The Swiss government is holding a competition where artists are being asked to rewrite the nation’s national anthem because it references God too much, and officials want that played down.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-11 02:31:352016-04-11 11:17:18Sour Note: God Ditched from Swiss National Anthem
The rise of North American oil supplies could test the future of OPEC which may have to curb supply to accommodate rising shale oil volumes, a new report has found.
Michael Morell, the Central Intelligence Agency’s second-in-command, warned in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that al-Qaida groups in Syria, along with the civil war itself, pose the greatest threat to U.S. national security.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-10 00:25:022016-04-11 11:17:24CIA Official Warns of Syrian Jihadist Threat to US
The deteriorating security in Iraq comes as no surprise to Middle East observers and analysts. Retired ArmyGen. David H. Petraeus, when he commanded U.S. operations in Iraq, predicted such a decline when he testified before Congress in September 2007, saying that a “premature drawdown of our forces would likely have devastating consequences.”
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-09 01:20:152016-04-11 11:17:28Al Qaeda Drives Iraq Toward Chaos; U.S. Withdrawal Left Door Open to Sectarian Battle for Power
In spite of the ongoing terror threat emanating from Yemen, the White House says it does not plan to rethink President Obama’s decision last May to lift a moratorium on releasing Guantanamo Bay prisoners back to that country.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-08 01:06:012016-04-11 11:17:31Obama Standing by Decision to Lift Moratorium on Releasing Guantanamo Bay Prisoners Back to Yemen
Saudi Arabia has offered Russia economic incentives including a major arms deal and a pledge not to challenge Russian gas sales if Moscow scales back support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Middle East sources and Western diplomats said on Wednesday.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-08 00:55:202016-04-11 11:17:31Saudi Offers Russia Deal to Scale Back Assad Support
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said there is “no question” that al-Qaeda is on the run, even though U.S. outposts remain closed due to terror threats throughout the world.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-08 00:43:152016-04-11 11:17:31Carney: ‘No Question’ Al-Qaeda On the Run (+audio)
It was nighttime and 10,000 Islamists were marching down the most heavily Christian street in this ancient Egyptian city, chanting “Islamic, Islamic, despite the Christians.” A half-dozen kids were spray-painting “Boycott the Christians” on walls, supervised by an adult.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-08 00:34:192016-04-11 11:17:32Egypt’s Coup Puts Fearful Christians in a Corner
Relations between the United States and Russia deteriorated further on Wednesday when Barack Obama abandoned a presidential summit with Vladimir Putin that was due to be held next month, amid fury in Washington over Moscow’s decision to grant asylum to the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-08 00:05:292016-04-11 11:17:33Obama Cancels Meeting with Putin Over Snowden Asylum Tensions
Since taking over as head of the Roman Catholic Church in March, Pope Francis has made several stark comments on world economic issues: He’s cited the pitfalls of capitalism, decried global income inequality and equated low-wage labor to a form of “slavery.”
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-07 23:53:272016-04-11 11:17:33A Blunt Pope Francis Targets Free Market Economics
Intelligence regarding al Qaeda plans to attack U.S. embassies, officials, and interests last Sunday was known for months by U.S. intelligence agencies but was used only recently to trigger the closure of embassies and issuance of public warnings of impending attacks.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-06 02:18:012016-04-11 11:17:39Terror Threat Intelligence Not New (+video)
Two young boys were killed by a python after it escaped its enclosure at a pet store in Canada and entered their apartment through the ventilation system.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-06 02:09:262016-04-11 11:17:40Snake Escaped from Pet Shop ‘Strangles’ Two Young Boys to Death in Canada
Highly radioactive water seeping into the ocean from Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is creating an “emergency” that the operator is struggling to contain, an official from the country’s nuclear watchdog said on Monday.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-06 02:02:282016-04-11 11:17:40Japan Nuclear Body says Radioactive Water at Fukushima an ‘Emergency’
US President Barack Obama appears to have angered supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, as well as supporters of the army coup that toppled him on July 3.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-05 03:14:212016-04-11 11:17:42Egyptian Anti-Obama Video Goes Viral, Blames Him for Siding with Muslim Brotherhood (+video)
British families with two working parents will be offered taxpayer-funded help with child care, worth up to £1,200 per child, under plans to be announced on Monday. Traditional families will not be eligible for the benefit.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-04 00:01:032016-04-11 11:17:48Wealthy British Families with Two Working Parents To Be Offered Government Help with Childcare
Tens of thousands Syriac Christians – members of the oldest Christian community in the world – have fled their ancestral provinces of Deir al-Zour and Hasakah in northeastern Syria, residents have said.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-03 01:48:552016-04-11 11:17:51Syrian Christian Towns Emptied by Sectarian Violence
The State Department issued a worldwide travel alert on Friday and ordered the temporary closure of nearly 20 diplomatic outposts worldwide amid the threat of a potential al Qaeda terrorist attack.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-03 00:35:072016-04-11 11:17:51US Issues Global Travel Alert Amid Threat of Al Qaeda Terror Attack
Sources have revealed that there were dozens of CIA operatives on the ground in Benghazi on the night Ambassador Stevens was murdered. But CIA agents aren’t talking due to threats and intimidation against their families, and frequent polygraphs examinations. “Phony” scandal? Not so much…
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-02 01:38:122016-04-11 11:17:52Explosive Revelation: DOZENS of CIA Operatives on the Ground DURING Benghazi Attack
As a notorious hacker seeks to distribute “very personal” e-mails sent to Colin Powell by a female Romanian diplomat, the retired general is denying that he engaged in an extramarital affair with the woman while he served as Secretary of State, though he recently advised her to delete all their online exchanges.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-02 01:19:212016-04-11 11:17:53Hacker Publishes “Very Personal” Emails, Bikini Photos, Forces Colin Powell To Deny Affair with Foreign Diplomat
Several more confirmed cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus infections in the Saudi Kingdom have been recorded, the Ministry of Health said on Thursday, causing real concern to international health experts.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-02 01:14:002016-04-11 11:17:54Saudi Arabia Confirms More Deadly MERS Cases
The Obama administration was forced into damage control on Thursday as officials attempted to walk back Secretary of State John Kerry’s pledge to end armed drone operations in Pakistan.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-02 01:12:262016-04-11 11:17:54Kerry Screws Up, Mistakenly Promises Pakistan to End Drone Strikes
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has given a September 1st deadline to the Turkish government, to advance the Kurdish-Turk peace process, the AFP has reported.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-02 01:03:342016-04-11 11:17:55Kurds Issue Ultimatum to Turkish Government
The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected a proposal by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. to cut off aid to Egypt.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-01 03:43:092016-04-11 11:17:56Senate Overwhelmingly Kills Rand Paul’s Bill to Cut Off Aid to Egypt and, Instead, Rebuild Nation’s Bridges
The Canadian ambassador to the U.S. is warning President Obama if he does not approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, then he can expect dangerous oil trains and even trucks to enter the U.S.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-08-01 03:31:322016-04-11 11:17:59Canada Warns Obama: It’s Trains or the Keystone Pipeline
Sour Note: God Ditched from Swiss National Anthem
/2 Comments/in Featured, International /by WNDThe Swiss government is holding a competition where artists are being asked to rewrite the nation’s national anthem because it references God too much, and officials want that played down.
US Shale Oil Threatens to Derail OPEC’s Future: IEA
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Jenny CosgraveThe rise of North American oil supplies could test the future of OPEC which may have to curb supply to accommodate rising shale oil volumes, a new report has found.
CIA Official Warns of Syrian Jihadist Threat to US
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Aaron KleinMichael Morell, the Central Intelligence Agency’s second-in-command, warned in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that al-Qaida groups in Syria, along with the civil war itself, pose the greatest threat to U.S. national security.
Al Qaeda Drives Iraq Toward Chaos; U.S. Withdrawal Left Door Open to Sectarian Battle for Power
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Ashish Kumar SenThe deteriorating security in Iraq comes as no surprise to Middle East observers and analysts. Retired ArmyGen. David H. Petraeus, when he commanded U.S. operations in Iraq, predicted such a decline when he testified before Congress in September 2007, saying that a “premature drawdown of our forces would likely have devastating consequences.”
Obama Standing by Decision to Lift Moratorium on Releasing Guantanamo Bay Prisoners Back to Yemen
/3 Comments/in Featured, International /by Jennifer GriffinIn spite of the ongoing terror threat emanating from Yemen, the White House says it does not plan to rethink President Obama’s decision last May to lift a moratorium on releasing Guantanamo Bay prisoners back to that country.
Saudi Offers Russia Deal to Scale Back Assad Support
/2 Comments/in Featured, International /by Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Amena BakrSaudi Arabia has offered Russia economic incentives including a major arms deal and a pledge not to challenge Russian gas sales if Moscow scales back support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Middle East sources and Western diplomats said on Wednesday.
Carney: ‘No Question’ Al-Qaeda On the Run (+audio)
/5 Comments/in Featured, International /by News EditorWhite House Press Secretary Jay Carney said there is “no question” that al-Qaeda is on the run, even though U.S. outposts remain closed due to terror threats throughout the world.
Egypt’s Coup Puts Fearful Christians in a Corner
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by Hamza HendawiIt was nighttime and 10,000 Islamists were marching down the most heavily Christian street in this ancient Egyptian city, chanting “Islamic, Islamic, despite the Christians.” A half-dozen kids were spray-painting “Boycott the Christians” on walls, supervised by an adult.
Obama Cancels Meeting with Putin Over Snowden Asylum Tensions
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by News EditorRelations between the United States and Russia deteriorated further on Wednesday when Barack Obama abandoned a presidential summit with Vladimir Putin that was due to be held next month, amid fury in Washington over Moscow’s decision to grant asylum to the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
A Blunt Pope Francis Targets Free Market Economics
/7 Comments/in Featured, International /by Mark KobaSince taking over as head of the Roman Catholic Church in March, Pope Francis has made several stark comments on world economic issues: He’s cited the pitfalls of capitalism, decried global income inequality and equated low-wage labor to a form of “slavery.”
Terror Threat Intelligence Not New (+video)
/4 Comments/in Featured, International /by News EditorIntelligence regarding al Qaeda plans to attack U.S. embassies, officials, and interests last Sunday was known for months by U.S. intelligence agencies but was used only recently to trigger the closure of embassies and issuance of public warnings of impending attacks.
Snake Escaped from Pet Shop ‘Strangles’ Two Young Boys to Death in Canada
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by Associated PressTwo young boys were killed by a python after it escaped its enclosure at a pet store in Canada and entered their apartment through the ventilation system.
Japan Nuclear Body says Radioactive Water at Fukushima an ‘Emergency’
/2 Comments/in Featured, International /by Antoni Slodkowski and Mari SaitoHighly radioactive water seeping into the ocean from Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is creating an “emergency” that the operator is struggling to contain, an official from the country’s nuclear watchdog said on Monday.
Egyptian Anti-Obama Video Goes Viral, Blames Him for Siding with Muslim Brotherhood (+video)
/6 Comments/in Featured, International /by Ariel Ben SolomonUS President Barack Obama appears to have angered supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, as well as supporters of the army coup that toppled him on July 3.
Wealthy British Families with Two Working Parents To Be Offered Government Help with Childcare
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by Patrick HennessyBritish families with two working parents will be offered taxpayer-funded help with child care, worth up to £1,200 per child, under plans to be announced on Monday. Traditional families will not be eligible for the benefit.
Syrian Christian Towns Emptied by Sectarian Violence
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Ruth SherlockTens of thousands Syriac Christians – members of the oldest Christian community in the world – have fled their ancestral provinces of Deir al-Zour and Hasakah in northeastern Syria, residents have said.
US Issues Global Travel Alert Amid Threat of Al Qaeda Terror Attack
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Carlo Muñoz and Jeremy HerbThe State Department issued a worldwide travel alert on Friday and ordered the temporary closure of nearly 20 diplomatic outposts worldwide amid the threat of a potential al Qaeda terrorist attack.
Explosive Revelation: DOZENS of CIA Operatives on the Ground DURING Benghazi Attack
/11 Comments/in Featured, International /by News EditorSources have revealed that there were dozens of CIA operatives on the ground in Benghazi on the night Ambassador Stevens was murdered. But CIA agents aren’t talking due to threats and intimidation against their families, and frequent polygraphs examinations. “Phony” scandal? Not so much…
Hacker Publishes “Very Personal” Emails, Bikini Photos, Forces Colin Powell To Deny Affair with Foreign Diplomat
/12 Comments/in Featured, International /by The Smoking GunAs a notorious hacker seeks to distribute “very personal” e-mails sent to Colin Powell by a female Romanian diplomat, the retired general is denying that he engaged in an extramarital affair with the woman while he served as Secretary of State, though he recently advised her to delete all their online exchanges.
Saudi Arabia Confirms More Deadly MERS Cases
/2 Comments/in Featured, International /by SyndiGate.infoSeveral more confirmed cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus infections in the Saudi Kingdom have been recorded, the Ministry of Health said on Thursday, causing real concern to international health experts.
Kerry Screws Up, Mistakenly Promises Pakistan to End Drone Strikes
/5 Comments/in Featured, International /by Carlo Muñoz -The Obama administration was forced into damage control on Thursday as officials attempted to walk back Secretary of State John Kerry’s pledge to end armed drone operations in Pakistan.
Kurds Issue Ultimatum to Turkish Government
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by SyndiGate.infoThe Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has given a September 1st deadline to the Turkish government, to advance the Kurdish-Turk peace process, the AFP has reported.
Edward Snowden Asylum: US ‘Disappointed’ by Russian Decision
/3 Comments/in Featured, International /by News EditorNSA whistleblower Edward Snowden reportedly has left the Moscow airport and entered Russian territory after receiving refugee status in the country.
Senate Overwhelmingly Kills Rand Paul’s Bill to Cut Off Aid to Egypt and, Instead, Rebuild Nation’s Bridges
/5 Comments/in Featured, International /by SEAN LENGELLThe Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected a proposal by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. to cut off aid to Egypt.
Canada Warns Obama: It’s Trains or the Keystone Pipeline
/3 Comments/in Featured, International /by John DalyThe Canadian ambassador to the U.S. is warning President Obama if he does not approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, then he can expect dangerous oil trains and even trucks to enter the U.S.