An update on the violence Israel and Palestine have been bombing each other for 2 weeks. On July 10, Israel Chief of Staff approved plans for ground strike in Gaza. Israeli air attacks also increased. 618 Palestinians have been killed and 3,750 wounded. The UN says that 70%-80% are civilians. 28 Israeli soldiers and 2 civilians have died. Israel …
Malaysia Airlines Jet Shot Down Over Ukraine
No one claims responsibility for it A Malaysian Airlines passenger flight has crashed. Flight MH17 carried 295 people out of Amsterdam. The plane was hit by a missile fired from a military launcher. Ukraine and Pro-Russian rebels have been fighting for months in the region where the plane was shot down. July 14th, a Ukraine military transport plane …
Ukraine, Russia, US, & WW3
The story is about energy, people! Jan. ‘14, 800k anti-Russian protestors seize Kiev (Ukraine capital) 88 protestors get killed. Pro-Russian Ukraine president leaves. Crimea: an independent republic with close ties to Ukraine and key natural gas resources. Pro-Russian gunman seize key buildings in Crimea. 12,000 Russian troops mass on Ukraine/Crimea border. US tells Putin to pull back troops. He …
SOPA vs CISPA vs CISA
Free Speech, Privacy, and Copyrights SOPA, 2011 Current status: Shelved Pro: Current laws don’t protect content creators from people who pirate or steal their intellectual property. Con: Law allows anyone to take down any site without due process. Could easily be abused. Supported by: Motion Picture Association of America Opposed by: Google, Yahoo!, Facebook, Twitter, eBay CISPA, 2012,’13 Current status: …
The Veterans Affairs Scandal
People who fight our wars don’t get care Apr. ‘14: Whistleblower describes a horrendous wait list scheme at the Phoenix, AZ Veterans Affairs hospital. The secret wait list made it look like there wasn’t a long wait for care (possibly for officials to receive extra bonuses). At least 40 vets died because of lack of care at the Phoenix VA. …
FBI Reads American Citizens’ Emails: Is it Illegal? Not Sure
New report shows that FBI/NSA are reading American citizens’ emails (yeah, it’s another Edward Snowden leak story). According to the report, 202 Muslim American citizens had their emails snooped (though many more may have). 5 of these US citizens are kinda famous. One is a Rutgers Univ. professor, one is a lawyer, and 2 are involved in politics. Of course, the …
UPDATE: Palestine (Hamas) and Israel: Bombing Each Other Forever
Israel/Palestine hate goes back generations and both have done terrible things reclaiming land that each believes is theirs. Most recently, 3 Israeli teens were killed. Israel blames Palestine. They say it wasn’t them. A day after the 3 teens were buried, a Palestinian boy was found murdered in supposed retaliation. Riots begin. Hamas (governs Gaza strip, classified by US as …
Zee Germans Are Coming: US Spy Discovered in German Military
In 2013, Edward Snowden revealed a world-wide data dragnet by NSA: a US intel agnecy. In Oct ‘13 it was also revealed that NSA monitors the cellphone of the German Chancelor, Angela Merkel. Obama has given Merkel personal assurances that the NSA is no longer monitoring her phone. In July ‘14 it was learned that a US spy in a …