Despite criticism from human rights groups and Palestine advocates, the Sierra Club has scheduled educational trips to Jerusalem, Caesarea, and Jaffa for next spring. Source Views: 0
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Sierra Nevada Snow Smashes Records, Eases California Drought
Sierra Nevada Snow Smashes Records, Eases California DroughtPublished on December 31, 2021Written by Climate Change Dispatch A winter snowstorm this weekend dumped nearly 40 inches of snow on the Sierra Nevada mountains from Sunday into Monday, breaking the record for snowfall in December, and possibly signaling relief in California’s two-year-old drought. The storm brought the […]
Oil tanker explodes in Sierra Leone
An oil tanker exploded near Sierra Leone’s capital, killing at least 92 people and severely injuring dozens of others after large crowds gathered to collect leaking fuel, officials and witnesses said Saturday. The explosion took place late Friday after a bus struck the tanker in Wellington, a suburb just to the east of Freetown. The […]
Exploding Oil Tanker Kills At Least 92 In Sierra Leone
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — An oil tanker exploded near Sierra Leone’s capital, killing at least 92 people and severely injuring dozens of others after large crowds gathered to collect leaking fuel, officials and witnesses said Saturday. The explosion took place late Friday after a bus struck the tanker in Wellington, a suburb just to […]
Opening And Closing US Embassies-From Sierra Leone To Afghanistan
Above photo: Chaotic evacuation at Kabul Airport. Twitter/@IamNaveenKapoor. While the people of Afghanistan are in a state of fear of the Taliban who now control Afghanistan, its capital, major cities and countryside after the U.S. and NATO occupation of twenty years, please pardon my personal observances of some of my experiences during sixteen years in […]
Sierra Club to DNC chairman: End tax breaks and subsidies for fossil fuel companies immediately
Image credit: Aaron Cynic/NationofChange In a letter to Tom Perez, the Democratic National Committee chairman, the Sierra Club demanded the reinstatement of language originally included in its platform, which calls for the end of tax breaks and subsidies for fossil fuel companies. The letter condemned the Democratic Party’s actions and said that developing a platform […]
You Can Log Into macOS High Sierra as Root with No Password
You Can Log Into macOS High Sierra as Root with No Password November 29th, 2017 Via: Register: A trivial-to-exploit flaw in macOS High Sierra, aka macOS 10.13, allows users to gain admin rights, or log in as root, without a password. The security bug […]
Mysterious moving lights filmed above Liverpool, UK
Strange lights were filmed over Liverpool on Sunday evening which caused confusion between observant local residents. Residents in Bootle, Anfield and Kirkby all reported seeing the phenomenon. Lots of people speculated the flashing moving lights were extra terrestrials. In the video above, there are several lights of different sizes moving in random directions in […]
Fire at nuclear waste facility was ‘worst case scenario,’ destabilizing radioactive material and blasting radiation into air
(NaturalNews) Despite still not knowing what really caused a fire at a nuclear waste facility in New Mexico in February 2014, workers have been sent underground — in many instances to the precise location of the radiological event and in clothing not suitable to handle another event should one occur — to determine […]
Zika virus: What you need to know about the latest global health scare
A statement from Public Health England said those infected had recently traveled through South America, but it is not clear if the people involved have since returned to the UK. The Britons travelled to Colombia, Suriname and Guyana, where they are suspected of contracting the mosquito-borne disease. Public Health England has not confirmed if any […]
Finnish Women Pay For Sex With Refugee Boys
An old woman wearing a sombrero on Pixabay A Helsinki tabloid claims that refugee boys in their teens are being approached by Finnish women looking to pay for sex. Inta-Sanomat wrote that lone refugee boys desperate for money are being preyed upon by older Finnish women offering them $20 for sex. This is happening at […]
How the US’ homeless population is changing: it’s older and sicker
Margot Kushel (TC) : On any given night in the United States, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, over half a million people are without a home. That number may have decreased nationwide in the past few years, but California remains on the forefront of the problem, accounting for 20 percent of the […]
Are These the Deputies That Killed Jack Yantis? Was One An FBI Sniper? Many Questions Still Unanswered
The post below was written by By Martin Hill, of LibertyFight.com, and consist of his own research and conclusions. It’s sad that anyone has to speculate who the shooters are or go through such lengths to find information. If you’re unaware of the murder of Jack Yantis click here to read Asa’s post at CopBlock.org about it. […]