Dec 24, 1962: Bay of Pigs prisoners fly to freedom

The last of more than 1,000 men taken prisoner at the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba has returned to the United States in time for Christmas.

The government agreed to the payment of a ransom of $53 million in food and medical supplies, donated by companies all over the USA, as a condition…

I´m not a big fan of the death sentence but there are cases when it may be the only solution, after thorough investigation of course.

"Vu Quoc Hao, 58, was once the general director of Agribank Financial Leasing Company II, or ALC II. He was charged with embezzlement, abuse of power while on duty and “intentionally isolating State regulations on economic management and causing serious consequences.”

Dang Van Hai, 56, was once chairman of the Board of Members of Quang Vinh Co.,…

Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God. — 2 Corinthians 7:1

SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS!!!

Mark Matheny

November 22, 2013



Mark Matheny discusses the real winners of Quantitative easing.

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http://www.oregonlive.com/paths-to-a-deadly-encounter/#incart_hbx#incart_best-of

Follow the link to The Oregonian.  The lay out of this news story is way more elaborate than a cut and paste.  From the classes I've taken in journalism, this is by far the closest to what I was told that news writing was heading towards.

A Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden has been charged with murder over a 2006 surgery he performed, his lawyer said Friday, raising new doubts whether the physician will regain his freedom.

By RIAZ KHAN

QAZI RAUF / AP

Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi

Associated…

The former agent, James Contreras, resigned last year amid an internal investigation into his dealings with a rogue informant

By Mike Carter and Steve…

The Associated PressNovember 22, 2013

NEWTOWN, Conn. — A summary of the investigation into the shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School will be released Monday, Connecticut prosecutors said.

The report by the prosecutor who has led the investigation, State's Attorney Stephen Sedensky III, will not include the entire state police evidence file, which runs…

The Associated PressNovember 22, 2013

SEATTLE — The city of Seattle will pay $15,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit from a felon who was caught carrying a gun.

Under other circumstances, the discovery on handgun on Charles Shateek Smith in 2009 would have sent the felon to prison for at least 15 years as an armed career criminal.

But federal judges found…

By RACHEL LA CORTE

Associated PressNovember 21, 2013

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Supporters of an initiative that would prevent Washington state from adopting universal background checks for gun sales say they have submitted 340,000 signatures with their first batch of petitions submitted Thursday to the secretary of state's…

The Associated PressNovember 22, 2013

SEATTLE — President Obama is scheduled to stop in Seattle Sunday as part of a West Coast swing to raise money for Democrats for the 2014 elections.

The Seattle Times reports (http://bit.ly/1aMl0iN ) the party has sent invitations to private fundraisers at homes in Seattle and Medina. The price…

One sidebar to the Kennedy legend is that he should never have been elected President.



Kennedy ran against Nixon in 1960 but only squeeked by with the help of Richard Daley, the longtime and totally corrupt Mayor of Chicago.



Both downstate Illinois Republicans and Cook County machine Democrats stole votes during this ho…

Paul Craig Roberts

November 22, 2013, is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The true story of JFK’s murder has never been officially admitted, although the conclusion that JFK was murdered by a plot involving the Secret Service, the CIA, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff has been well established by years of research, such as that provided by James W. Douglass in his book, JFK And The Unspeakable, published by Simon & Schuster in 2008.…

Anthony Martin

An internal memo within the Department of Justice (DOJ) has surfaced which confirms that the Obama administration had plans for gun registration and confiscation in the aftermath of the Newtown school shooting.

According to Bob…

MANHATTAN - It was a packed courtroom on Tuesday for the hearing of Ernie Tertelgte, a Manhattan man who says he's being wrongly prosecuted for trying to feed himself.

Tertelgte, 52 years old, was arrested on Monday and is accused of fishing without a license and then resisting arrest.

He appeared before the judge via video from the Gallatin County Detention Center, and it was standing room only more than a dozen friends and family members filled the small…

Did a quick search and I found a few threads on this subject... but they were all a few years old...

After decades of passionate debate, parents probably missed the repeated admissions by drug companies and governments alike that vaccines do in fact cause autism. For concerned parents seeking the truth, it’s worth remembering that the exact same people who own the world’s drug companies also own America’s news outlets. Finding propaganda-free…

Attention, moms-to-be: Your shower routine could cause you to go into labor prematurely.

A new study indicates that many preterm births can be directly connected to phthalates, a chemical found in commonly-used products like…

Global Research

American helicopters arriving in Denmark

In November, the Air Force exercises in collaboration with a team of Americans. It is therefore possible that one would get to see helicopters and other equipment that not normally constitute everyday picture.

30-10-2013 - kl. 10:10

Atle Johansen List

The Air Force has a visit from a U.S. helicopter unit from the U.S. Army. In collaboration implement a…