the fantasy reality of so-called “herd immunity,” 86% just isn’t enough to prevent a disease outbreak, or so goes the myth. In order for full protection to be gained, claims the establishment, a 95% vaccination rate is required for vaccines that are 100% effective — though these numbers often shift between 90% and 99%, or are omitted entirely, depending on the agenda of a particular media report. “Clearly,” maintain the study’s authors, “MMR vaccination rates in many of the communities that have been affected by this outbreak fall well below the necessary threshold to sustain herd immunity, thus placing the greater population at risk as well.” Most outbreak victims were vaccinated, but the unvaccinated are to blame? Ah yes, the infamous herd immunity scapegoat. It’s just too convenient for vax-pimping scientists to claim that their precious vaccines don’t work because not enough people are getting them. It couldn’t be that these vaccines simply don’t work at all, as clearly demonstrated by the fact that most of the people affected during disease outbreaks were jabbed in accordance with government guidelines. No, it must be all those crazy anti-vaxxers spreading measles, even though the unvaccinated typically don’t contract measles during outbreaks (and thus don’t spread it, since they don’t actually have it). In this case, only a very small percentage of those affected hadn’t been vaccinated, so to surmise that they somehow triggered the outbreak is an absurd stretch. More than likely, it was a vaccinated individual who triggered the outbreak as a result of live attenuated viral vaccines (LAV) like MMR, which are known to shed vaccine-type viruses following vaccine administration.

Australia: Vaccinate Your Kids or Lose Benefits (Source newser.com) Life is about to get tougher for Australian parents who refuse to have their children vaccinated. Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced that “conscientious objectors” to childhood vaccination will lose benefit payments and tax rebates of more than $11,000 per year per child, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. “No jab, no play” laws already keep unvaccinated children out of child care centers in much of Australia, and Abbott describes the new policy as “no jab, no play, and no pay.” “Parents who vaccinate their children should have confidence that they can take their children to child care without the fear that their children will be at risk of contracting a serious or potentially life-threatening illness because of the conscientious objections of others,” he says.