At PBI, we tend to cover a lot of global and national stories
about the problems of private banking and its public alternatives. But
some of the most important stories about the power of public banks are
local. Two recent stories in the North Dakota media demonstrate what the
Bank of North Dakota, the nation's only public bank, does for that
state.
Williston,
North Dakota, is the county seat of Williams County, with a population
of just over 20,000--and it's the sixth largest city in North Dakota,
which gives you an idea of how rural the state really is (and,
consequently, how important it is that financing options for public
goods, farms, and small businesses be efficient and portable).
Williston's economy is driven by a combination of agriculture and oil,
both industries in North Dakota whose infrastructure benefits from
regular attention by the BND. Writing for the Williston Herald, Melissa Krause reported on June 8
that the local school district has proposed a new school, a K-12
consolidated facility projected to cost $48.5 million. The tax base from
commercial property and utilities will account for 75% of those costs.
The rest would have to come from residents, but this is where the Bank
of North Dakota comes in--the BND has offered to loan money for
construction at an incredible 1-2% interest, a historic low. "We are
hitting the situation at a perfect storm," said school superintendent
Rob Turner, who is "delighted" about the BND's interest rates.
Compare this to the Napa Valley Unified School District in California, which in 2009 took out a $22 million loan
to build a high school, financed through capital appreciation bonds. By
2049, when the debt is paid, the $22 million loan will have cost
taxpayers $154 million.
But another important role for the BND is in protecting the integrity
of community banks in North Dakota. Because of the BND, North Dakota
has the lowest community bank closure rate, and the strongest community
banks overall, in the nation. So when I read recently that Choice Financial, a Fargo-based community banking organization, was making plans to acquire more North Dakota community banks, I was concerned. Acquisitions and consolidations scare me; they smell too much like predatory capitalism.
But out of over seventy community financial institutions in North
Dakota, only four have been purchased in the last five years, compared
to the national rate of 25% acquisition for community banks. Again, the
BND helps community banks in North Dakota stay afloat and independent,
and the statistics are continuously overwhelming. And why are community
banks important? I usually offer up this list of reasons:
1. “Community banks focus attention on the needs of local families and businesses.”
2. “Community banks use local deposits to make loans to the neighborhoods where their depositors live and work.”
3. “Community bank officers are generally accessible to their customers on site with decisions on loans being made locally.”
4. “Community bank employees are typically deeply involved in local community affairs.”
5. “Community banks are willing to consider important attributes such as a person’s character when making loans.”
6. “Community banks are themselves small businesses, so they understand the needs of small business owners.”
7. “Community banks’ boards of directors are made up of local
citizens who want to advance the interests of the towns and cities where
they live and the bank does business.”
The Bank of North Dakota, a public bank without shareholders and run
by the state, makes local communities and small banks in North Dakota
stronger and more economically healthy. It's that simple.
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Statement at the top of the Nesara Republic Now website blog
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50-YEAR OLD FETUS: DOCTORS DISCOVER UNBORN FETUS INSIDE 92-YEAR - OLD WOMAN
50-Year-Old Fetus: Doctors Discover Unborn Fetus Inside 92-Year-Old Woman
The director of the hospital, Marco Vargas Lazo, called the case “extraordinarily rare.” While things like this do happen, and have been reported in the past, very few cases have been confirmed over the years. Doctors will not be removing the fetus, even though it takes up the woman’s entire abdominal cavity. The risk is too great, and the surgery can be dangerous, especially for someone at an advanced age.
The 50-year-old fetus has not been causing the woman any discomfort, which is another reason doctors don’t feel the need to remove it.
According to dbTechno, doctors say that the fetus died in the woman’s third trimester, and was about seven months developed at the time. The woman has already been sent home from the hospital, maybe or maybe not aware that she is one of 300 cases of lithopedion that has been recorded over the past 400 years.
“A study published in 2000 in the Sao Paulo Medical Journaldefined just how rare: the phenomenon happens in just 1.5% to 1.8% of the abdominal pregnancies that occur—and the incidence of those are 1 in 11,000.”As previously reported by the Inquisitr, most of these cases are found in elderly women. In 2014, a Brazilian woman was admitted to the hospital after suffering from stomach pains. Doctors found a 44-year-old fetus in her abdomen. In 2013, an elderly woman from Columbia was taken to the hospital because of similar symptoms. Doctors found a 40-year-old fetus inside her body. Doctors decide on surgery on a case by case basis, but most prefer to leave the lithopedion alone.
5 MODIFICATIONS TO MAKE YOUR AR-15 OBSCENELY RELIABLE
5 Modifications To Make Your AR-15 Obscenely Reliable
Written by: Kevin Danielsen Self Defense
In a recent article, The Big Problem With Semi-Automatic Rifles For Survival, I discussed several reasons why such weapons would prove inadequate for survival-type situations. And although I still maintain many of these opinions, I also enjoy viewing the issue from other perspectives (because, honestly, that’s what makes these conversations darn interesting.)
With that said, I decided to talk about the strengths of the AR-15, and to even address a very strong point that had been made in the comments section: while I might not necessarily see semi-autos as an optimal weapon for my particular tastes, this doesn’t necessarily negate the fact that they would still offer massively superior attributes in comparison to, say, a bolt gun in various instances, such as:
But while I have found the modern production AR to reliably outperform a stamped-receiver AK-47 on the reliability factor — believe it or not — I can’t say that I’d turn my nose up at an opportunity to further cement the longevity and trustworthiness of my AR. So, here are five aftermarket modifications that can turn this workhorse into an armored workhorse with an attitude.
1. Cold Hammer Forged Barrel
Quite frankly, if there were one particular part of the AR that I’d consider THE MOST important, then I’d have to say that it would have to be the barrel. However, not to get too far ahead of ourselves, there’s a difference between what’s considered “accuracy” for a precision bench shooter, and what’s considered accurate enough for general combat applications.
Personally, if I can reliably nail any part of a pie plate at 300 yards with my AR’s irons, then I’d call that a win. But that’s not the only aspect of the barrel that needs our attention. Some have found sub-MOA accuracy variations in groupings from 6,000 rounds to experiencing major accuracy problems after 25,000 rounds after being fired through a chrome-lined barrel.
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While I might say that these figures are still rather staggering (and much of them remain hearsay), there’s still a possible problem in considering a survival possibility: How many rounds will you HAVE to fire before having the luxury of replacing the barrel or the rifle itself? Quite personally, I’m not in favor of entrusting such a thing to luck.
This is why I’d simply suggest getting a higher-quality cold hammer forged barrel from a reputable company, such as Daniel Defense or BCM. These barrels are known for being extremely durable, and due to their manufacturing process, they will also have the lowest possible potential for factory defects.
2. Nickel Boron Bolt Carrier Group
There are quite a few AR-15 authorities that aren’t convinced in the usefulness of the nickel boron bolt carrier group; however, again, I’d have to say that this depends upon the application at hand.
For instance, one of the reasons why I’d want to build up my AR’s reliability/durability capacities to cover my hind parts during a possible bugout scenario is because, well, that’s the nature of a bugout scenario. It’s going to be unpredictable. So if I can remove as many weapon-malfunction variables as possible, then I will.
I believe that a nickel boron bolt carrier group is a great way to do just that. To validate my findings, I recently discovered this comprehensive review from The Truth About Guns to be quite helpful, discussing the ease of cleaning one of the rifle’s most important (and often the dirtiest) parts of the weapon’s functioning internals:
“All it took was 30 seconds of rubbing the bolt with a cloth towel and it immediately returned to its original mirror finish. The only place where I had to scrub a bit to remove the carbon was the rear of the bolt, but even that took considerably less time and effort than with a traditional phosphate bolt carrier.”
I’ve heard no shortage of positive praises of the nickel boron bolt carriers, especially from Spikes Tactical; however, don’t be surprised to drop $204 on this purchase alone.
3. Protective Coating
This is, perhaps, one of the most obvious ways to protect the longevity of your AR-15, especially if you’re stuck in an environment that will put your baby through constant moisture and friction hardships. Giving your AR a sturdy application of Duracoat or Cerakote will offer two advantages to your rifle system:
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4. Upgrade Your Magazines
This aftermarket mod actually has little to do with the rifle itself, but apparently, expert testing has put this issue in the forefront when it comes to AR reliability problems: magazines. According to David Crane of Defensive Review, he believes that this is actually in the top two reasons in why our taxpayer-funded AR rifles fail in combat:
“If we remove magazines from the equation as an extremely problematic item, the remaining parts critical for inspection and routine replacement are the extractor and spring. From my experience they are the biggest culprits in M4/M4A1 malfunctions, aside from bad magazines.”
The good part is that this is actually somewhat of an easy fix, especially on an individual civilian level. If anything, the key here is to avoid purchasing questionable magazines and stick with the ones that have a strong reputation for a low failure/malfunction rate.
In this case, the Magpul PMAG always seems to take its place somewhere on or around the top of the “favorites list” when it comes to high-performing magazines. Magpul has always been an impressive company in my opinion, and it was largely their stellar magazines that had originally won the company its earliest clout in the tactical gear industry.
5.Replace Springs and Bring Along Extras
But let’s not forget what David Crane had mentioned in the last pointer above.
Not only were magazines a massive culprit of AR issues: many of such failures and malfunctions were largely a result of problems with the rifle’s springs. And for good reason, especially since it’s the weapon’s springs which provide the controlled opposing reaction to the energy delivered by the gas. The most critical wear and tear will occur here, because the extractor and buffer springs take the hardest operational abuses — and their failure effectively transforms the rifle into a less efficient bolt-gun. However, here’s what Crane’s assessment said in particular,
“I routinely went well over 2,500 rounds with only a few drops of oil and a bore snake run through the barrel every morning. I was convinced there and then that fouling was not nearly the issue it was purported to be, and that the real issue was weak springs and a buffer that was too light.”
Now, I will say that it might not be a smart call to simply replace your springs with heavier ones … and then leave it sitting in the safe until doomsday.
If you’re going to change out the springs, then it’s important that you need to make sure that they aren’t, either too heavy, or still too light for the AR’s gas system to function properly. While there are standard specifications which can give a general idea on how to mod your rifle’s springs, you should still make sure to get in the necessary range time to assess if the new springs are working properly.
Your Build. Your Testing. Your Conclusions
Ultimately, that’s what it comes down to: no matter how you modify your AR, you need to make sure that you give her the necessary range time in order to know what works — and more importantly — what doesn’t.
And whether or not the mods that I’ve suggested will work for your particular rifle or not, the main takeaway is that you should implement changes that make for a better, more durable, more reliable and more accurate rifle. Because these are extremely fine-tuned weapons, and AR-15s will perform differently to others just like them. Hence, the critical need for you to get out there and test your own mods.
However, the more range time you get, the better you know your rifle. The better you know your rifle, the more you know what it needs and how to keep it working for you — and not failing when you need her most.
With that said, I decided to talk about the strengths of the AR-15, and to even address a very strong point that had been made in the comments section: while I might not necessarily see semi-autos as an optimal weapon for my particular tastes, this doesn’t necessarily negate the fact that they would still offer massively superior attributes in comparison to, say, a bolt gun in various instances, such as:
- For those who have had extensive training and even combat experience with semi-auto rifles, it would make far more sense to stick with the weapon you know best.
- For someone who wisely believes different weapons are required for different tactical needs. If military unit will carry more than one type of firearm into a combat zone, then so, too should a civilian. If you’re in the process of bugging out with a group, then having a semi-auto or two would provide a massive advantage … because a lever gun just doesn’t get the rounds down-range in near the volume that an AR with a 30-round mag actually can. Let’s just say, we’d be morons for leaving them at home. Fire superiority is a very, very advantageous thing, indeed.
But while I have found the modern production AR to reliably outperform a stamped-receiver AK-47 on the reliability factor — believe it or not — I can’t say that I’d turn my nose up at an opportunity to further cement the longevity and trustworthiness of my AR. So, here are five aftermarket modifications that can turn this workhorse into an armored workhorse with an attitude.
1. Cold Hammer Forged Barrel
Quite frankly, if there were one particular part of the AR that I’d consider THE MOST important, then I’d have to say that it would have to be the barrel. However, not to get too far ahead of ourselves, there’s a difference between what’s considered “accuracy” for a precision bench shooter, and what’s considered accurate enough for general combat applications.
Personally, if I can reliably nail any part of a pie plate at 300 yards with my AR’s irons, then I’d call that a win. But that’s not the only aspect of the barrel that needs our attention. Some have found sub-MOA accuracy variations in groupings from 6,000 rounds to experiencing major accuracy problems after 25,000 rounds after being fired through a chrome-lined barrel.
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While I might say that these figures are still rather staggering (and much of them remain hearsay), there’s still a possible problem in considering a survival possibility: How many rounds will you HAVE to fire before having the luxury of replacing the barrel or the rifle itself? Quite personally, I’m not in favor of entrusting such a thing to luck.
This is why I’d simply suggest getting a higher-quality cold hammer forged barrel from a reputable company, such as Daniel Defense or BCM. These barrels are known for being extremely durable, and due to their manufacturing process, they will also have the lowest possible potential for factory defects.
2. Nickel Boron Bolt Carrier Group
There are quite a few AR-15 authorities that aren’t convinced in the usefulness of the nickel boron bolt carrier group; however, again, I’d have to say that this depends upon the application at hand.
For instance, one of the reasons why I’d want to build up my AR’s reliability/durability capacities to cover my hind parts during a possible bugout scenario is because, well, that’s the nature of a bugout scenario. It’s going to be unpredictable. So if I can remove as many weapon-malfunction variables as possible, then I will.
I believe that a nickel boron bolt carrier group is a great way to do just that. To validate my findings, I recently discovered this comprehensive review from The Truth About Guns to be quite helpful, discussing the ease of cleaning one of the rifle’s most important (and often the dirtiest) parts of the weapon’s functioning internals:
“All it took was 30 seconds of rubbing the bolt with a cloth towel and it immediately returned to its original mirror finish. The only place where I had to scrub a bit to remove the carbon was the rear of the bolt, but even that took considerably less time and effort than with a traditional phosphate bolt carrier.”
I’ve heard no shortage of positive praises of the nickel boron bolt carriers, especially from Spikes Tactical; however, don’t be surprised to drop $204 on this purchase alone.
3. Protective Coating
This is, perhaps, one of the most obvious ways to protect the longevity of your AR-15, especially if you’re stuck in an environment that will put your baby through constant moisture and friction hardships. Giving your AR a sturdy application of Duracoat or Cerakote will offer two advantages to your rifle system:
- First, you’ll be able to better shelter your AR from the corrosion-causing elements, and give it just another barrier of protection.
- Second, (provided you’ve selected a color scheme that makes sense) the coating can provide an additional camouflage factor, which can give you just one more tactical advantage.
How To Hide Your Guns, And Other Off-Grid Caches…
4. Upgrade Your Magazines
This aftermarket mod actually has little to do with the rifle itself, but apparently, expert testing has put this issue in the forefront when it comes to AR reliability problems: magazines. According to David Crane of Defensive Review, he believes that this is actually in the top two reasons in why our taxpayer-funded AR rifles fail in combat:
“If we remove magazines from the equation as an extremely problematic item, the remaining parts critical for inspection and routine replacement are the extractor and spring. From my experience they are the biggest culprits in M4/M4A1 malfunctions, aside from bad magazines.”
The good part is that this is actually somewhat of an easy fix, especially on an individual civilian level. If anything, the key here is to avoid purchasing questionable magazines and stick with the ones that have a strong reputation for a low failure/malfunction rate.
In this case, the Magpul PMAG always seems to take its place somewhere on or around the top of the “favorites list” when it comes to high-performing magazines. Magpul has always been an impressive company in my opinion, and it was largely their stellar magazines that had originally won the company its earliest clout in the tactical gear industry.
5.Replace Springs and Bring Along Extras
But let’s not forget what David Crane had mentioned in the last pointer above.
Not only were magazines a massive culprit of AR issues: many of such failures and malfunctions were largely a result of problems with the rifle’s springs. And for good reason, especially since it’s the weapon’s springs which provide the controlled opposing reaction to the energy delivered by the gas. The most critical wear and tear will occur here, because the extractor and buffer springs take the hardest operational abuses — and their failure effectively transforms the rifle into a less efficient bolt-gun. However, here’s what Crane’s assessment said in particular,
“I routinely went well over 2,500 rounds with only a few drops of oil and a bore snake run through the barrel every morning. I was convinced there and then that fouling was not nearly the issue it was purported to be, and that the real issue was weak springs and a buffer that was too light.”
Now, I will say that it might not be a smart call to simply replace your springs with heavier ones … and then leave it sitting in the safe until doomsday.
If you’re going to change out the springs, then it’s important that you need to make sure that they aren’t, either too heavy, or still too light for the AR’s gas system to function properly. While there are standard specifications which can give a general idea on how to mod your rifle’s springs, you should still make sure to get in the necessary range time to assess if the new springs are working properly.
Your Build. Your Testing. Your Conclusions
Ultimately, that’s what it comes down to: no matter how you modify your AR, you need to make sure that you give her the necessary range time in order to know what works — and more importantly — what doesn’t.
And whether or not the mods that I’ve suggested will work for your particular rifle or not, the main takeaway is that you should implement changes that make for a better, more durable, more reliable and more accurate rifle. Because these are extremely fine-tuned weapons, and AR-15s will perform differently to others just like them. Hence, the critical need for you to get out there and test your own mods.
However, the more range time you get, the better you know your rifle. The better you know your rifle, the more you know what it needs and how to keep it working for you — and not failing when you need her most.
SWAT TEAM RAIDS HOME FOR NOT HAVING ELECTRICITY, AND GAS...
SWAT Team Raids Home For Not Having Electricity, Gas
Not having electricity or natural gas in your home can have some shocking consequences in St. Louis County, Missouri. A lawsuit alleges that a SWAT team raided a woman’s home and killed her dog in an attempt to enforce a code mandating that homes have utilities.
Five officers from the St. Louis County Police Tactical Response Unit armed with M-4 carbines, along with another eight uniformed officers, burst into Angela Zorich’s home without knocking on April 29, 2014, The Riverfront Times reported. The first thing one of the officers did was shoot and kill Zorich’s 4-year-old pit bull, Kiya, with three shots to her stomach. The dog had not barked and was not charging, the lawsuit says.
“As Kiya did not immediately die from her wounds, Ms. Zorich begged officers to help her dog but they refused,” a federal lawsuit, Zorich vs. St. Louis County, alleges. “Ms. Zorich and her son then pleaded to at least be allowed to comfort their dying pet but St. Louis County’s officers, including defendant Rinck, again refused and Kiya was left to die afraid, in pain and uncomforted while watching armed strangers hold her family at gunpoint just feet from her.”
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Another officer then allegedly pointed a gun at Zorich’s son’s head and said, “One word, mother—–, and I’ll put three in you.”
All the officers were at the property at the request of the County Housing Inspector. The inspector had labeled Zorich’s home a problem property after receiving an anonymous tip that the family was living without utilities. The family maintains the house had electricity.
Police took Zorich into custody for building citations involving guard rails, siding, screens, window glass and her deck. Zorich was also arrested on traffic warrants for speeding, running a red light, and driving an unregistered vehicle, a police report indicates.
Police said the SWAT raid was necessary because the residents had an “extensive violent history.”
Two of Zorich’s sons were also arrested; one of them faced charges of violating financial responsibility, interfering with police, disturbing the peace and assault. Another was arrested for failing to appear in court on a traffic case.
“This is an example of police overreaching and using excessive force to get a family out of their house,” the Zorich attorney, Kenneth Chackes, told The Riverfront Times.
The house actually faced foreclosure in 2013 but the family continued living there, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Neighbors told The Post-Dispatch that the Zorichs were something of a nuisance; the family drove over neighbors’ lawns, had fights, and used dogs to intimidate neighbors.
The family has since moved out of the house.
“I am so glad they are gone,” neighbor Mary Fran Pereira told The Post-Dispatch. “They are a plague. I wouldn’t wish them on anybody.”
Chackes, the family attorney, maintains the SWAT raid was unwarranted.
“There is nothing that justified the actions that the police took,” Chackes told The Post-Dispatch. “This is what they chose to do in response to a complaint about gas.”
Five officers from the St. Louis County Police Tactical Response Unit armed with M-4 carbines, along with another eight uniformed officers, burst into Angela Zorich’s home without knocking on April 29, 2014, The Riverfront Times reported. The first thing one of the officers did was shoot and kill Zorich’s 4-year-old pit bull, Kiya, with three shots to her stomach. The dog had not barked and was not charging, the lawsuit says.
“As Kiya did not immediately die from her wounds, Ms. Zorich begged officers to help her dog but they refused,” a federal lawsuit, Zorich vs. St. Louis County, alleges. “Ms. Zorich and her son then pleaded to at least be allowed to comfort their dying pet but St. Louis County’s officers, including defendant Rinck, again refused and Kiya was left to die afraid, in pain and uncomforted while watching armed strangers hold her family at gunpoint just feet from her.”
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Another officer then allegedly pointed a gun at Zorich’s son’s head and said, “One word, mother—–, and I’ll put three in you.”
All the officers were at the property at the request of the County Housing Inspector. The inspector had labeled Zorich’s home a problem property after receiving an anonymous tip that the family was living without utilities. The family maintains the house had electricity.
Police took Zorich into custody for building citations involving guard rails, siding, screens, window glass and her deck. Zorich was also arrested on traffic warrants for speeding, running a red light, and driving an unregistered vehicle, a police report indicates.
Police said the SWAT raid was necessary because the residents had an “extensive violent history.”
Two of Zorich’s sons were also arrested; one of them faced charges of violating financial responsibility, interfering with police, disturbing the peace and assault. Another was arrested for failing to appear in court on a traffic case.
“This is an example of police overreaching and using excessive force to get a family out of their house,” the Zorich attorney, Kenneth Chackes, told The Riverfront Times.
The house actually faced foreclosure in 2013 but the family continued living there, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Neighbors told The Post-Dispatch that the Zorichs were something of a nuisance; the family drove over neighbors’ lawns, had fights, and used dogs to intimidate neighbors.
The family has since moved out of the house.
“I am so glad they are gone,” neighbor Mary Fran Pereira told The Post-Dispatch. “They are a plague. I wouldn’t wish them on anybody.”
Chackes, the family attorney, maintains the SWAT raid was unwarranted.
“There is nothing that justified the actions that the police took,” Chackes told The Post-Dispatch. “This is what they chose to do in response to a complaint about gas.”
Off-Grid ‘Kitchen Cures’ When Antibiotics Won’t Work
Off-Grid ‘Kitchen Cures’ When Antibiotics Won’t Work
Written by: JD Lara Natural Health
If you’re wary of using conventional antibiotics to treat common infections, there are numerous alternative remedies you could consider. I discovered the power of naturopathy when I treated my family’s recent staph and viral infections using healing foods right out of my kitchen.
My 12-year-old son contracted a skin infection from a playmate, developing a boil on his leg the size of a small pea. It was pink, inflamed and had pus in the center, which is characteristic of a staph infection. First we treated it with iodine, thinking it was minor and would go away in a few days. But when one became two, then three, and multiplying up to eight, I was petrified! I tried calendula and colloidal silver, to no avail.
Eventually, I picked it up, too. And so did my 10-year-old daughter, who has eczema on her legs. Because her skin was already compromised, she became more ill than the rest of us. She developed a fever and on the third day she had distinctive pustules filled with yellowish-white pus. (I wish I could show you photographs, but you wouldn’t want to see them – they’re horrifying and difficult to view). Although I’m a stickler for natural treatments, I caved in and rushed her to a doctor. As expected, the dermatologist prescribed a round of oral antibiotics, combined with topical steroids. For my son and me, she prescribed an anti-bacterial cream.
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Within a few days of medical treatment, we recovered. But after her oral dose ended, my daughter’s infection came back. That’s when I suspected the bug was methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus or MRSA, which is a strain of bacteria that’s developed resistance to common antibiotics. Either that or the strain that attacked us just mutated after a round of Augmentin (amoxicillin) and developed into a stronger form.
I was afraid that if I took my child back to the doctor, she would just be given another round of antibiotics, possibly a stronger one. And knowing that pharmaceutical antibiotics kill both bad and good bacteria in the gut, causing microbial imbalance – a problem most eczema sufferers are known to have – I resolved not to take her back. I searched instead for more effective natural treatments and that was when I discovered the potency of garlic, honey and high doses of vitamin C.
Though my research yielded a variety of natural alternatives for treating MRSA, the ones I used were garlic, honey and lime — simply because I had plenty of them at home. A clove or about a teaspoon of chopped raw garlic with wild honey, every five to six hours, didn’t elicit protests from my daughter. Especially if it was downed with freshly made lime-o-nade, with the same raw honey to sweeten it. (I used calamondins, our local variety; but I’m sure you can use lemons). I also gave her 250mg of ascorbic acid twice a day, to augment the vitamin C in the lime. To finish the job, I applied garlic oil – crushed raw garlic steeped in virgin coconut oil – twice daily on the boils. I used a dropper and a cotton ball to spread it. Within four days, all traces of the recurring staph were gone. For good. No additional trip to the doctor was made, no extra dollar spent and no worries about toxic side effects.
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Garlic is a proven, plant-based antibiotic with the ability to combat a broad spectrum of bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, yeasts, molds and various parasites. People around the world have been using it for centuries to treat all types of infections, from cancer to tuberculosis. For a comprehensive list of illnesses it is used for, click here.
Unlike synthetic antibiotics, which are simple in their chemical composition, garlic is highly complex. It has over 27 known active ingredients and dozens more that work in yet undiscovered ways. This makes it difficult for bacteria to contend with and overcome. In fact, European scientists who studied and proved garlic’s potency against 10 different microbes found a “complete absence of development resistance” in garlic. According to drugs.com, the potency of garlic is such that one milligram is equivalent to 15 Oxford units of penicillin.
To make ingesting garlic easier, especially for children, coat it in honey – which also happens to be a potent antibiotic. (I’m sure chocolate syrup would work, but honey is far more beneficial.) You’ll have to use fresh garlic, though. Allicin, the most potent chemical that’s released once a clove is sliced or crushed, oxidizes easily so try to take it within 15 minutes of chopping.
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And like conventional antibiotics and anti-virals, you’ll have to take garlic for a minimum of one week or you’ll run the risk of having a relapse. I made that mistake when I used the same treatment for a viral infection. I was so convinced of the power of my garlic-honey-lime remedy that I used it to treat the swollen, painful lymph nodes that my kids developed. Because they also were running a high fever, indicative of a full-blown infection, I increased the dose to one clove/tsp. every three hours. Each time, I also smothered garlic oil on their necks below the ears where the nodes were sore, and on the soles of their feet twice a day as a trans-dermal therapy. The treatment was effective, but once the symptoms improved, I brought the dose down immediately to three times per day or every eight hours. The kids suffered a rebound. For a systemic, high-grade infection like that, I would recommend administering a dose six to eight times a day. Increase the time between doses by an hour as soon as symptoms improve – most likely on the third or fourth day – until you’re down to just three times a day.
Please be aware that I have no medical background whatsoever. I’m only recommending this as an alternative for those who, like me, want to avoid pharmaceutical antibiotics and their known side effects.
The minimum number of days I’d advise anyone to take garlic, for medicinal purposes, is seven days. Extend up to 10 if you want to be guaranteed of zero relapse. My family continues to take it twice a day to boost our immune systems and take care of possible candida overgrowth in our guts that may have developed from previous doses of antibiotics.
One important reminder, too. Garlic is known to be an anti-coagulant, so don’t do this treatment if you’re already taking blood thinners or are recovering from surgery. Take care against possible allergic reactions, or slight irritation in the mouth or the stomach lining. If your tummy gets easily upset, don’t ingest raw garlic on an empty stomach. There have been reports of bloating, gas and slight nausea in people who can’t tolerate it easily. But other than those, the only other unpleasant side effect most healthy people can expect from eating this amazing allium is bad breath and body odor.
My 12-year-old son contracted a skin infection from a playmate, developing a boil on his leg the size of a small pea. It was pink, inflamed and had pus in the center, which is characteristic of a staph infection. First we treated it with iodine, thinking it was minor and would go away in a few days. But when one became two, then three, and multiplying up to eight, I was petrified! I tried calendula and colloidal silver, to no avail.
Eventually, I picked it up, too. And so did my 10-year-old daughter, who has eczema on her legs. Because her skin was already compromised, she became more ill than the rest of us. She developed a fever and on the third day she had distinctive pustules filled with yellowish-white pus. (I wish I could show you photographs, but you wouldn’t want to see them – they’re horrifying and difficult to view). Although I’m a stickler for natural treatments, I caved in and rushed her to a doctor. As expected, the dermatologist prescribed a round of oral antibiotics, combined with topical steroids. For my son and me, she prescribed an anti-bacterial cream.
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Within a few days of medical treatment, we recovered. But after her oral dose ended, my daughter’s infection came back. That’s when I suspected the bug was methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus or MRSA, which is a strain of bacteria that’s developed resistance to common antibiotics. Either that or the strain that attacked us just mutated after a round of Augmentin (amoxicillin) and developed into a stronger form.
I was afraid that if I took my child back to the doctor, she would just be given another round of antibiotics, possibly a stronger one. And knowing that pharmaceutical antibiotics kill both bad and good bacteria in the gut, causing microbial imbalance – a problem most eczema sufferers are known to have – I resolved not to take her back. I searched instead for more effective natural treatments and that was when I discovered the potency of garlic, honey and high doses of vitamin C.
Though my research yielded a variety of natural alternatives for treating MRSA, the ones I used were garlic, honey and lime — simply because I had plenty of them at home. A clove or about a teaspoon of chopped raw garlic with wild honey, every five to six hours, didn’t elicit protests from my daughter. Especially if it was downed with freshly made lime-o-nade, with the same raw honey to sweeten it. (I used calamondins, our local variety; but I’m sure you can use lemons). I also gave her 250mg of ascorbic acid twice a day, to augment the vitamin C in the lime. To finish the job, I applied garlic oil – crushed raw garlic steeped in virgin coconut oil – twice daily on the boils. I used a dropper and a cotton ball to spread it. Within four days, all traces of the recurring staph were gone. For good. No additional trip to the doctor was made, no extra dollar spent and no worries about toxic side effects.
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Garlic is a proven, plant-based antibiotic with the ability to combat a broad spectrum of bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, yeasts, molds and various parasites. People around the world have been using it for centuries to treat all types of infections, from cancer to tuberculosis. For a comprehensive list of illnesses it is used for, click here.
Unlike synthetic antibiotics, which are simple in their chemical composition, garlic is highly complex. It has over 27 known active ingredients and dozens more that work in yet undiscovered ways. This makes it difficult for bacteria to contend with and overcome. In fact, European scientists who studied and proved garlic’s potency against 10 different microbes found a “complete absence of development resistance” in garlic. According to drugs.com, the potency of garlic is such that one milligram is equivalent to 15 Oxford units of penicillin.
To make ingesting garlic easier, especially for children, coat it in honey – which also happens to be a potent antibiotic. (I’m sure chocolate syrup would work, but honey is far more beneficial.) You’ll have to use fresh garlic, though. Allicin, the most potent chemical that’s released once a clove is sliced or crushed, oxidizes easily so try to take it within 15 minutes of chopping.
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And like conventional antibiotics and anti-virals, you’ll have to take garlic for a minimum of one week or you’ll run the risk of having a relapse. I made that mistake when I used the same treatment for a viral infection. I was so convinced of the power of my garlic-honey-lime remedy that I used it to treat the swollen, painful lymph nodes that my kids developed. Because they also were running a high fever, indicative of a full-blown infection, I increased the dose to one clove/tsp. every three hours. Each time, I also smothered garlic oil on their necks below the ears where the nodes were sore, and on the soles of their feet twice a day as a trans-dermal therapy. The treatment was effective, but once the symptoms improved, I brought the dose down immediately to three times per day or every eight hours. The kids suffered a rebound. For a systemic, high-grade infection like that, I would recommend administering a dose six to eight times a day. Increase the time between doses by an hour as soon as symptoms improve – most likely on the third or fourth day – until you’re down to just three times a day.
Please be aware that I have no medical background whatsoever. I’m only recommending this as an alternative for those who, like me, want to avoid pharmaceutical antibiotics and their known side effects.
The minimum number of days I’d advise anyone to take garlic, for medicinal purposes, is seven days. Extend up to 10 if you want to be guaranteed of zero relapse. My family continues to take it twice a day to boost our immune systems and take care of possible candida overgrowth in our guts that may have developed from previous doses of antibiotics.
One important reminder, too. Garlic is known to be an anti-coagulant, so don’t do this treatment if you’re already taking blood thinners or are recovering from surgery. Take care against possible allergic reactions, or slight irritation in the mouth or the stomach lining. If your tummy gets easily upset, don’t ingest raw garlic on an empty stomach. There have been reports of bloating, gas and slight nausea in people who can’t tolerate it easily. But other than those, the only other unpleasant side effect most healthy people can expect from eating this amazing allium is bad breath and body odor.
'Something Very Wrong Coming To America This Year' - Massive Military Movements Across America Directly Tied To Wal Marts Nationwide
By Stefan Stanford - All News Pipeline - Live Free Or Die
From our northern border with Canada to our completely open southern border with Mexico and from sea to shining sea, we are witnessing a massive 'buildup to and preparation for' a still unnamed event. Every day we become more aware of a very strong but still mysterious connection between the US military and Wal Mart stores across the country as another ANP reader who calls himself 'Texas Patriot' emailed us the photograph seen above showing several US military vehicles sitting, hidden, behind a Wal Mart store in Crowley, Texas.
Meanwhile, the excellent 3 video compilation below from YouTube videographer Christina Sarro shows us part of the Raider Focus wargames in Colorado and, coincidentally or not, MORE connections between the military and Wal Mart...and 2 SEPARATE times! Why does the US military have such a strong connection to Wal Mart stores? The fact that they're using them more and more frequently recently as seen in these videos raises many questions with answers unlikely to follow.
We also receive a very strong warning from famed hacker Guccifer in the 1st video below that something HORRIBLE is getting ready to happen to America. Guccifer, who previously hacked the Bush family, Hillary Clinton, the Rockefellers and Federal Reserve Board members, joins at the 10:45 mark of this excellent brand new Norton video called "In Search Of The Most Dangerous Town On The Internet" and proceeds to tell us: "Every American open your eyes wide, because something very wrong is going to come to them this year."
What does Guccifer know that we don't know? The fact that Guccifer's stock and trade IS the internet and the fact that he's hacked into computer systems owned by the satanic elitists makes us feel that he KNOWS their plans...are they preparing to take down our entire banking system via false flag hack, leaving Americans out of cash and out of time, so that they can simply 'start over again'? The fact that Guccifer used to spend hours daily reading Hillary Clinton's memos before going out to do his gardening helps us understand he likely knows what he speaks of.
With Google recently putting out doodles such as the one directly above, why do we get a very strong feeling that all of these military exercises all across America are somehow tied to Guccifer's brief warning? Knowing what we've recently learned, that Jade Helm is an artificial intelligence program, a COMPUTER that will be leading the JH15 'exercises,' only adds to our trepidation over what's coming, especially considering recent warnings from people such as Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk that artificial intelligence could one day lead to the end of humanity with humanity being treated like 'pets' by AI.
IN SEARCH OF THE
MOST DANGEROUS TOWN ON THE INTERNET
( OFFICIAL )
Check out the US Army guy in the blue van after he drops off a boatload of soldiers at the Colorado Wal Mart. Why is he so obviously covering up his face to avoid detection of who he is? These videos are excellent and provide us with over a half an hour of footage from an American citizen quite disgusted in what she sees her country turning into.
MASSIVE MILITARY MOVEMENT
PART OF THE JADE HELM DRILL RENAMED
"OPERATION RAIDER FOCUS"
( Part 1 )
La junta, Colorado
Will the military exercises and convoys we are witnessing across the country lead soon to the imposition of martial law across America or are these just more 'conditioning exercises', preparing Americans to see the US military on US streets all the time? If the 2nd answer is correct in your opinion, what's REALLY the difference? One certainly leads to the other...
( Part 2 )
( Part 3 )
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Woman told to clean sandy yard or go to jail
NEIGHBORS???? I DON'T THINK SO !!!
THIS WOMAN IS DYING...CAN'T DO YARD WORK..
HAS HAD THE SAND YARD FOR 3 YEARS... AND "NOW"
THEY COMPLAIN..
THEY SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN OFF THEIR BUTTS AND
STRAIGHTENED OUT THE WASHED OUT SAND..
AND THAT WASHED OUT SAND IS PROBABLY DUE TO
THE PSYCHOPATHS SENDING IN DRENCHING RAIN...
THIS IS TERRIBLE.. PEOPLE HAVE "NO COMPASSION" !!
ESPECIALLY IN THE SITUATION SHE IS IN.
I HOPE SOMEONE COMES AND VOLUNTEERS TO REMOVE
HER SAND AND SOD HER YARD.. FREE OF CHARGE..
GO TO LINK AT BOTTOM
SEE VIDEOS AND SLIDE SHOW..
NICE HOUSE... BEEN THERE 33 YEARS...
HOW AWFUL !!
OPRA, WHERE ARE YOU WHEN SOMEONE REALLY NEEDS YOU ?
A thousand dollar fine or a 180 days in jail. I have one parking ticket,"
Georgianna Reid told KSHB.
http://www.aol.com/article/ 2015/06/22/woman-told-to- clean-sandy-yard-or-go-to- jail/21199457/
THIS WOMAN IS DYING...CAN'T DO YARD WORK..
HAS HAD THE SAND YARD FOR 3 YEARS... AND "NOW"
THEY COMPLAIN..
THEY SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN OFF THEIR BUTTS AND
STRAIGHTENED OUT THE WASHED OUT SAND..
AND THAT WASHED OUT SAND IS PROBABLY DUE TO
THE PSYCHOPATHS SENDING IN DRENCHING RAIN...
THIS IS TERRIBLE.. PEOPLE HAVE "NO COMPASSION" !!
ESPECIALLY IN THE SITUATION SHE IS IN.
I HOPE SOMEONE COMES AND VOLUNTEERS TO REMOVE
HER SAND AND SOD HER YARD.. FREE OF CHARGE..
GO TO LINK AT BOTTOM
SEE VIDEOS AND SLIDE SHOW..
NICE HOUSE... BEEN THERE 33 YEARS...
HOW AWFUL !!
OPRA, WHERE ARE YOU WHEN SOMEONE REALLY NEEDS YOU ?
Woman told to clean sandy yard or go to jail
Jun 22nd 2015 11:04AMA thousand dollar fine or a 180 days in jail. I have one parking ticket,"
Georgianna Reid told KSHB.
Kansas City officials told Georgianna Reed she has 10 days to remove
the sand from her yard or appeal. Otherwise they could fine her $1,000 —
and she could spend half a year behind bars.
If that happened, Reid's life could end behind bars. Her doctors say
she only has about
six months to live. Her friends fear she'd die in
prison.
Reid told KSHB she's lived in this house for 33 years, and three
years ago filled her yard with sand. Her idea was to have a beachfront
theme, but many neighbors complained.
"Having a house with sand in it –– it looks like it belongs out in
Florida on the beach or something, like a beach home," a neighbor told
KSHB.
Legally Reid has the right to have sand in her yard. However, the
city says rain has
caused weeds to grow, as well as wash sand onto the
sidewalk.
"I will take the sand out but I'm going to an asphalt yard because I'm still not gonna mow," Reid told KSHB.
The city has yet to decide if they are opposed to the asphalt alternative.http://www.aol.com/article/
Major internet providers slowing traffic speeds for thousands across US
Major internet providers slowing traffic speeds for thousands across US
Study finds significant degradations of networks for five largest
ISPs, including AT&T
and Time Warner, representing 75% of all
wireline households in US
Sam Thielman in New York
Monday 22 June 2015 10.58 EDT
Major internet providers, including AT&T, Time Warner
and Verizon, are slowing data from popular websites to thousands of US
businesses and residential customers in dozens of cities across the
country, according to a study released on Monday.
The study, conducted by internet activists BattlefortheNet, looked at
the results from 300,000 internet users and found significant
degradations on the networks of the five largest internet service
providers (ISPs), representing 75% of all wireline households across the
US.
The findings come weeks after the Federal Communications Commission
introduced new rules meant to protect “net neutrality” – the principle
that all data is equal online – and keep ISPs from holding traffic speeds for ransom.
Tim Karr of Free Press, one of the groups that makes up
BattlefortheNet, said the finding show ISPs are not providing content to
users at the speeds they’re paying for.
“For too long, internet access providers and their lobbyists have
characterized net neutrality protections as a solution in search of a
problem,” said Karr. “Data compiled using the Internet
Health Test show us otherwise – that there is widespread and systemic
abuse across the network. The irony is that this trove of evidence is
becoming public just as many in Congress are trying to strip away the
open internet protections that would prevent such bad behavior.”
The study, supported by the technologists at Open Technology Institute’s M-Lab,
examines the comparative speeds of Content Delivery Networks (CDNs),
which shoulder some of the data load for popular websites. Any site that
becomes popular enough has to pay a CDN to carry its content on a
network of servers around the country (or the world) so that the
material is close to the people who want to access it.
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Atlanta, for example, Comcast provided hourly median download speeds
over a CDN called GTT of 21.4 megabits per second at 7pm throughout the
month of May. AT&T provided speeds over the same network of ⅕ of a
megabit per second. When a network sends more than twice the traffic it
receives, that network is required by AT&T to pay for the privilege.
When quizzed about slow speeds on GTT, AT&T told Ars Technica
earlier this year that it wouldn’t upgrade capacity to a CDN that saw
that much outgoing traffic until it saw some money from that network (as
distinct from the money it sees from consumers).
AT&T has strongly opposed regulation of its agreements with the
companies that directly provide connectivity between high-traffic
internet users and their customers. Cogent, Level3 and others have
petitioned the FCC to make free interconnection to CDNs a part of the
conditions for the proposed merger between AT&T and DirecTV.
“It would be unprecedented and unjustified to force AT&T to
provide free backbone services to other backbone carriers and edge
providers, as Cogent et al seek,” said the company in a filing replying
to the CDNs’ suggestion, part of a brief opposing the merger. “Nor is
there any basis for requiring AT&T to augment network capacity for
free and without any limits. Opponents’ proposals would shift the costs
of their services onto all AT&T subscribers, many of whom do not use
Opponents’ services, and would harm consumers.”
FCC chairman Tom Wheeler has taken an aggressive regulatory tack when
it comes to mergers in the telecommunications sector. “History proves
that absent competition a predominant position in the market such as
yours creates economic incentives to use that market power to protect
your traditional business in a way that is ultimately harmful to
consumers,” he told industry leaders at the Internet and Television Expo
last month.
The dispute over traffic speeds comes as the telecoms and cable
industry readies legal challenges to the net neutrality rules. Most
telecoms are content letting their lobbyists, notably trade associations
Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) and USTelecom, sue the FCC over net neutrality rules, but AT&T has been one of the few companies to sue the FCC directly.
LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE WAGING WAR....
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ISPs must be allowed to manage internet traffic
Sandro Gozi
Monday, June 22, 2015
Clinton Foundation whistle blower gets legal threats
Clinton Foundation Whistle Blower Gets Legal Threats
Fox reports
A former charity executive who helped expose a questionable $500,000 donation to the Clinton Foundation is now being threatened by her old bosses with a lawsuit seeking tens of thousands of dollars, FoxNews.com has learned.The young lady should not be surprised that there would be backlash for her outing her boss and the Clintons. And if you believe the stories, she is blessed to be alive. But, the more pressure that they place on the woman, and she does not cave the more it looks like she is telling the truth. And the pressure is beginning to get high.
Sue Veres Royal, former executive director at the Happy Hearts Fund, was initially quoted in a May 29 New York Times article that said the charity lured Bill Clinton to a 2014 gala only after offering a $500,000 donation to The Clinton Foundation. His office previously had turned down the charity’s invitations, but this time he accepted; the accompanying donation amounted to almost a quarter of the gala’s net proceeds.
The 2 Million plus event pays out $500,000 on the speaker? Wow! Being that Clinton has his own charity, and he believes in giving away work and money, you would think that he would simply do the gala for free. These revelations to the Times has brought heat on Royal.
The Happy Hearts Fund’s legal team fired off a cease-and-desist order to Veres Royal the same day the Times report was published. The charity claimed she had breached a confidentiality agreement and gave “numerous falsehoods, inaccuracies and disparaging statements” about the organization to the Times. The letter demanded she no longer speak to the media or else they would seek damages.HHF is warning miss Royal that it will cost her to continue to tell the truth. They will spend the money designated to help Haiti to silence Royal. This shows the lunacy of these people’s thinking. How are you going to continue to give to an organization who would waste the money that should be helping people in desperate need? Well, if your goal is not the betterment of those people, it can be done without much thought.
They have responded to Royal’s comments
“Because we know the strong impact of working together and because the Happy Hearts Fund and the Clinton Foundation have a shared goal of providing meaningful help to Haiti, we proposed a joint educational project with the Clinton Foundation. Any suggestion that this joint project is some kind of ‘honorarium’ or ‘fee’ is unequivocally false,” the spokesman told FoxNews.com in a statement. According to the group, such partnerships have allowed the charity to build 113 schools since 2006 in nine different countries, with more opening this month.But Royal reports that the money given to the Clinton Foundation has not even been designated yet. They have not even decided how it should be used.
However, Veres Royal said she was appalled not only by the 2014 Clinton donation but by details she had not known before the Times report was published — most notably that the $500,000, which was supposed to go to causes in the ravaged country of Haiti, still had not been earmarked for any particular project by The Clinton Foundation.This is just another reason to believe that the Clinton Foundation is merely a slush fund for the Clintons.
http://freedomforce.com/4464/clinton-foundation-whistle-blower-gets-legal-threats/
OBAMA WARNED IN CONGRESS
OBAMA WARNED IN CONGRESS OF AMERICANS
RIGHT TO REVOLUTION
STEVE COHEN
WHY IS CONGRESS SO AFRAID
OF CONGRESSMAN STEVE COHEN?
Caught in a Lie: Jade Helm 15
CAUGHT IN A LIE - JADE HELM 15
Reporter Joe Biggs exposes the lies disseminated by the feds regarding Jade Helm, highlighting the times the military has bribed local governments in order to domestic training.
Reporter Joe Biggs exposes the lies disseminated by the feds regarding Jade Helm, highlighting the times the military has bribed local governments in order to domestic training.
Published on May 14, 2015
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Pentagon confirms ISIS 'dirty bomb' claims
WND EXCLUSIVE
PENTAGON CONFIRMS ISIS 'DIRTY BOMB' CLAIMS
Spokeswoman: 'We remain vigilant of this organization's intent to employ such weapons'
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon has confirmed to WND that the Islamic State has seized enough radioactive materials from captured Iraqi facilities to develop “dirty bombs,” just as ISIS’ recent English-language magazine, Dabiq, claimed.The ISIS claim had alarmed the Australian intelligence service, which initially revealed the prospect that ISIS fighters have seized sufficient radioactive and biological materials from research centers and hospitals – which previously were under Iraqi government control. (Understand - ISIS is a USA corporation created terrorist organization, just as Al-Qaeda and others. Each USA created 't' organization has its handlers who issue the orders and who PROVIDE the WEAPONRY TO ACCOMPLISH THE FULFILLMENT OF THEIR ORDERS FROM THE USA corporation.)
Such seizures were first revealed at a meeting of the Australia Group in Perth, Australia, at which Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop expressed the deep concern of members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and regional partners over the potential use by ISIS of the seized materials.
“We are aware of claims that ISIL has declared its motives of developing a ‘dirty bomb’ in a recent edition of its propaganda magazine,” Defense Department spokeswoman, U.S. Navy Cmdr. Elissa Smith, told WND.
“We share the same concern as our Australian defense officials and regional partners and will continue to use our intelligence resources to remain vigilant of any activity and indicators of this violent extremist organization’s intent to employ such weapons,” she said.
It is the first time that any U.S. official has confirmed that the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, had acquired a sufficient amount of radioactive materials to be incorporated in conventional weapons, such as artillery, to spread harmful radiation.
A “dirty bomb” simply is a conventional explosives package wrapped with radioactive or biological materials.
U.S. officials have told WND that there is mounting concern that ISIS, with its development of weapons of mass destruction, may accelerate attacks, even though the Muslim world has just entered into the month-long holy period of fasting called Ramadan. (So - the USA criminal cabal 'gov' is telling you what their plans are for us.)
In 2014, Iraq first informed the United Nations by letter that ISIS had seized nuclear materials used for scientific research at a university in the city of Mosul.
That city was captured by ISIS and remains under jihadist control to this day. Mosul is some 400 kilometers, or 250 miles, northwest of Iraq’s capital, Baghdad.
The letter said that ISIS had seized some 40 kilograms, or 88 pounds, of uranium compounds.
The letter appealed for U.N. help to “stave off the threat of their use by terrorists in Iraq or abroad.”
Even though the U.N.’s atomic agency, the International Atomic Energy Agency, claimed at the time that the seizure was of low grade products, experts had stated that such materials could spread radioactivity.
Initially, U.S. officials had played down the threat the materials would pose, claiming that it would be difficult for the jihadists to use the materials to make weapons.
However, Iraq’s ambassador to the U.N., Mohamed Ali Alhakim, said the nuclear materials, “despite the limited amounts, can enable terrorist groups, with the availability of the required expertise (one guess who/what is providing that 'expertise'), to use it separately or in combination with other materials in its terrorist acts.”
In showing some concern over the capture of radioactive materials, the U.S. State Department in September 2014 said that it had signed an agreement with the Baghdad government to step up joint efforts to detect and recover sensitive nuclear materials around the country before ISIS could get to the supplies.
“Obtaining radiological material from places like universities or hospitals is relatively easy if you have the firepower, a chaotic situation and jihadists willing to sacrifice their health handling it,” Ryan Mauro of The Clarion Project told Fox News at the time.
Similarly Matthew Bunn, a professor with the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, told Fox News that the purpose of such a weapon is to terrorize a population and the threat of its use is sufficient for ISIS to accomplish its goal.
“The intent of a dirty bomb is to cause panic with the fear of the radioactivity,” he said. “But that may be more difficult to do if governments can quickly confirm that the amount of radioactivity involved is not a threat to anybody (even though) that in itself is problematic when there’s so much distrust on the subject of radiation risks.”
The letter to the U.N. came a day after Iraqi officials had confirmed that ISIS also had taken control of a disused chemical weapons factory which was said to house expended artillery shells with residue of the poison gas, Sarin. (Imagine that! Easy to do when your bosses provide the help.)
In talking about ISIS’ latest claim of having sufficient radioactive and biological weapons stockpiles, Australia’s foreign minister, Bishop, told The Australian that such information is “worrying” to NATO and other members of the Australian Group.
It’s been almost a year since ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi announced creation of the Islamic State which is subject to an extreme interpretation of Shariah law. The conquered territory includes portions of north and northeastern Syria and much of the Sunni-dominated western regions of Iraq.
http://www.wnd.com/2015/06/pentagon-confirms-isis-dirty-bomb-claims/
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