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Military's lost $2B surveillance blimp crashes 160 miles away and town goes into lockdown

John Vibes
The Free Thought Project
Thu, 29 Oct 2015 00:00 UTC
blimp down
© www.dailymail.co.ukThe one that got away...
One of the two military surveillance blimps that hover over the city of Baltimore and surrounding suburbs broke free this week and sailed all the way to Moreland Township, Pennsylvania, over 160 miles away. The blimp drifted across the country for over four hours until it eventually crashed in central Pennsylvania. During the hunt, two F-16 fighter jets from an Air National Guard base in Atlantic City, N.J. were sent to chase after the blimp when it was reported lost.

While the blimp was loose, the 6,700-foot-long cable that connects it to the ground was hanging under it, causing damage to anything that got in its way. "Anyone who sees the aerostat is advised to contact 911 immediately. People are warned to keep a safe distance from the airship and tether as contact with them may present significant danger," Aberdeen Proving Ground spokeswoman Heather Roelker said during the search.

The blimp reportedly reached an altitude of 16,000 feet before eventually becoming deflated and crashing into the woods. The blimp also took out power lines, and according to the local utility company, over 20,000 people lost power.

When the blimp hit the ground, police, federal agents, and emergency vehicles had shut down the entire town to be sure that they recovered the blimp before anyone else did. No one is exactly sure what the precious cargo on board these blimps includes, and while many are concerned about surveillance, the military insists that they are not spy blimps, but are intended to detect incoming missiles.

Unfortunately, the US government has a terrible history of using contrived military threats as a basis for domestic spying programs; the NSA is the most obvious example.


Comment: Whew! We are all safe now. The balloon is part of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD.

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Snakes in Suits

So no proof then: US cites 'press reports' and secret 'operational data' as proof of Russia striking Syrian hospitals


RT
Fri, 30 Oct 2015 12:07 UTC
The US maintains that Russian airstrikes hit hospitals and caused collateral damage in Syria. However, when asked to provide supporting evidence, Washington said that it bases its allegations on "press reporting" and unconfirmed accounts from "civil society groups."

"We have seen some press reporting to that end. We have seen some Syrian civil society groups says that," US State Department spokesperson John Kirby said. He did not name any specific organization or news outlet.

Instead, Kirby stressed that the US also has some "intelligence and operational information" but he firmly refused to share it.

"I'd tell you that we have some other operational information that lead[s] us to believe that Russian targeting has not only not been focused on ISIS/ISIL but has in fact caused collateral damage and some civilian casualties, to include some civil infrastructure," Kirby said.

Comment: So the US relies on Twitter trolls and this is considered 'intelligence'?

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Bad Guys

Obama and his Neocon crazies instigate war in the South China Sea but China doesn't bite... yet

Joachim Hagopian
American Empire Exposed
Wed, 28 Oct 2015 00:00 UTC
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On Tuesday the US Navy guided cruise missile destroyer the USS Lassen sailed within 12 nautical miles of Spratly Islands in the South China Sea despite repeated warnings from China that such overt action would be taken as a deliberate provocation in an already strained relationship between the United States and China. Alarmed Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui immediately summoned US Ambassador to China Max Baucus chastising him for the naval envoy's near island pass-by, calling it an "extremely irresponsible action" and "a threat to China's national sovereignty." China's Communist Party run Global Times declared that by exercising tactful restraint but preparing for the worst, China is showing the White House that it "is not frightened to fight a war with the US in the region." The article goes on to say that should any US ships linger in the area, China must "launch electronic interventions, and even send out warships, lock them by fire-control radar and fly over the US vessels."

Comment: It is continuously useful to see how pathological behavior, described in ways that is usually reserved for individuals, is so aptly put to use when astute geopolitical analysts relate their observations regarding the US government.

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Airplane Paper

Gone AWOL: MSM's belated 'truth' of Bush's National Guard service scandal

Roxanne Cooper
Raw Story
Thu, 29 Oct 2015 14:48 UTC
GWB
© www.cbsnews.comNew questions on Bush Air National Guard duty.
A new movie starring Robert Redford and Cate Blanchett resurrects an incident the Bush family wishes would disappear for good — the scandal surrounding George W. Bush going AWOL.

"Truth" examines the controversial report 60 Minutes II aired in September 2004 that detailed George W. Bush's failure to report for duty while serving as a pilot in the National Guard. "Truth" is also the story of how Dan Rather's career ended at CBS.

Rachel Maddow detailed part of that story in a lengthy segment aired on MSNBC on Wednesday evening, which you should watch below:


Comment: The movie has far-reaching ramifications for an upcoming Jeb Bush run for the WH. There are those who are attempting to suppress it. Fact is, someone didn't earn his wings, and fraud, poorly done, doesn't stay buried.

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Георгиевская ленточка

Putin's vision offers a 'win-win' strategy to the world - ex-Soviet dissident

Dmitry Mikheev
Russian Insider
Wed, 28 Oct 2015 01:52 UTC
Dmitry Mikheev soviet dissident
In 1980s Dmitry Mikheev promoted Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative from the White House rostrum
1980s consultant to the US Republican administrations believes that today Russia is on the move, while America is losing its grip on the world.

Dmitry Mikheev is a former Soviet dissident, imprisoned for 6 years in a Gulag in the 1970's for his 'anti-state activities'.

After emigrating to the United States in 1979, he soon joined the Hudson Institute, an influential neoconservative think tank, working there as a Senior Fellow from 1988 to 1996 . After the collapse of communism and the USSR, he came to the conclusion that for the US foreign policy and security establishment Russia had remained the arch-rival. He returned to Russia and became a vocal critic of neocon ideologies and policies.

This article was written exclusively for RI. A personal interview with Mr. Mikheev covering his life and experiences will be published on RI in the near future.

Several geopolitical tremors have occurred recently that may be signalling the approach of a major tectonic shift. Putin's speeches at the UN, Valdai and Russia's recent actions in Syria might just represent the beginning of a new page in history, not quite yet understood for what it is. America's political elites should be paying very close attention because this shift might just mark the beginning of the end of their exceptionalism and leadership, even their very own raison d'etre.

The American establishment appears to live in a fantasy world believing that Putin's adventurism has damaged Russia's economy, now in supposed free-fall and deteriorated his power necessitating a tightening of political screws making the country ripe for a "color revolution." This is a very naïve and blind sighted outlook indeed! The economic decline in Russia can be mostly attributed to low oil prices and to a lesser degree, western sanctions.

Putin's "little war" in Georgia, the dazzling Sochi Winter Olympics, the reunification with Crimea and support given to Donbas in resisting Kiev's murderous "anti-terrorist campaign"... all of this has resulted in an unprecedented increase in his popularity at home with approval ratings reaching 90%. Ironically, contrary to undermining it, American policy toward Russia and Putin has strengthened their position, pushing Russia to diversify and develop its domestic economy, reform its military and substantially elevate Russia's standing in the world.

The simple truth is that Russia is on the move, while the United States is losing it's grip on the world.
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War Whore

Russia warns Obama of unpredictable consequences if illegal US ground troops are deployed in Syria

Tyler Durden
Zerohedge
Wed, 28 Oct 2015 22:30 UTC
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© Kevin Wolf/AP PhotoDefense Secretary Ash "Putz" Carter testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 27, 2015, before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the US would no longer hesitate to engage in "direct action on the ground" in Iraq and Syria.

The change in rhetoric (and apparent shift in strategy) comes just days after the US seemingly prepared the public for what might be coming by releasing helmet cam footage of what Washington says was a raid on an ISIS prison by Delta Force (accompanied by the Peshmerga). 70 prisoners were allegedly freed although not before the US suffered its first combat death in Iraq since 2011.

Comment: Laugh as the US Government and military continue to twist and contort itself in an effort to maintain the pretense of its "fighting terrorism" in Syria (or anywhere else)! If it seems that the US has no coherent plan in this 'war theatre', except perhaps to perpetuate the chaos, its because it really doesn't. Its true colors are now laid bare for all to see.

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Bomb

US drone assassinations probably violate international law


Sputnik News
Fri, 30 Oct 2015 00:18 UTC
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© US Air Force / Staff Sgt. Brian FergusonUS Drone
The standards governing the US drone assassinations may violate the Geneva Conventions and other international norms, legal experts told the Intercept.

US forces routinely classify bystanders killed in its Afghanistan drone strikes as "enemies killed in action," even when they are not the intended targets of the strikes, according to a source and to documents obtained by the Intercept.

But the Geneva Conventions, in Article 50 of Additional Protocol I, states that "in case of doubt whether a person is a civilian, that person shall be considered to be a civilian."

Comment: Be sure to read the following article for more insight:

Ex-drone pilot turned whistleblower wins award: 'They don't care who gets killed'

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Target

Paid hit men: 800 Colombian soldiers join Saudi-led forces in Yemen


Al Masdar
Thu, 29 Oct 2015 23:27 UTC
Columbian soldiers
Hundreds of former Colombian nationals are fighting alongside Saudi -led forces in Yemen, media reported on Sunday.

Pan - Latin American terrestrial and satellite television network, Telesurtv, quoted the Colombian newspaper, El Tiempo, as saying that as many as 800 Colombian nationals could soon be fighting in Yemen, with dozens likely already in the war-torn country.

The troops include former Colombian soldiers fighting under contract with Saudi Arabia, the report said.

The first group of just under 100 Colombian troops arrived in Yemen earlier this month, the newspaper said, noting that the troops were set to arrive in the southern port city of Aden.

Comment: These hired mercenaries must be getting paid well but Saudi Arabia is on shaky financial grounds.

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Eye 1

U.S. Senate passes CISA cybersecurity information sharing bill despite privacy fears

Andrea Peterson
The Washington Post
Tue, 27 Oct 2015 22:23 UTC
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© Damian Dovarganes/AP
The Senate on Tuesday passed a cybersecurity bill that would give companies legal immunity for sharing data with the federal government, over the protests of some lawmakers and consumer advocates who say that the legislation does not adequately protect Americans' privacy.

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, or CISA, must now be reconciled with legislation passed earlier this year by the House.

The Obama administration and lawmakers in both parties have been seeking for years to enact information-sharing legislation, and it now seems likely to become law.

Comment: See also:

Homeland Security admits cybersecurity bill CISA could "sweep away privacy protections"
Big business helps expand NSA surveillance, Snowden be damned

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Mr. Potato

GMO open door: EU countries won't be able to opt out from genetically-modified food


The Journal
Wed, 28 Oct 2015 21:53 UTC
Monsanto staff
© Associated Press Staff at a Monsanto 'GMO Answers' booth
...For now, at least.

EU lawmakers have rejected a hard-won compromise which would have allowed member states to decide whether or not to import Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) for use in food and animal feed.

The European Parliament voted 557 to 75 against on a law which took the European Commission years to negotiate amid deep suspicions about the possible health and safety implications of GMO products.

Comment: Once again, profits for the few take precedence over the health and well being of the many. Monsanto et al have been very busy cultivating MPs in Europe it would seem.

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