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Huge organic farm under threat; County will invade and spray Roundup May 15
Azure Farms is a working, certified organic farm in Sherman County Oregon. Sherman County. It has been certified organic for 18 years; produces organic wheat, field peas, barley, Einkorn, and beef. Sherman County is changing the interpretation of its statutory code from controlling noxious weeds to eradicating noxious weeds that only toxic chemicals will eradicate. Sherman County may be issuing a Court Order on May 22, 2017 to quarantine Azure Farms and possibly spray the whole farm with poisonous herbicides, contaminating them with Milestone, Escort and Roundup herbicides. 2,000 organic acres would be impacted The county would then put a lien on the farm to pay for the expense of the labor and chemicals used.
Senior security official slams NGOs for ‘attempts to destabilize Russia’
Link: https://www.rt.com/politics/388662-senior-security-official-blames-ngos/
The deputy head of Russia’s Security Council has said certain non-government organizations are continuing in their attempts to destabilize the country, adding that foreign-based groups were especially relentless in pursuing this goal. May 2015, President Putin signed into law a bill on “undesirable foreign organizations” that allowed the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Foreign Ministry to create a list of “undesirable foreign organizations,” making the activities of these groups in Russia illegal. The main consideration for putting a foreign or international NGO on the list is any perceived “threat to constitutional order and defense capability, or to the security of the Russian state.”
Comply Or Lose Your Job – HR 1313 Would Force Vaccination and DNA Submission
A new bill, HR 1313, introduced by North Carolina Congresswoman Virginia Foxx is designed to give employers absolute power over the employee by mandating whatever they deem to be proper “heath prevention” measures. These measures would include submitting DNA records as well as mandatory vaccinations and other perceived “health preventive” measures; part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare. Obamacare threatens to assess penalties, surcharges and higher health insurance premiums to businesses and workers who refuse vaccinations.
Puerto Rico starts biggest ever US bankruptcy process
Link: https://www.rt.com/business/388701-puerto-rico-historic-bankruptcy-process/
The US territory of Puerto Rico has begun a historic bankruptcy proceeding. On Wednesday, a US federal judge will start to sort out the Caribbean Commonwealth's $123 billion debt in a San Juan court. The issue could take years to resolve, as investors scramble to recover as much as they can on their bonds.
Oil prices continue climbing
Link: http://www.pravdareport.com/news/business/companies/16-05-2017/137744-oil_prices-0/
Russia and Saudi Arabia said that they will propose to extend the agreement on limiting the extraction of black gold till March of 2018 to stabilize the oil market. Analysts believe that other countries will support the proposal as positive effects of the strategy are obvious. Prices on the market will change sharply, should the agreement be reached. November 30, an agreement was reached during the OPEC summit in the Austrian capital to reduce oil production from January 1, 2017 to a level of 32.5 million barrels per day. Thus, OPEC countries reduced the average daily production by almost 1.2 million barrels.
Ford To Layoff 20,000 Workers after profits DROP 35% in 2017
Link: http://www.thomasdishaw.com/ford-layoff-20000-workers-profits-drop-35-2017/
Ford Motor Company is expected to announce later this week plans to gut 10 percent of its 200,000-person salaried workforce in North American and Asia. The layoffs will go into effect by Oct. 1 and employees will receive early retirement incentives. Hourly workers and those on the production line will not be effected. Ford recently announced plans to cut $3 billion in costs
Organic farming explodes 13%… Biggest growth since 2008
Link: http://www.harvest.news/2017-05-11-organic-farming-explodes-13-biggest-growth-since-2008.html
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) survey reveals that there are now 24,650 certified organic operations in the U.S. This is a 13 percent increase from 2016 and the highest growth rate we’ve seen since 2008. The number of local, organic farms has been steadily increasing.
CHINA IS CREATING A MASSIVE “ORWELLIAN” DNA DATABASE
Link: http://govtslaves.info/china-is-creating-a-massive-orwellian-dna-database/
China has been collecting biometric information from millions of people whom it deems potential threats—among them, Uyghurs, migrant workers, and college students—as part of national DNA database. China’s Ministry of Public Security, which oversees the database, has amassed information for more than 40 million people—the country says it has the world’s biggest database of DNA information.
Political Road Rage: Woman Ran Congressman off Road over Health Care Vote
A Tennessee woman was charged with felony reckless endangerment last week after trying to run a congressman off the road, enraged at the politician’s vote in support of the Republican health care bill, according to police.
Illegal Immigrants Are Now Entering Europe by Luxury Yacht
Link: https://heatst.com/world/illegal-immigrants-are-now-entering-europe-by-luxury-yacht/
Immigrants board yachts normally used by tourists, then head for Malta or Sicily. Each passenger pays more than $7,000. Thousands who have traveled in open boats, particularly from Libya, have drowned in recent years. The numbers arriving by yacht are small. Eight Ukrainian people-smugglers arrested in Sicily in the past month after their yachts were intercepted by the Italian coastguard. Six others arrested in Malta and Crete. Each vessel had been carrying about 30 immigrants from Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Iraq.
Fukushima Radiation Contaminated EVERYONE on Earth – But How Much?
Link: http://naturalsociety.com/radiation-fukushima-disaster-contaminated-everyone-1896/
Norwegian Institute for Air Research: radiation spewed by the crippled plant affected every person on earth. The average person received about 0.5 millisieverts of radiation from the accident,.about a single X-ray. Those who lived in the immediate vicinity of the Fukushima Daiichi plant received about 1 to 5 millisieverts. Radiation sickness develops at 1,000 millisieverts.
Putin says Russia not responsible for recent global cyber attack
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/05/15/522027/russia-putin-us-cyber-attack
Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed his country had nothing to do with the recent global "ransomware" cyber attack that targeted 150 countries over the weekend. “Microsoft’s management made it clear the virus originated from US intelligence services,” said Putin while addressing reporters in the Chinese capital Beijing Monday. Microsoft President Brad Smith noted that US intelligence agencies, the CIA and National Security Agency (NSA), were to blame for the attack because they stockpiled malicious software code which was used by the hackers.The NSA claims the software used in the attacks had been stolen from it.
1000s in Venezuela block roads in anti-government protests
Thousands in Venezuela have blocked roads across the country and set buildings ablaze in fresh anti-government demonstrations, reports of two deaths, fierce clashes were reported between opposition supporters and security forces outside the capital.
NEW VARIANT OF ‘RANSOMWARE’ BEGINS TO SPREAD: “WE’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS”
200,000 computers in 150 countries infected, according to European Union’s law enforcement agency; it’s a live threat,we’re still in disaster recovery mode.”The initial attack was stifled when a security researcher disabled a key mechanism used by the worm to spread, many users of personal computers with Microsoft operating systems didn’t download a security patch released in March that Microsoft had labeled “critical.”
McMaster Denies Trump Revealed Top Secret Info to Russia
Link: https://sputniknews.com/news/201705161053645818-mcmaster-trump-russia/
Washington Post reported on a "leak" that US President Donald Trump revealed classified intelligence to a major foreign power: a story that is "false," National Security Adviser HR McMaster said Monday night.
Russia-China trade to hit $80bn by 2018
Link: https://www.rt.com/business/388407-china-russia-trade-turnover/
Trade between China and Russia growing and will reach $80 billion by the end of the year, Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesman at the 'One Belt, One Road' forum in Beijing. Russian President Vladimir Putin is participating in the forum dedicated to regional integration and cooperation between Asian countries. According to Putin a belt of economic development and trade between Asia and Europe is urgent and important initiative that takes into account trends in the world economy. First four months of this year, Russian-Chinese trade grew at a very fast pace, increased by 26 percent.
Ohio cop overdoses on high-risk painkiller fentanyl after contact during stop
Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/388493-ohio-cop-overdose-fentanyl/
An Ohio police officer is recovering from an accidental overdose after making a drug stop where he accidentally brushed a small amount of powder off his shirt without realizing it was the highly potent opioid synthetic drug, fentanyl. Within minutes says he began to feel the effects of the drug, which can be absorbed into the body through contact with the skin.
WannaCry ransomware shares code with North Korea-linked malware – researchers
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/388492-wannacry-ransomware-code-north-korea/
The source for WannaCry ransomware, which has spread to 150 countries, may be Pyongyang or those trying to frame it, security analysts say, pointing to code similarities between the virus and a malware attributed to alleged hackers from North Korea.
DELTA AIR LINES PLANS TO USE FACIAL RECOGNITION TO CONFIRM IDENTITY OF PASSENGERS
Delta Air Lines will be testing facial recognition technology at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport starting this summer. Customers will be required to scan their passports at specially equipped kiosks, where a camera will scan their face to confirm their identity. Delta is spending $600,000 on the new machines.
Featured Articles / Latest News 2 DNC Workers Sue Democrat Party Over Slave Wages For Working 80-90 Hours Per Week At The Same Time DNC Was Out Protesting “$15/hour”, They Weren’t Even Paying Their Own Workers Minimum Wage!
, Democrats attacked the current federal minimum wage as a “starvation wage,” but according to a new lawsuit, they paid their own workers less than the amount currently mandated by law. Justin Swidler, a Philadelphia attorney representing between 40 and 50 “field organizers” around the country is suing the Democratic National Committee, the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, and five more state party organizations on behalf of the staffers, whom he claims were denied overtime compensation.
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