Picture Of The Day

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.defense.gov/imgHandler.ashx?h=318&w=478&img=/dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2014-02/hires_140213-F-MF529-420a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.defense.gov/imgHandler.ashx?h=318&w=478&img=/dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2014-02/hires_140213-F-MF529-420a.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>TANDEM LANDING</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Two F-16 Fighting Falcons land in sync after a training sortie at Kunsan Air Base, Korea, Feb. 13, 2014. The pilots are assigned to the 35th Fighter Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Armando A. Schwier-Morales</span></div>

Picture Of The Day

TANDEM LANDINGTwo F-16 Fighting Falcons land in sync after a training sortie at Kunsan Air Base, Korea, Feb. 13, 2014. The pilots are assigned to the 35th Fighter Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Armando A. Schwier-Morales…

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What Countries Feel The Most Love In The World? (Map)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwllcuIBsu7ww6lU7hcafKESkSvKheW-h-9lAZCdvDOv4v2yH5WJEkdV-DHqq5UeQ7HV2trhGTR0C9Jnnpi646opDAnESNaqGWXIDiYPHE1o-5WbiFfwDH-75fxBu9YC-bhILZnkKQ3yRs/s1600/200px-US-DefenseIntelligenceAgency-Seal.svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwllcuIBsu7ww6lU7hcafKESkSvKheW-h-9lAZCdvDOv4v2yH5WJEkdV-DHqq5UeQ7HV2trhGTR0C9Jnnpi646opDAnESNaqGWXIDiYPHE1o-5WbiFfwDH-75fxBu9YC-bhILZnkKQ3yRs/s1600/200px-US-DefenseIntelligenceAgency-Seal.svg.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Map: The Countries That Feel The Most Love In The World -- The Atlantic</b></span></div><br />Where is the love? The Philippines, apparently. <br /><br />This week, in honor of Valentine's Day, the Philippine government sponsored mass-wedding ceremonies for hundreds of couples. It seemed fitting for a country that marked Valentine's Day 10 years ago by setting a world record for the number of couples simultaneously kissing for 10 seconds (the final tally: 5,122). And it's also appropriate for a country where a whopping 93 percent of people report feeling loved.<br /><br />That last stat comes from what the economist Justin Wolfers has described as "the most comprehensive global index of love ever constructed." In 2006 and 2007, Gallup asked people in 136 countries whether they had experienced love the previous day. The researchers found that on a typical day, roughly 70 percent of the world's population reports feeling love. The world leader in love turned out to be the Philippines, where more than 90 percent said they had experienced love, and the world's laggard Armenia, where only 29 percent of respondents did. In the United States, 81 percent replied in the affirmative. (Click on the map to expand it.)<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/02/map-the-countries-that-feel-the-most-love-in-the-world/283839/">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> These results are baloney .... my nationality is Russian .... and we sure as hell do not deserve to be put at the bottom of this list. No surprise about Syria though .... they have bigger issues than looking for love right now. As for the results on Canada (I live in Canada right now) .... I know for a fact that 80% of this country DO NOT experience love on a daily basis .... a fact that many of my married Canadian friends have a tendency of telling me most of the time.

What Countries Feel The Most Love In The World? (Map)

Map: The Countries That Feel The Most Love In The World -- The AtlanticWhere is the love? The Philippines, apparently. This week, in honor of Valentine's Day, the Philippine government sponsored mass-wedding ceremonies for hundreds of couples. It see…

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A Valentine's Message From The Royal Navy

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtTZyvZWvLuNQl0Li_do11OkUIxsOSNA1dgkbe4X5xyUhd-HuCmHPMWwJ7AODFhOXvvi6kDlYXkZslcsRg4KtWxjQLzRr5P6fYrCy_vXfjONTLzmyImoeLWgqypucOiZuucRub-m2UrA5Y/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtTZyvZWvLuNQl0Li_do11OkUIxsOSNA1dgkbe4X5xyUhd-HuCmHPMWwJ7AODFhOXvvi6kDlYXkZslcsRg4KtWxjQLzRr5P6fYrCy_vXfjONTLzmyImoeLWgqypucOiZuucRub-m2UrA5Y/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">All at sea: The crew of Royal Navy Destroyer HMS Daring spell out a romantic Valentine's message as they return home from a nine-month deployment</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sea Of Love: Royal Navy Crew Spell Out Valentine's Message On The Deck Of Their Destroyer As They Return From Nine Month Mission -- Daily Mail</b></span></div><br />The crew of a Royal Navy destroyer send out Valentine's message to their loved ones back home by forming a red heart on the warship's flight deck.<br /><br />The message saying 'I Love You' was formed by sailors aboard HMS Daring as the Type 45 destroyer heads back to its home base of Portsmouth, Hampshire, having spent nine months on deployment - one of the navy's longest missions.<br /><br />Lieutenant Jason Hannigan, the ship's operation officer, said: 'We have proven this is a very capable warship, but without the support of our loved ones our sailors would not be able to operate at their best.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2559088/Sea-love-Royal-Navy-crew-spell-Valentines-message-deck-destroyer-return-nine-month-mission.html">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> I suspect that they are more happy that they are returning home after a nine month deployment .... than celebrating Valentine's day.

Valentine's Day A Valentine's Message From The Royal Navy

All at sea: The crew of Royal Navy Destroyer HMS Daring spell out a romantic Valentine's message as they return home from a nine-month deploymentSea Of Love: Royal Navy Crew Spell Out Valentine's Message On The Deck Of Their Destroyer As They Return …

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Hollywood Wants More Movies On The US Navy SEALS

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/HOMyAlbW1Ko" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Success Of Navy SEAL Movies Has Hollywood Looking For More -- FOX News</b></span></div><br />LOS ANGELES – Following the box office success of “Lone Survivor,” based off Marcus Luttrell’s 2007 best-seller of the same name about the tragic 2005 Operation Red Wings in Afghanistan, studios are looking for more real-life accounts of SEALs to turn into big budget movies.<br /><br />A film adaptation of “American Sniper,” a memoir by the highly decorated Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, who was killed last year after it's publication, was acquired by Warner Bros. Clint Eastwood is attached as director. <br /><br />Sources tell FOX411 that Steven Spielberg, who was first attached to direct Kyle's story, as well as Michael Bay, have also been looking at similar projects involving military memoirs.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/02/14/success-navy-seal-movies-has-hollywood-looking-for-more/">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> I predict that this fascination from Hollywood on the US Navy Seals will not last long .... military life is as "foreign" to them as Hollywood is "foreign" for most US Navy SEALs.

Hollywood Wants More Movies On The US Navy SEALS

Success Of Navy SEAL Movies Has Hollywood Looking For More -- FOX NewsLOS ANGELES – Following the box office success of “Lone Survivor,” based off Marcus Luttrell’s 2007 best-seller of the same name about the tragic 2005 Operation Red Wings in Afgha…

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Benghazi Is Becoming A Political Liability For Hillary Clinton's Presidential Ambitions

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil9mLBqtuWySToEDIRiX41ZJugTRhGLcTpmOrms7F7gQ4S_D-2ky3gCnQc7H4SpalqfFG5X-yMrynAjxhu8p39yiCXMiw_GsWS3dQrtz3eNErMJO5PzmZ9Ak-KuEkrR6qJD8qNBdJAIuRi/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil9mLBqtuWySToEDIRiX41ZJugTRhGLcTpmOrms7F7gQ4S_D-2ky3gCnQc7H4SpalqfFG5X-yMrynAjxhu8p39yiCXMiw_GsWS3dQrtz3eNErMJO5PzmZ9Ak-KuEkrR6qJD8qNBdJAIuRi/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton makes remarks after receiving the 2013 Tom Lantos Human Rights Prize from the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice, during a ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 6, 2013 file photo. Credit: Reuters/Mike Theiler</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Hillary Clinton Faces New Barrage From The Right Over Benghazi -- Reuters</b></span></div><br />(Reuters) - Establishment Republicans and a right-wing group of former spies and special forces operatives that says it is nonpartisan but has historical Republican ties are raising a ruckus over Hillary Rodham Clinton's handling of the 2012 assault on U.S. installations in Benghazi, Libya.<br /><br />The criticism of Clinton over the deadly attacks appears to be a preview of what the former secretary of state can expect should she pursue a presidential bid in 2016.<br /><br />Four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, were killed on September 11, 2012, in assaults by suspected militants on the lightly guarded U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi and a better-fortified CIA installation nearby.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/11/us-usa-clinton-benghazi-idUSBREA1A1YM20140211">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> "Barrage" from the right .... a barrage is what the people on the ground in Benghazi faced .... not Hillary Clinton.

Benghazi Is Becoming A Political Liability For Hillary Clinton's Presidential Ambitions

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton makes remarks after receiving the 2013 Tom Lantos Human Rights Prize from the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice, during a ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 6, 2013 file photo.…

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What Is The Good News In Afghanistan?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.defense.gov/imgHandler.ashx?h=318&w=478&img=/dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2014-02/hires_140214-A-RU942-220c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.defense.gov/imgHandler.ashx?h=318&w=478&img=/dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2014-02/hires_140214-A-RU942-220c.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">U.S. Army Capt. Jason Gillespie, left, U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Casey McFall, middle, and U.S. Army 1st Lt. Maurice Coopers conduct live-fire range training with M4 carbines on Forward Operating Base Lightning in Afghanistan's Paktiya province, Feb. 14, 2014. Gillespie, McFall and Coopers, are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Pfc Dixie Rae Liwanag</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>No News Is Good News From Afghanistan -- Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today </b></span></div><br /><i>Bad news out of Afghanistan?</i><br /><br />One school of thought at the Pentagon goes this way:<br /><br />Start winning. Good news will follow.<br /><br />It's often said half in jest. But only half. The problem isn't so much the message as it is the substance. And the substance and messaging of the last few days have been bad and worse.<br /><br />Consider this: Afghan justice department officials — over some of the most vocal and harsh criticism to date by U.S. commanders — released 65 prisoners on Thursday, most linked to attacks on American troops and Afghan civilians.<br /><br />On substance, that's just plain bad. Dossiers provided to USA TODAY show the inmates Afghan officials sprung to be a legion of losers and killers.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/nation/2014/02/13/afghanistan-propaganda-prisoner-release/5463345/">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment</b>: From my perspective .... there has been zero good news from Afghanistan for a very very long time.

What Is The Good News In Afghanistan?

U.S. Army Capt. Jason Gillespie, left, U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Casey McFall, middle, and U.S. Army 1st Lt. Maurice Coopers conduct live-fire range training with M4 carbines on Forward Operating Base Lightning in Afghanistan's Paktiya province, Feb. 14, 20…

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Has Afghan President Karzai Overplayed His 'Hand' With The U.S.?

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/5A1kNTLJRzs" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Karzai Overplays His Hand in Poker Game With U.S. -- David Francis. The Fiscal Times</b></span></div><br />All those hoping for an end to the ongoing security agreement standoff between Afghanistan and the United States awoke to some good news Thursday: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who had just returned to Berlin after meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, said that Karzai told him he would sign the agreement.<br /><br />“He said to me very clearly: The deal has been negotiated, it would not be amended, and “Steinmeier told German parliament on Thursday afternoon. “I was pleased that Karzai said very clearly that Afghanistan would in any case sign.”<br /><br />Steinmeier’s statement, however, came with one important caveat: Karzai gave the German foreign minister no indication when he would sign the deal. <br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2014/02/14/Karzai-Overplays-His-Hand-Poker-Game-US">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br />My Comment: With the release of Taliban prisoners .... U.S. relations with Karzai are now clearly finished. The only question that needs to be asked is .... what will happen after the elections that are slated in two months .... in short .... who will be replacing Karzai as the new President of Afghanistan.

Has Afghan President Karzai Overplayed His 'Hand' With The U.S.?

Karzai Overplays His Hand in Poker Game With U.S. -- David Francis. The Fiscal TimesAll those hoping for an end to the ongoing security agreement standoff between Afghanistan and the United States awoke to some good news Thursday: German Foreign Mini…

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Pentagon: U.S. Military Will Not Target Released Taliban Prisoners

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/HCiCdC7tkhk" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>U.S. Military Not Targeting Released Afghan Prisoners, Pentagon Says -- Reuters</b></span></div><br />(Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Friday it was not actively targeting any of the 65 detainees released by Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government, but warned that if the freed prisoners returned to the fight, "they do it at their own peril."<br /><br />Despite fierce U.S. protests, Karzai's government released the detainees on Thursday, in the latest sign of deteriorating ties between Washington and Kabul after more than 12 years of war.<br /><br />The U.S. military has warned that some of them had killed both Afghans and foreign soldiers and now pose a fresh threat. At the same time, Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said the released prisoners "are not considered targets right now."<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/14/us-usa-afghanistan-prisoners-idUSBREA1D1QJ20140214">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> I guess it is now open season to kill U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan.

Pentagon: U.S. Military Will Not Target Released Taliban Prisoners

U.S. Military Not Targeting Released Afghan Prisoners, Pentagon Says -- Reuters(Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Friday it was not actively targeting any of the 65 detainees released by Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government, but warned that …

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Russian - Iran Military Alliance?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVNBE6nfadERz4x34WoZpQpFIqnSWJUP7EK1kwPY6EoJ9WN9_op-OKzhoyug_Y1zUgvGOFFgKX7N2GUmSWvMSiuK5q1qgw8wt9TKMWsKOji4Ynw7aGWUCqEgj9c0mKszGTQTeJhXIHLa9y/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVNBE6nfadERz4x34WoZpQpFIqnSWJUP7EK1kwPY6EoJ9WN9_op-OKzhoyug_Y1zUgvGOFFgKX7N2GUmSWvMSiuK5q1qgw8wt9TKMWsKOji4Ynw7aGWUCqEgj9c0mKszGTQTeJhXIHLa9y/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Russian President Vladimir Putin passes Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif during their meeting at the Kremlin, Jan. 16, 2014. (photo by <a href="http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/02/iran-russia-relations-new-chapter.html">REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin</a>)</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Iran Offers Russia Joint Naval Exercise -- WND</b></span></div><i><br /></i><i>Tehran moving to check U.S. warships in region</i><br /><br />TEL AVIV – After reportedly dispatching warships to the Atlantic Ocean, Iran has now offered Russia a proposal to carry out joint naval exercises in May, according to informed Middle Eastern security officials.<br /><br />The officials told WND that Moscow is considering the proposal but that there was no immediate decision from Russia.<br /><br />The officials said the proposal was likely a response to Iranian reports of U.S. vessels in the Persian Gulf.<br /><br />There have been reports that the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman has deliberately spent time outside the Gulf as a gesture to Iran while the West attempts to implement its interim nuclear agreement with Tehran.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.wnd.com/2014/02/iran-offers-russia-joint-naval-exercise/">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>Update:</b> <a href="http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13921125000303">Envoy: Iran, Russia Keen to Expand Bilateral Ties</a> -- FARS News Agency (Iran)<br /><br /><b>My Comment</b>: The Russians have not responded to this offer .... and I expect no response until after the Olympics. But Russian - Iranian relations <b><a href="http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/02/iran-russia-relations-new-chapter.html">are warning up</a></b>, and I will not be surprised if an announcement on joint Russian - Iranian naval exercises will be made in the next month or two.

Russian - Iran Military Alliance?

Russian President Vladimir Putin passes Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif during their meeting at the Kremlin, Jan. 16, 2014. (photo by REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin)Iran Offers Russia Joint Naval Exercise -- WNDTehran moving to check U.S. wa…

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Is Iran Preparing An EMP Attack Against The U.S.?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeMR4MQvbiG7ZTV34Y6oFdIWfDle-5NxDPgYzCOP4637OrDlCIfgADC-_9-uhUqaclUoGOBm9AG6ImtolZVd_Q1qQk29C6HMDB1k-aNj5AFhRBZyOWuffE-MIXobkhjLCzfUWXv8ib_VbS/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeMR4MQvbiG7ZTV34Y6oFdIWfDle-5NxDPgYzCOP4637OrDlCIfgADC-_9-uhUqaclUoGOBm9AG6ImtolZVd_Q1qQk29C6HMDB1k-aNj5AFhRBZyOWuffE-MIXobkhjLCzfUWXv8ib_VbS/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ballistic missile fired during Iranian war games (illustrative). <a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/177314#.Uv5qy4W0ykM">Reuters</a></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Expert: Iran Ships A Dry Run For Later Nuclear/EMP Attack; Humiliate Obama -- Washington Examiner</span></b></div><br />Iran's surprising decision to move warships off the Atlantic coast poses a potential catastrophic threat to America from a nuclear or electromagnetic pulse attack, according to an expert who foresaw Iran's move.<br /><br />Peter Pry, an expert on EMP attacks, said the ships are likely a dry run for a future attack, a maneuver meant to lull Washington into complacency while also embarrassing President Obama and his effort to convince Tehran to give up production of a nuclear bomb in return for a lifting of some economic sanctions.<br /><br />“Yes, patrols by the Iranian Navy off our coasts could pose threat of a surprise EMP attack,” said Pry, who with others such as former CIA Director R. James Woolsey, has convinced several state legislatures to take moves to harden their electric and energy grids from EMP attack because Washington won't.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://washingtonexaminer.com/expert-iran-ships-a-dry-run-for-later-nuclearemp-attack-humiliate-obama/article/2544041">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More News On Reports That Iran Is Preparing An EMP Attack Against The U.S.</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.wnd.com/2014/02/approaching-iranian-warships-raise-emp-threat/">Approaching Iranian warships raise EMP threat</a> -- WND<br /><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/1133862/iran-bomb-threat-debated-by-emp-and-national-security-experts/">Iran Bomb Threat Debated By EMP And National Security Experts</a> -- Inquisitr<br /><a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/177314#.Uv5pvIW0ykM">Members of Congress, Fmr. CIA Director Discuss Iran 'EMP Threat' </a>-- Arutz Sheva<br /><a href="http://www.theblaze.com/blog/2014/02/10/glenn-beck-says-this-fictional-series-about-an-iranian-attack-is-the-most-incredible-story-that-americans-should-read/">Glenn Beck says this fictional series about an Iranian attack ‘is the most incredible story that Americans should read’</a> -- The Blaze<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> I am skeptical of these claims. If such an attack should occur .... I have confidence that  the U.S. will find out who was responsible and the retaliation will be massive. For Iran .... there is zero cost benefit in pulling such a stunt .... even if the religious extremists conduct it for their own personal reasons.

Is Iran Preparing An EMP Attack Against The U.S.?

Ballistic missile fired during Iranian war games (illustrative). ReutersExpert: Iran Ships A Dry Run For Later Nuclear/EMP Attack; Humiliate Obama -- Washington ExaminerIran's surprising decision to move warships off the Atlantic coast poses a potent…

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With Sanctions Collapsing Iran Oil Exports Are Now Soaring

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LTJvgZ-ukVDTIVqx67CNiz34PcxV_kqhapOllxwHkeilluta6FpbOCSjNiyAVRlMIURSO-6ma08TlG6bUDRKcCye-Hz3Zmbdrfb9bsqqbsdbnvjOkHpNCAvebwZrWHWg4hPQIkedqAdW/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LTJvgZ-ukVDTIVqx67CNiz34PcxV_kqhapOllxwHkeilluta6FpbOCSjNiyAVRlMIURSO-6ma08TlG6bUDRKcCye-Hz3Zmbdrfb9bsqqbsdbnvjOkHpNCAvebwZrWHWg4hPQIkedqAdW/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This file photo shows an Iranian oil tanker. <a href="http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/02/14/350663/iran-oil-exports-to-3-states-rises/">Press TV</a></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>IEA Report: Iran’s Monthly Oil Exports Rising -- FARS News Agency (Iran)</b></span></div><br />TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has increased its monthly export of crude as global demand for its oil rose after Tehran and the major world power reached a deal in Geneva in November, the International Energy Agency announced.<br /><br />“Imports of Iranian crude rose by 100,000 barrels a day last month, with China, Japan and India taking more oil as a deal easing sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program took effect,” the IEA said in a report on Thursday.<br /><br />The IEA said that the purchasing countries received 1.32 million barrels a day in January.<br /><br />“An increase in the number of barrels shipped to the three Asian importers more than made up for reduced deliveries to South Korea, Syria and Taiwan,” it said.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13921125000465">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More News On Iranian Oil Exports Soaring</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/02/14/350663/iran-oil-exports-to-3-states-rises/">Iran oil exports to three states rise: IEA</a> -- Press TV (Iran)<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/14/world/middleeast/sales-of-iranian-crude-oil-rose-in-january.html">Sales of Iranian Crude Oil Rose in January</a> -- New York Times<br /><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-13/iran-monthly-oil-exports-rise-as-demand-spurs-output-iea-says.html">Iran Monthly Oil Exports Rise as Demand Spurs Output, IEA Says</a> -- Bloomberg<br /><a href="http://www.timesofisrael.com/irans-crude-oil-exports-rise-100000-barrels-a-day/">Iran’s crude oil exports rise 100,000 barrels a day</a> -- Times of Israel<br /><a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303704304579380291865386108?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303704304579380291865386108.html">China Boosts Iran's Crude Exports</a> -- Wall Street Journal<br /><a href="http://www.financialexpress.com/news/-iran-has-asked-india-for-1.5-bn-in-oil-payments-under-nuclear-deal-/1225876">Iran has asked India for $1.5 bn in oil payments under nuclear deal</a> -- Financial Express/Reuters<br /><a href="http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13921125000315">Official: India to Buy Oil Only from Iran</a> -- Fars News Agency<br /><a href="http://tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/114040-russia-economy-chief-to-visit-iran-amid-oil-deal-reports-">Russia economy chief to visit Iran amid oil deal reports</a> -- Tehran Times<br /><a href="http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/02/iran-france-trade-westernization-sanctions-business-economy.html">France, United States differ on business with Iran</a> -- Al-Monitor<br /><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20140214-711718.html">Tanker Insurers Warn on Iran Shipments</a> -- Wall Street Journal<br /><a href="http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2014/02/14/why-western-business-eyeing-iran-is-a-good-thing/">Why Western business eyeing Iran is a good thing</a> -- Cornelius Adebahr, Special to CNN

With Sanctions Collapsing Iran Oil Exports Are Now Soaring

This file photo shows an Iranian oil tanker. Press TVIEA Report: Iran’s Monthly Oil Exports Rising -- FARS News Agency (Iran)TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has increased its monthly export of crude as global demand for its oil rose after Tehran and the major wor…

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Saudi Arabia Now Wants Nuclear Weapons

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzytrxIzTzzmi8p_6hA7QBHEKyvqL4pnFSWmWBjt5CTIvAbTvlsj-u_oVZzD5mP6bBWmdZCky5BOAOAjGQsrZlkAGZ66cFsyaZyEsF1lQLipXcxG45SDwP3iyG0eoFIr5bzNbS_ICsxcrC/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzytrxIzTzzmi8p_6hA7QBHEKyvqL4pnFSWmWBjt5CTIvAbTvlsj-u_oVZzD5mP6bBWmdZCky5BOAOAjGQsrZlkAGZ66cFsyaZyEsF1lQLipXcxG45SDwP3iyG0eoFIr5bzNbS_ICsxcrC/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Saudi Arabia May Go Nuclear Because of Obama’s Iran Deal -- Eli Lake and Josh Rogin, Daily Beast</b></span></div><br />President Obama wants an agreement with Iran to prevent a Middle Eastern nuclear arms race, but it’s pushing Saudi Arabia toward its own nuke program.<br /><br />Last month, America’s top Iran negotiator Wendy Sherman had some bad news for ambassadors from America’s Arab allies. In a meeting with envoys from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and other Gulf states, Sherman said that any bargain with Iran would likely leave Tehran, the Gulf states long-time enemy, with the capacity to enrich uranium, according to U.S. officials briefed on the encounter.<br /><br />Sherman regularly briefs these allies after diplomatic talks with Iran, but in recent weeks those conversations have been different. While most of America’s Middle East allies—with the exception of Israel—have publicly supported the current Iran negotiations, behind the scenes, envoys from the region have expressed grave concerns that Iran could be left with a break out capacity to make the fuel for a nuclear weapon at a time of their choosing.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/14/saudi-arabia-may-go-nuclear-because-of-obama-s-iran-deal.html">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> I am surprised that the U.S. left out the Saudis (and everyone else in the Middle East for that matter) when they were pursuing their secret talks with Iran .... I guess the White House assumed that if an Iranian nuclear deal was reached .... everyone would then toe the American line. Unfortunately .... even I know that the Saudis, Israelis, Gulf states, etc. would never acquiesce to such an arrangement .... especially if the Iran would be permitted to keep their enrichment facilities. Bottom line .... if an agreement is reached and Iran keeps it's nuclear program intact .... the Saudis will then respond with their program .... and quickly.<br /><br /><b>Update: </b>This Time article from last November <b><a href="http://world.time.com/2013/11/26/saudi-arabia-considers-nuclear-weapons-after-irans-geneva-deal/">sums up the Saudi position</a></b> .... and what will be their response to an Iranian nuclear deal.

Saudi Arabia Now Wants Nuclear Weapons

Saudi Arabia May Go Nuclear Because of Obama’s Iran Deal -- Eli Lake and Josh Rogin, Daily BeastPresident Obama wants an agreement with Iran to prevent a Middle Eastern nuclear arms race, but it’s pushing Saudi Arabia toward its own nuke program.Last…

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Pakistan Is Denying Reports That They Have A Secret Nuclear Agreement Saudi Arabia

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoMHHkz73jUQ0D4Igmr1mIPod61LphMYYk0VSDgl1cyp7w72E7W7dGrhMm_4O0WM6A1MK__tlZZ8fWxyQu578kWCNox_uWaPffhYcIOokgyLm2R6rwS1gyyvzBsYBrmkLdiJrFUfKNxac/s1600/200px-US-DefenseIntelligenceAgency-Seal.svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoMHHkz73jUQ0D4Igmr1mIPod61LphMYYk0VSDgl1cyp7w72E7W7dGrhMm_4O0WM6A1MK__tlZZ8fWxyQu578kWCNox_uWaPffhYcIOokgyLm2R6rwS1gyyvzBsYBrmkLdiJrFUfKNxac/s1600/200px-US-DefenseIntelligenceAgency-Seal.svg.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Saudi Arabia is Pakistan’s key economic partner. National Turk</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Reports Of Nuclear Cooperation With Saudi Arabia Baseless: Pakistan -- Pakistan Today</b></span></div><br />Pakistan has declared news of nuclear cooperation with Saudi Arabia as baseless and devoid of truth.<br /><br />Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam during the weekly press briefing on Thursday said Pakistan has a declared nuclear weapon and civil nuclear programmes. She said Pakistan’s civilian nuclear programme was under IAEA safeguards and was used for energy‚ medical‚ agriculture and other fields.<br /><br />Tasnim said Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz al Saud will start a three-day visit to Pakistan from February 15 on the invitation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. She said a Saudi delegation would accompany him. The spokeswoman said both the countries would discuss a wide-range of issues, including trade‚ defence and export of Pakistani manpower to Saudi Arabia.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/02/13/national/reports-of-nuclear-cooperation-with-saudi-arabia-baseless-pakistan/">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>Update #1</b>: <a href="http://www.brecorder.com/top-stories/0/1153250/">FO rejects reports of nuclear cooperation with Saudi Arabia </a>-- Business Recorder<br /><b>Update #2</b>: <a href="http://www.nationalturk.com/en/pakistan-says-not-to-transfer-nuke-technology-to-saudi-arabia-47385">Denying Western media reports, Pakistan has said it won’t give nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia. </a>--National Turk<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> The Pakistanis and the Saudis can deny all that they want .... but talk of a secret Saudi - Pakistan nuclear agreement has been around <b><a href="http://warnewsupdates.blogspot.ca/2013/11/does-saudi-arabia-have-secret-agreement.html">for a very long time.</a></b>

Pakistan Is Denying Reports That They Have A Secret Nuclear Agreement Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is Pakistan’s key economic partner. National TurkReports Of Nuclear Cooperation With Saudi Arabia Baseless: Pakistan -- Pakistan TodayPakistan has declared news of nuclear cooperation with Saudi Arabia as baseless and devoid of truth.For…

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Israel's Unveils 'Iron Beam' It's Own 'Star Wars-Style' Laser Missile Shield

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFgG4WbH29uKBU6bLz-1DQxQnD1nZFNZndEW9iV4XAKvEsrzuDOxL3cypm8NZzgiZOckfYi5JW8mk9nYkibLXWH1ShSNvrGKq_R79eYfHHBrZ_y_nKxcRwnFoXYcPspsZoHVy0jfghcC_N/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFgG4WbH29uKBU6bLz-1DQxQnD1nZFNZndEW9iV4XAKvEsrzuDOxL3cypm8NZzgiZOckfYi5JW8mk9nYkibLXWH1ShSNvrGKq_R79eYfHHBrZ_y_nKxcRwnFoXYcPspsZoHVy0jfghcC_N/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">An artist's impression of the Iron Beam's twin HEL units engaging an inbound projectile. Source: Rafael </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Israel Says It Is Close To Developing 'Star Wars' Laser Missile Shield Named Iron Beam That Will Cover Entire Region -- Daily Mail</span></b></div><br />* Laser shield can intercept drones, rockets, missiles and mortars<br />* High Energy Laser rapidly heats an object until it explodes, makers claim<br />* Rafael Advanced Defense Systems said its lasers destroyed 90% of targets<br />* System is designed to intercept objects current Iron Dome system cannot<br />* Current defense system has destroyed hundreds of Hamas rockets<br /><br />An Israeli arms company has revealed details of a laser defense system with 'Star Wars' style technology which can shoot missiles from the sky with a pulse of energy.<br /><br />State-owned Rafael Advanced Defense Systems said the futuristic military hardware called Iron Beam was almost ready for deployment. <br /><br />It works by firing a focused laser at targets which are heated so rapidly they disintegrate in an instant.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2559358/Israeli-arms-company-reveals-Star-Wars-laser-capable-shooting-rockets-sky-beam-energy.html">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More News On Israel Unveiling 'Iron Beam' It's Own 'Star Wars-Style' Laser Missile Shield</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://freebeacon.com/laser-wars/">Laser War: Israel unveils laser defense system to shoot down short-range rockets </a>-- Washington Free Beacon<br /><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/14/israel-reveals-laser-shield-technology-star-wars-p/">Israel reveals laser shield technology with ‘Star Wars’ like powers</a> -- Washington Times<br /><a href="http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.574284">Israel's Rafael unveils 'Star Wars-style' laser missile shield</a> -- Haaretz/AP<br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/Israel%20Unveils%20%27Iron%20Beam%27%20Laser%20Defense%20System">Israel Unveils 'Iron Beam' Laser Defense System </a>-- Newsmax<br /><a href="http://www.janes.com/article/33647/singapore-airshow-rafael-launches-iron-beam">Singapore Airshow: Rafael launches Iron Beam</a> -- Jane 360<br /><a href="http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/singapore-air-show/2014-02-12/rafael-lifts-lid-laser-defense">Rafael Lifts Lid On Laser Defense</a> -- AIN Online

Israel's Unveils 'Iron Beam' It's Own 'Star Wars-Style' Laser Missile Shield

An artist's impression of the Iron Beam's twin HEL units engaging an inbound projectile. Source: Rafael Israel Says It Is Close To Developing 'Star Wars' Laser Missile Shield Named Iron Beam That Will Cover Entire Region -- Daily Mail* Laser shield c…

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Venezuela Blocks Twitter As Protests Continue

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-K6lRDv0nJXCRzYdanMpQFmyfeF5LgWDig4aXMAGGQd1zVeax6VuBJbuU4Cwq-LyGwzOjzBRl6ETK8NmaG6iWF4r9zkZxLdnLqFlAez2eC4t7dfEQ_q4jOISoaxA1Z8RdALdmukqbL_6/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-K6lRDv0nJXCRzYdanMpQFmyfeF5LgWDig4aXMAGGQd1zVeax6VuBJbuU4Cwq-LyGwzOjzBRl6ETK8NmaG6iWF4r9zkZxLdnLqFlAez2eC4t7dfEQ_q4jOISoaxA1Z8RdALdmukqbL_6/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Venezuela Blocks Twitter as Opposition Stage New Protests -- Bloomberg</b></span></div><br />Venezuelan opposition groups staged a third day of marches through Caracas today to demonstrate against record shortages and the world’s fastest inflation as Twitter Inc. (TWTR) said the government is blocking protest images on its website.<br /><br />President Nicolas Maduro, who banned protests Feb. 12, has asked his supporters to counter with a “march against fascism” tomorrow, in a week of social unrest that has left at least three Venezuelans dead. <br /><br />In the absence of information from the government or local television outlets, Venezuelans have turned to foreign reporters and social media for news. Twitter users had been posting their photos of demonstrations started in provincial towns earlier this month, providing an alternative to state-controlled media. It’s unclear if photos are blocked by all Internet providers in Venezuela, said Nu Wexler, Twitter spokesman. <br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-14/twitter-says-venezuela-blocks-its-images-amid-protest-crackdown.html">Read more </a></b>....<br /><br /><b>Update:</b> <a href="http://thenextweb.com/twitter/2014/02/14/users-in-venezuela-report-twitter-images-are-being-blocked-hinting-at-government-crackdown/#!vOEq0">Users in Venezuela report Twitter images are being blocked, hinting at government crackdown</a> -- The Next Web<br /><br /><b>My Comment: </b>Foreign cable stations covering the protests in Venezuela are also<b><a href="http://www.cpj.org/2014/02/venezuelan-authorities-take-foreign-cable-station.php"> now being taken off the air</a></b>. As to my prediction on what will happen next .... Raul Gallegos at Bloomberg is right .... there is nothing that we can do but  "<b><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-13/let-s-watch-venezuela-destroy-itself.html">Watch Venezuela Destroy Itself</a></b>".

Venezuela Blocks Twitter As Protests Continue

Venezuela Blocks Twitter as Opposition Stage New Protests -- BloombergVenezuelan opposition groups staged a third day of marches through Caracas today to demonstrate against record shortages and the world’s fastest inflation as Twitter Inc. (TWTR) sa…

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Matt Said, Jay Said...Unfocused Like A Fox

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Matt’s mind wanders…Jay’s think melon is distracted, you ask…Can’t the two of you focus on one thing?<br /><br />Matt:  What up dawg?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzDTmj0YGXHBIs44jPVzXGlw3-t8Jfw2jlaqG0uXrsG9PJ9K5uOZvZ3QCYGHjm6TaQMM2vjhRwrVf8wGTfQhh-31jh_kkh0udKekOdC-nxLolHb1D0jQ299FVi-tukEBm7moHdIucFYNLu/s1600/temperature_climbing_high.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzDTmj0YGXHBIs44jPVzXGlw3-t8Jfw2jlaqG0uXrsG9PJ9K5uOZvZ3QCYGHjm6TaQMM2vjhRwrVf8wGTfQhh-31jh_kkh0udKekOdC-nxLolHb1D0jQ299FVi-tukEBm7moHdIucFYNLu/s1600/temperature_climbing_high.jpg" width="400" /></a>Jay:  Nothing other than getting ready to enjoy some temps in the 50’s as soon as Friday.<br />Matt:  Ohhhhh…goooood…fooooor…yooooou.<br />Jay:  I thought you’d be happy for me.<br />Matt:  Eh, actually I am, at least one of us isn't miserable weather-wise.<br />Jay:  We could talk about that this Sunday.<br />Matt:  Talk about what?<br /><br />Jay:  Talk about this miserable winter FINALLY showing signs of departing.<br />Matt:  We could do that, because it’s suppose to moderate here next week.<br />Jay:  But then again, we should also talk about the happenings in Sochi.<br />Matt:  True…The Olympics will be winding down this Sunday.<br />Jay:  We should talk about how those fucking Norwegians are cheating their way to the top.<br />Matt:  I HATE the Norwegians, and their crimes against humanity within their prisons.<br /><br />Jay:  Okay…We’ll talk weather and the Olympics.  Cool.<br />Matt:  But Jayman…This Monday is also President’s Day; we should touch on that as well.<br />Jay:  Yeah.  You’re right.  Okay we’ll do some funny Presidential stuff as well.<br />Matt:  Hail to the Funny!!<br />Jay:  We’ll impeach all of the President’s through humor.<br />Matt:  We’ll skewer them with four score and seven jokes.<br />Jay:  Okay, okay…save it for the show.<br />Matt:  Aight.<br /><br />Jay:  Okay…We’ll talk weather, Olympics, and President’s Day.  Cool.<br />Matt:  And we should probably re-cap Valentine’s Day.<br />Jay:  Good point.  We'll figure out and report on how many millions of worthless dollars were spent.<br />Matt:  And get a body bag count of how many people died from a broken heart.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ee81ABGFoaMfEn1jRtaDAEDrQoZkvZTVx-3tDFYIsopfEG_aZLwqNAZAXeMvqNHAuAbs7_9g2aqbIV3PkEe8pWbXQ_17h9QbRML1PPP4cRW0YZyA_7CdevD7bo_es2r5iG5VzJZYK8N2/s1600/Presidents+Day+2014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ee81ABGFoaMfEn1jRtaDAEDrQoZkvZTVx-3tDFYIsopfEG_aZLwqNAZAXeMvqNHAuAbs7_9g2aqbIV3PkEe8pWbXQ_17h9QbRML1PPP4cRW0YZyA_7CdevD7bo_es2r5iG5VzJZYK8N2/s1600/Presidents+Day+2014.jpg" width="271" /></a>Jay:  Okay…We’ll talk weather, Olympics, President’s Day, and Valentine’s Day.  Cool.<br />Matt:  Wow…we’re going to be all over the place topic wise.<br />Jay:  I know…Hmmmmmm?  Maybe we need some help covering all of this.<br />Matt:  Well…I can ask Stubby Stonehenge, Phil Diller, Malcolm Eckstein, and Tammy Tibbles to weigh in.<br />Jay:  Excellent.  I’ll see if Dixie Ozark, Martin, Joshua, and maybe Aunt Jax are available.<br /><br />Matt:  Holy Cow…This is going to be a huge and diverse show!!<br />Jay:  Just like our IWS Radio audience.<br />Matt:  It’s gonna be a veritable potpourri of information and laughter!!<br />Jay: It’s gonna be a Potpourri Extravaganza!!<br /><br />Matt and Jay:  What a great title…<i><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2014/02/17/a-potpourri-extravaganza-of-news-weather-and-sports" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Potpourri Extravaganza!!</span></a></i><br />Jay:  News!!<br />Matt:  Weather!!<br />Jay:  Sports!!<br /><br />Matt:  I think we are more than ready.<br />Jay:  I know we are.<br />Matt:  We’re fucking geniuses…er…genii.<br />Jay:  It’s okay…geniuses sounds better.<br />Matt:  Word.<br />Jay:  Byyyyyyyyye.<br />Matt:  Byyyyyyyye.<br /><br />Catch IWS Radio <i><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2014/02/17/a-potpourri-extravaganza-of-news-weather-and-sports" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">LIVE this Sunday from 8-10 PM ET on Blog Talk Radio</span></a></i>.<br /><br />We are going to cover everything that is happening on this Big Blue Marble of ours and cover you in laughter.<br /><br />So to listen LIVE click <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2014/02/17/a-potpourri-extravaganza-of-news-weather-and-sports" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue;">HERE</span></i></a>, and remember, you can always call-in at 661.244.9852.<br /><br />See you Sunday on the radio!!     </div>

Matt Said, Jay Said...Unfocused Like A Fox

Matt’s mind wanders…Jay’s think melon is distracted, you ask…Can’t the two of you focus on one thing?Matt:  What up dawg?Jay:  Nothing other than getting ready to enjoy some temps in the 50’s as soon as Friday.Matt:  Ohhhhh…goooood…fooooor…yooooou.Ja…

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Michael Keaton Confirms 'Beetlejuice 2' Talks With Director Tim Burton (BLOG)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimuVAqgK-Au_OSOGDxS6S-5wrp4CJulFS5fdmATVZs_sq_td0e-q2DDoBxMzObjRWM17ZyhUWAvlLYx0dyATCwTIwojvx48wjOuoYGrE5IbxtISRowa5QFMxdb61snbn0mBtRUcNCeCFg/s1600/bee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimuVAqgK-Au_OSOGDxS6S-5wrp4CJulFS5fdmATVZs_sq_td0e-q2DDoBxMzObjRWM17ZyhUWAvlLYx0dyATCwTIwojvx48wjOuoYGrE5IbxtISRowa5QFMxdb61snbn0mBtRUcNCeCFg/s1600/bee.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">Michael Keaton said in a recent interview that he has been speaking with Tim Burton about making <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Beetlejuice 2</em>. During a junket for his latest film, <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/robocop-20140214" style="color: #003366; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Robocop</em></a>, the actor told <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1722292/beetlejuice-2-michael-keaton-tim-burton.jhtml" style="color: #003366; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">MTV</a> that the sequel is getting closer and closer to becoming a reality.</div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">"I've emailed Tim a couple of times, talked to the writer a couple of times, but all really, really preliminary stuff until relatively recently," Keaton said. "I always said that [<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Beetlejuice</em>] is the one thing I'd like to do again, if I ever did anything again. But it kind of required Tim to be involved some way or another. Now it looks like he is involved. And without giving too much away, we've talked to each other, and emailed each other, and if he's in, it's going to be hard not to be in."</div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">Previously, reports swirled around Hollywood that Burton had been <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/tim-burton-to-direct-beetlejuice-2-report-20131021" style="color: #003366; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">in talks with Warner Brothers</a> to work on a follow-up film. And in November, Winona Ryder, who played Lydia Deetz in the original, <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/winona-ryder-confirms-shes-in-talks-for-beetlejuice-2-20131119" style="color: #003366; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">hinted that she was working on a sequel</a>. "I'm kind of sworn to secrecy," she said. "But it sounds like it might be happening." She also added that it would not be a remake. "It's 27 years later," Ryder said. "And I have to say, I love Lydia so much. She was such a huge part of me. I would be really interested in what she is doing 27 years later."</div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">Currently, Tim Burton has been working on <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Big Eyes</em>, a film about painter Margaret Keene that stars Amy Adams, Krysten Ritter and Christoph Waltz. That film is in postproduction and he has not said officially what he is working on next.</div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Follow us: <a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=bbJxak64Kr4kEzacwqm_6l&u=rollingstone" style="color: #003366; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">@rollingstone on Twitter</a> | <a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rf?id=bbJxak64Kr4kEzacwqm_6l&u=RollingStone" style="color: #003366; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">RollingStone on Facebook</a></span>

Michael Keaton Confirms 'Beetlejuice 2' Talks With Director Tim Burton (BLOG)

Michael Keaton said in a recent interview that he has been speaking with Tim Burton about making Beetlejuice 2. During a junket for his latest film, Robocop, the actor told MTV that the sequel is getting closer and closer to becoming a reality."I've …

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Calif. concealed weapon law tossed by fed appeals court (BLOG)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixMSsnqBtcLSnBF8bpuscBVwWFAeCbrrn4xEwpTaQTW1SwWJTNiZcI2WnRfAtuUf_hIjJSQnLPTO8pt0nU_zahujhV1GL-ou3M8OAb1As149989WAateNX2NRRn0-suLV3KQ672M4TkBc/s1600/55.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixMSsnqBtcLSnBF8bpuscBVwWFAeCbrrn4xEwpTaQTW1SwWJTNiZcI2WnRfAtuUf_hIjJSQnLPTO8pt0nU_zahujhV1GL-ou3M8OAb1As149989WAateNX2NRRn0-suLV3KQ672M4TkBc/s1600/55.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="dateline" style="border: 0px none; clear: none; color: #999999; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">SAN FRANCISCO –  </span>A divided federal appeals court on Thursday struck down California's concealed weapons rules, saying they violate the Second Amendment right to bear arms.</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By a 2-1 vote, the three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said California was wrong to require applicants to show good cause to receive a permit to carry a concealed weapon.</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"The right to bear arms includes the right to carry an operable firearm outside the home for the lawful purpose of self-defense," Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain wrote for the majority.</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Judge Sidney Thomas dissented, writing that the good cause requirement limited the number of people carrying concealed handguns in public to those legitimately in need.</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"It limits the risk to public safety by reducing the number of guns in public circulation, but allows those who will most likely need to defend themselves in public to carry a handgun," Thomas wrote.</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Awarding concealed weapon permits is the responsibility of each of California's 58 counties. Officials are required to follow the state rules requiring applicants to show good cause and moral character.</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The San Francisco-based appeals court said those requirements were too strict and ran afoul of a 5-4 landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2008 that struck down a Washington, D.C., handgun ban and said law-abiding citizens are allowed to have handguns in their home for self-defense.</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The appeals court on Thursday reinstated a lawsuit filed in 2009 by Edward Peruta, who challenged San Diego County's denial of a concealed weapons permit.</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The ruling on Thursday also disagreed with three other federal appeals courts that have upheld permit rules similar to the one in California.</div><div style="border: 0px none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The U.S. Supreme Court often takes cases when federal appeals courts issue conflicting rulings.</div>

Calif. concealed weapon law tossed by fed appeals court (BLOG)

SAN FRANCISCO –  A divided federal appeals court on Thursday struck down California's concealed weapons rules, saying they violate the Second Amendment right to bear arms.By a 2-1 vote, the three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals s…

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Are you a STOCK TRADER or a STOCK GAMBLER?

<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">You should ask yourself that question above</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusb9H9InPW8AdSBr4Tq20zR2WEcyXYpc9Z21ofaQBI5ExEDNph-k4OYgaS5Sfx0w4CtXk65AiQgexv9rRaEXq4ekhW9G0Q5f_sygsZoEzG15_8tVG6-QdKj1JB7TdX8sriSKTQaJH2VQ/s1600/KrullON_THE_SCREENS.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusb9H9InPW8AdSBr4Tq20zR2WEcyXYpc9Z21ofaQBI5ExEDNph-k4OYgaS5Sfx0w4CtXk65AiQgexv9rRaEXq4ekhW9G0Q5f_sygsZoEzG15_8tVG6-QdKj1JB7TdX8sriSKTQaJH2VQ/s1600/KrullON_THE_SCREENS.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Here's a wise quote from Trader Dan Norcini:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">"Computer algorithms are heartless automatons which do not care one whit about the size of your hard-earned trading dollars. They will rip it away from you faster than you can spit if you are not careful. The old adage " learn to run away and play another day" should be plastered all over the monitors at your trading desk until you get it!"</span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><i>---Dan Norcini, "Trader Dan"</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Always remember that CASH is a position.  Of course the die hard stackers consider CASH as TRASH but that's an entirely different form of insanity.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><i> </i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><b><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> Watch the CHARTS:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><!-- Start FreeStockCharts.com Chart Widget --> <br /><div align="center" width="100%"><iframe frameborder="0" height="390" scrolling="no" src="http://widgets.freestockcharts.com/WidgetServer/InteractiveChartWidget.aspx?guid=4b10a81a-895e-4009-9ca7-1e334c44af36&w=500&h=390" style="border: none;" width="500"></iframe></div><!-- End FreeStockCharts.com Chart Widget --></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">...developing... </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span></b></div>

Are you a STOCK TRADER or a STOCK GAMBLER?

You should ask yourself that question aboveHere's a wise quote from Trader Dan Norcini:"Computer algorithms are heartless automatons which do not care one whit about the size of your hard-earned trading dollars. They will rip it away from you faste…

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Belly up! Combine jelly bean flavors to create fave beer tastes (BLOG)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcqcmkBsfuPyhfEu7glBnnveUknQSbayrdXM7h8GrNx-uN69OCCn-KVSuyWATx-WAL1wdkzs2gKEt4BzBB9VOt3njHOFJJ3p6F65ha5BS73iRuGAUjqyIKsrQjb80KxfWw6Rj_nVaaRWk/s1600/be.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcqcmkBsfuPyhfEu7glBnnveUknQSbayrdXM7h8GrNx-uN69OCCn-KVSuyWATx-WAL1wdkzs2gKEt4BzBB9VOt3njHOFJJ3p6F65ha5BS73iRuGAUjqyIKsrQjb80KxfWw6Rj_nVaaRWk/s1600/be.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">Jelly Belly jelly beans were a great source of joy for me as a kid. We'd regularly take long car trips and my sister and I would pass the time with a bag of Jelly Belly candy, following the "recipes" printed on the bag that called for combining different flavored beans to create new and interesting taste treats. <em>Oh my gosh </em>— <em>two Green Apple and one</em> C<em>innamon totally DO taste like a candy apple!</em></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">When Jelly Belly recently <a href="http://www.today.com/food/jelly-belly-debuts-first-beer-flavored-jelly-bean-2D11967843" style="color: #f15822; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">announced it was making a new "Draft Beer"-flavored jelly bean</a>, the dusty bean-blending gears in my brain immediately creaked back to life. I savored the opportunity to blend a fun part of my youth with an obsession of my adulthood: Jelly Belly candy and craft beer.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">Jelly Belly based the Draft Beer bean on a German Hefeweizen, a sweet and bready wheat beer that’s known for its notes of banana, clove and sometimes a hint of bubblegum. The Draft Beer beans do a lovely job of replicating the Hefeweizen style, with a sweet, broad flavor that has just enough maltiness and a simulated taste of alcohol (the beans contain no booze) to trick your senses into thinking of beer when you chew one up.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">I got my hands on some Draft Beer beans and Jelly Belly's 50-Flavor Gift Box and set to work concocting new flavor combos, intent on recreating the flavors of different styles of craft beer.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><strong>IPA</strong><em>Two Draft Beer + One Sunkist Grapefruit</em><br />With the Draft Beer beans acting as the beery base, the grapefruit bean adds a bittersweet citrus punch to the proceeding, reminiscent of a classic West Coast IPA.<em><br /></em></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Dandy Shandy</strong><em>Two Draft Beer + One Lemon Drop </em><strong><br /></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">A lemon shandy is a beer that blends a wheat beer and lemonade. It was a safe bet that combining two wheat beer-inspired Draft Beer beans with a Lemon Drop bean would create a fair replication of this summer thirst quencher. It did, with the Lemon Drop adding a bright and clean pucker of lemon onto the finish of the flavor.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Imperial Stout</strong><em>Two Draft Beer + One Chocolate Pudding + One Licorice</em><strong><br /></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">I love big boozy stouts, so I was happy when I found this perfect combination of beans to create a satisfying facsimile. The Draft Beer beans supply the beeriness, with the Chocolate Pudding bean adding richness and the Licorice bean bringing complexity and the sensation of booziness to the back end of the flavor. Serve this one in a snifter!</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Chili Mango Pale Ale</strong><em>Two Draft Beer + One Chili Mango</em><strong><br /></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">I was irrationally excited to see a Chili Mango jelly bean among the 50 varieties in the gift box I was using as a source of flavors to punch up the Draft Beer beans. And punching up is exactly what happened when I added one to the mix. It reminded me a bit of Ballast Point’s excellent Habanero Mango Sculpin IPA, with a rich malt base playing host to a sweet burst of mango and a peppery chili finish. Excellent!</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Coffee Stout</strong><em>Three Draft Beer + One Chocolate Pudding + Cappuccino</em><strong><br /></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">I love coffee stout, which blends a rich roasted malt profile with hints of espresso, vanilla and chocolate. Combining three Draft Beer beans with a Chocolate Pudding and a Cappuccino bean did a wonderful job of replicating the complex flavors found in these hearty beers.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Framboise</strong><em>Two Draft Beer + One Raspberry</em><strong><br /></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">I found a super bright raspberry bean in the gift box, which was perfect for creating a chewy rendition of Lindemans Framboise, a Belgian wheat beer blended with raspberries. Earthy, sweet and having a very clean finish, these flavors worked wonderfully together. I also mixed a Sour Cherry with a single Draft Beer to create a facsimile of a New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red. Delicious!</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Watermelon Wheat</strong><em>Two Draft Beer + One Watermelon</em><strong><br /></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">My all-time favorite Jelly Belly has to be Watermelon, mostly because I love how they are green on the outside and pink in the middle, just like a real watermelon. Blending a Watermelon bean with two Draft Beer beans creates a tasty homage to 21st Amendment’s Hell or High Watermelon, a wheat beer brewed with the refreshing fruit. Malty, smooth and sweet, this might be my favorite combination of the bunch.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">Those were just some of the fun combos I concocted — pairing a couple bags of Draft Beer beans and a Jelly Belly gift box creates a ton of possibilities to explore. I’m just happy that Jelly Belly has given me an excuse to revisit one of my favorite childhood treats while geeking out about one of my favorite adult indulgences. Now I’m just waiting for the whiskey beans!</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><em><a href="http://www.today.com/food/jim.galligan@hotmail.com" style="color: #f15822; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Jim Galligan</a> is co-founder of the <a href="http://beerandwhiskeybros.com/" style="color: #f15822; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Beer and Whiskey Brothers blog</a>, where he and his brother Don cover the ever-evolving world of craft beer and distilled spirits. Follow him on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/JCGalligan" style="color: #f15822; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.</em></div>

Belly up! Combine jelly bean flavors to create fave beer tastes (BLOG)

Jelly Belly jelly beans were a great source of joy for me as a kid. We'd regularly take long car trips and my sister and I would pass the time with a bag of Jelly Belly candy, following the "recipes" printed on the bag that called for combining diffe…

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BITCOIN is COMING but it's NOT FOR EVERYONE

<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Cash, Credit, or BITCOIN?</span> </span></b><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">The age of DIGITAL CURRENCY is here</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Expect more expansion of this TECHNOLOGY</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/i2I9D-K6VBQ?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>...developing...</b></div>

BITCOIN is COMING but it's NOT FOR EVERYONE

Cash, Credit, or BITCOIN? The age of DIGITAL CURRENCY is hereExpect more expansion of this TECHNOLOGY ...developing...…

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Lindsey Williams new ELITE Revelations of Alternative Medicine

<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Lindsey Williams has a new MARKETING STRATEGY</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1UxxPOcmaGJocb9C3G2xSUoQxlDfA5ily-bsUcUQ6m_uJr4ZpBtQmikyDv8je7qk10IUGG5IMEV-_v3hYoew6nJYXq6o69uawyeV9KV1h8HAI3O9AXo7Oy2qYDwPHbQ65AaRjwPNcuao/s1600/LindseyWilliamsandDrRodriguesPIC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1UxxPOcmaGJocb9C3G2xSUoQxlDfA5ily-bsUcUQ6m_uJr4ZpBtQmikyDv8je7qk10IUGG5IMEV-_v3hYoew6nJYXq6o69uawyeV9KV1h8HAI3O9AXo7Oy2qYDwPHbQ65AaRjwPNcuao/s1600/LindseyWilliamsandDrRodriguesPIC.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Elite Revelations of Alternative Medicine</span></b><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">People don't have to die from cancer</span></b><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Learn the secrets of the elite... </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Lindsey Williams is now confederate with Dr. Rodrigo Rodriguez from IBC Hospital & Health Center in Tijuana, Mexico promoting ELITE HEALTH CARE SECRETS that have kept the well to do healthy into their latter days.  </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>It seems he is no more concerned with financial collapse at this particular moment as the deadline to buy GOLD has passed now on January 1, 2014 and they are still selling GOLD and even SILVER at coin dealers and bullion dealers across America and throughout the entire world.  Perhaps there has been a delay in the CURRENCY DEVALUATION, RESET, and of course the OBAMACARE at this point?</b><br /><br /><b>For more information visit:</b><br /><b><a href="http://www.lindseywilliams.net/" style="color: red;">www.lindseywilliams.net</a> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/TTGriGX0e-c?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe> <br /><b>...developing...</b></div>

Lindsey Williams new ELITE Revelations of Alternative Medicine

Lindsey Williams has a new MARKETING STRATEGYElite Revelations of Alternative MedicinePeople don't have to die from cancerLearn the secrets of the elite... Lindsey Williams is now confederate with Dr. Rodrigo Rodriguez from IBC Hospital & Health Cent…

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- February 14, 2014

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/RspPdFxC_gg" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Syria's Disintegration Alarms Israel -- Ian Black, The Guardian</b></span></div><br />Bashar al-Assad looks like the least bad option as fears mount of growing strength of jihadi groups, writes Ian Black<br /><br />Nearly three years into the war in Syria, the Israeli government is getting used to the idea that its northern neighbour is changing beyond recognition as the bloodiest chapter of the Arab spring takes its bloody course with no end in sight.<br /><br />Unlike Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq, Israel – Syria's enemy for 65 years - has not been inundated with hundreds of thousands of desperate refugees fleeing the conflict. But it is increasingly alarmed about the disintegration of the country and the rise of Jihadi-type groups in the uprising against Bashar al-Assad. Eventually, the fear is, they will turn their attention to Israel.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/on-the-middle-east/2014/feb/14/israel-syria-alqaida-golan">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/14/syria-public-outrage-horrors">Where is the public outrage on Syria?</a> -- Jan Egeland, The Guardian<br /><br /><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Energy-Voices/2014/0212/Will-Iran-oil-end-Saudi-Arabia-s-energy-reign">Will Iran oil end Saudi Arabia's energy reign?</a> -- Rami Ayyub, Christian Science Monitor<br /><br /><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/02/14/276565622/despite-promising-signs-iran-has-yet-to-escape-economic-troubles">Iran's Hope Is Sanctions Relief, But Reality Is Struggling Economy</a> -- Peter Kenyon, NPR<br /><br /><a href="http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2014/02/14/why-western-business-eyeing-iran-is-a-good-thing/">Why Western business eyeing Iran is a good thing</a> -- Cornelius Adebahr, Special to CNN<br /><br /><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/2014/0214/Why-was-North-Korea-so-quick-to-agree-to-family-reunions">Why was North Korea so quick to agree to family reunions?</a> -- Donald Kirk, Christian Science Monitor<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kansascity.com/2014/02/14/4823541/kerry-looks-to-china-to-rein-in.html">Kerry looks to China to rein in N. Korea’s nuclear arms, but at what cost?</a> -- Stuart Leavenworth, Kansas City Star/McClatchy Foreign Staff<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/02/13/218116/us-ties-with-karzai-erode-further.html">U.S. ties with Karzai erode further over prisoner release</a> -- James Rosen, McClatchy Washington Bureau<br /><br /><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/10636290/The-eurozone-crisis-is-just-getting-started.html">Eurozone Crisis Is Just Getting Started </a>-- Jeremy Warner, Daily Telegraph<br /><br /><a href="http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/13/fears-for-the-economic-legacy-in-ukraine/">Fears for the economic legacy in Ukraine</a> -- Euronews<br /><br /><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-02-14/obama-bid-for-russia-reset-slips-amid-cold-war-iciness">Obama Bid for Russia Reset Slips Amid Cold War Iciness </a>-- Nicole Gaouette, Bloomberg Businessweek<br /><br /><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2014/02/scotland-rocky-road-independence-20142141425307296.html">Scotland: A rocky road to independence</a> -- Inside Story/Al Jazeera <br /><br /><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/venezuela-in-a-country-so-divided-peace-is-just-a-dream-9127081.html">Venezuela: In a country so divided, peace is just a dream </a>-- Linda Sharkey, The Independent<br /><br /><a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/opinion/2014/02/14/opinion-venezuelan-masses-will-not-let-president-maduro-rule-with-iron-fist/?cmpid=GoogleNewsEditorsPicks">Venezuelan Masses Will Not Let President Maduro Rule With An Iron Fist Perpetually</a> -- Leopoldo Martínez, FOX News<br /><br /><a href="http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2014/02/13/postmortem/">A Postmortem On Venezuela</a> --- Richard Fernandez, PJ Media

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- February 14, 2014

Syria's Disintegration Alarms Israel -- Ian Black, The GuardianBashar al-Assad looks like the least bad option as fears mount of growing strength of jihadi groups, writes Ian BlackNearly three years into the war in Syria, the Israeli government is ge…

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'Biggest Loser' winner addresses eating disorder controversy (BLOG, VIDEO)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp0kc1cxFSnNL19Dne6_L_jwtr43HUecJEfxf1FSg6Mu41pOPPA-nKDlppdXyQi8DNnDEHhPFb-8Vl5U3Q9xFKi8INqocUoD_yTIcrdTNVwUsZXvcjVsBWo1DG_GUx6IiHoQ-yBLn2sQs/s1600/tt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp0kc1cxFSnNL19Dne6_L_jwtr43HUecJEfxf1FSg6Mu41pOPPA-nKDlppdXyQi8DNnDEHhPFb-8Vl5U3Q9xFKi8INqocUoD_yTIcrdTNVwUsZXvcjVsBWo1DG_GUx6IiHoQ-yBLn2sQs/s1600/tt.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><a href="http://www.today.com/entertainment/tag/biggest-loser" style="color: #f15822; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">"Biggest Loser"</a> winner Rachel Frederickson went from 260 pounds at the start of season 15 down to just 105 pounds on finale night. The dramatic transformation earned her the win, but it also earned <a href="http://www.today.com/entertainment/biggest-loser-fans-worry-about-winners-health-after-massive-weight-2D12060323" style="color: #f15822; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">shocked reactions from fans and even the show's trainers</a>. Now Frederickson admits she might have gone too far in an effort to win.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">"Maybe I was a little too enthusiastic in my training to get to the finale," the 24-year-old told <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20785822,00.html" style="color: #f15822; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">People</a> in the wake of the controversy.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">Despite that, Frederickson maintains that she didn't exactly sacrifice her <a class="itxtnewhook itxthook" href="http://www.today.com/entertainment/biggest-loser-winner-addresses-eating-disorder-controversy-2D12099786#" id="itxthook0" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: none; border: 0px none transparent; color: #f15822; cursor: pointer; display: inline; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan" id="itxthook0w" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: transparent transparent rgb(0, 204, 0); border-style: none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; bottom: auto; color: #009900; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit; height: auto; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; right: auto; text-decoration: underline !important; top: auto; white-space: nowrap !important;">health</span></a> for the win.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">"I am very, very <a class="itxtnewhook itxthook" href="http://www.today.com/entertainment/biggest-loser-winner-addresses-eating-disorder-controversy-2D12099786#" id="itxthook1" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: none; border: 0px none transparent; color: #f15822; cursor: pointer; display: inline; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan" id="itxthook1w" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: transparent transparent rgb(0, 204, 0); border-style: none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; bottom: auto; color: #009900; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit; height: auto; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; right: auto; text-decoration: underline !important; top: auto; white-space: nowrap !important;">healthy</span></a>," she said when asked if she had an eating disorder.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">Still, Frederickson's own trainer, Dolvett Quince, told the magazine he was surprised when he saw her moments before <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/11/sharon-osbourne-on-justin-bieber_n_4764569.html?utm_hp_ref=tv-replay" style="color: #f15822; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">her record-breaking win</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></div><div class="media_container video youtubevideo none medium" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px auto; width: 564px;"><br /><div class="image_info clearfix" style="zoom: 1;"></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">"The first thing that went through my mind was, 'That's just too much,' " he said.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">He wasn't the only trainer who was taken aback. On finale night, "Biggest Loser" vets Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels weren't able to hide their shock when Frederickson walked out.<br /><br /><div style="padding-left: 30px;">Harper explained his reaction in a interview set to air on <a href="http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/show-info/on_this_week/index.html#THU" style="color: #f15822; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Thursday's "Rachel Ray Show."</a></div><div style="padding-left: 30px;">"What people don't understand is, when the contestants leave to go home ... they're in charge of themselves. So, I had not seen her until that night, and so when she walked out, I was just kind of like, 'Whoa!' And I’ve been on the show since the beginning, forever," he explained. "I was stunned. That would be the word. I mean, we've never had a contestant come in at 105 pounds."</div><div class="media_container art slideshow medium rendered" style="margin: 0px auto 20px; width: 500px;"><div class="slideshow-headline"><h2 style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px;"><a class="slideshow-title" href="http://www.today.com/slideshow/today/biggest-loser-15-before-and-after-54272940" style="color: #f15822; text-decoration: none;"><span class="slideshow-icon" style="background-image: url(http://www.today.com/Today/assets/desktop/images/todaysliders-sprite2.png); background-position: -59px -65px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 17px; width: 17px;"></span> 'Biggest Loser' 15: Before and after</a></h2></div><a class="slideshow-link" href="http://www.today.com/slideshow/today/biggest-loser-15-before-and-after-54272940" style="color: #f15822; display: block; line-height: normal; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-140204-biggestloser-after/ss-140204-biggestloser-after-tease.blocks_desktop_medium.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%;" /><div class="view-slideshow" style="background-image: url(http://www.today.com/Today/assets/desktop/images/view-slideshow.png); background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 62px; left: 141px; margin: 0px auto; position: absolute; top: 156px; width: 218px;"></div></a><div class="credit" style="color: #666666; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1.25em; position: relative; text-align: right;"></div><div class="caption" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.25em; margin-top: 5px; position: relative;">After weeks of grueling workouts and big changes to their eating habits, the contestants of season 15 show off their fab new bodies.</div></div><div style="padding-left: 30px;">But it wasn't a surprise to everyone. "Biggest Loser" executive producer Dave Broome told People that the show closely monitored Frederickson throughout her weight-loss journey.</div><div style="padding-left: 30px;">"Rachel passed all the required medical tests ensuring she was healthy," he assured.</div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/jihelvZxa7E" width="560"></iframe>

'Biggest Loser' winner addresses eating disorder controversy (BLOG, VIDEO)

"Biggest Loser" winner Rachel Frederickson went from 260 pounds at the start of season 15 down to just 105 pounds on finale night. The dramatic transformation earned her the win, but it also earned shocked reactions from fans and even the show's trai…

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The FED will PRINT, PRINT, PRINT, says Peter Schiff

<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">...and the U.S. DOLLAR will collapse.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Peter Schiff is adamant about his expectations of the FED leading the country into RECESSION and give his views on the new FED Chair Janet Yellen...</b></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/AXxkLXjBV80?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>...developing...</b></div>

The FED will PRINT, PRINT, PRINT, says Peter Schiff

...and the U.S. DOLLAR will collapse.Peter Schiff is adamant about his expectations of the FED leading the country into RECESSION and give his views on the new FED Chair Janet Yellen......developing...…

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World News Briefs -- February 14, 2014 (Evening Edition)

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Qns-ZcOOqhU" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Syria Peace Talks Reach an Impasse -- Voice of America</b></span></div><br />GENEVA — Five days of peace talks aimed at ending Syria's civil war ended in a bitter impasse on Friday with Syrian government and opposition negotiators trading accusations over who was to blame for the stalemate at the UN-mediated talks in Geneva. <br /><br />U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi met separately with the Syrian government and opposition delegations Friday. When the meetings ended, the two parties held separate news conferences to vent frustrations with each other's negotiating positions.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/syria-peace-talks-set-to-end-with-no-progress/1851178.html">Read more </a></b>....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>MIDDLE EAST</b></span></div><br />Thousands flee Syrian town as <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/14/us-syria-crisis-idUSBREA1D11920140214">'major assault' looms</a></b>.<br /><br />Russia: Syria peace talks <b><a href="http://www.stripes.com/news/europe/russia-syria-peace-talks-going-in-circles-1.267580">'going in circles'</a></b>.<br /><br />As battle rages around historic castle, <b><a href="http://www.terradaily.com/reports/As_battle_rages_around_historic_castle_Syrias_heritage_faces_ruin_999.html">Syria's heritage faces ruin</a></b>.<br /><br />UN puts evacuations from<b><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/un-puts-evacuations-from-syrian-battleground-city-of-homs-on-hold/article16892817/"> Syrian battleground city of Homs on hold</a></b>.<br /><br />Israelis fear Palestinians fighting in Syria <b><a href="http://freebeacon.com/israelis-fear-palestinians-fighting-in-syria-will-bring-terror-home/">will bring terror home</a></b>.<br /><br />Iraqi troops regain ground from militants <b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iraqi-troops-regain-ground-militants-northern-town-131755195.html">in northern town</a></b>.<br /><br />Iranian oil exports soar <b><a href="http://freebeacon.com/iranian-oil-exports-soar-under-sanctions-collapse/">as sanctions collapse</a></b>.<br /><br />West aims to minimize nuclear bomb risk<b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/14/us-iran-nuclear-deal-idUSBREA1D0KE20140214"> in Iran talks</a></b>.<br /><br />Iran demands ‘proof’ of<b><a href="http://www.defencetalk.com/iran-demands-proof-of-nuclear-weapons-allegations-50697/"> nuclear weapons allegations</a></b>.<br /><br />Gunmen launch deadly attack<b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-26177795"> on Yemeni prison</a></b>.<br /><br />Yemen: The Shia rebels close in <b><a href="http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/yemen/articles/20140213.aspx">on the capital</a></b>.<br /><br />Arrests in Bahrain on <b><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/02/arrests-bahrain-uprising-milestone-eve-20142141185461822.html">uprising milestone eve</a></b>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>ASIA</b></span></div><br />Abducted Pakistani <b><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2014/02/abducted-pakistani-drone-activist-freed-20142141414744609.html">drone activist freed</a></b>.<br /><br />Karachi violence raises doubts <b><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/karachi-violence-raises-doubts-about-taliban-talks/1851489.html">about Taliban talks</a></b>.<br /><br />Karzai criticises lack of US respect for Afghan sovereignty <b><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/13/karzai-criticises-respect-afghan-sovereignty">as relations worsen</a></b>.<br /><br />US sees more delay likely in finalizing <b><a href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/sees+more+delay+likely+finalizing+security+agreement+with/9507104/story.html">security agreement with Afghanistan</a></b>.<br /><br />China will act on North Korea, <b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-26174433">says John Kerry</a></b>.<br /><br />Kerry meets China's Xi amid <b><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Kerry-meets-Chinas-Xi-amid-heightened-Asia-tensions/articleshow/30383848.cms">heightened Asia tensions</a></b>. Kerry says China willing to push North Korea more <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/14/us-china-usa-idUSBREA1D0BJ20140214">on nuclear plans</a></b>.<br /><br />China says "will never allow war or chaos"<b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/14/us-china-usa-korea-idUSBREA1D0DC20140214"> on Korean peninsula</a></b>.<br /><br />11 'terrorists' dead in shootout <b><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/11-terrorists-dead-in-shootout-with-chinese-police-report/1851254.html">with Chinese police: Report</a></b>. Several terrorists killed<b><a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-02/14/c_133116298.htm"> in Xinjiang attack</a></b>.<br /><br />Two Koreas to hold more <b><a href="http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/more-high-level-inter-korean-talks-set-friday/">high-level talks this week</a></b>. Koreas agree to hold family reunions<b><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/rival-koreas-meet-border-22510154"> as planned</a></b>.<br /><br />Navy chief: US would 'help' Philippines <b><a href="http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140213/DEFREG03/302130031/Navy-Chief-US-Would-Help-Philippines-South-China-Sea">in South China Sea.</a></b><br /><br />Thai police retake<b><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/02/thai-police-retake-protest-camps-bangkok-20142145210548224.html"> protest camps in Bangkok</a></b>.<br /><br />China's consumer inflation <b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26184151">holds steady at 2.5%</a></b>.<br /><br />Indonesia volcano erupts; 3 killed, <b><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/indonesias-mount-kelud-java-island-erupts-22502220">100K evacuated</a></b>. Mass evacuation in Indonesia as <b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26183880">Java volcano erupts</a></b>.<br /><br />Nanjing seeks UNESCO listing <b><a href="http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Nanjing_seeks_UNESCO_listing_for_massacre_documents_999.html">for massacre documents</a></b>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>AFRICA</b></span></div><br />Libyan PM moves to <b><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/libya-prime-minister-zeidan-moves-to-quash-coup-rumors-after-haftar-video/1851552.html">quash coup rumors</a></b>.<br /><br />Libyan general wants<b><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/02/libyan-general-wants-parliament-suspended-2014214111452905729.html"> parliament suspended</a></b>. Libya's Zeidan says government, <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/14/us-libya-crisis-zeidan-idUSBREA1D0ML20140214">security under control</a></b>. Libya denies rumors <b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/libya-denies-rumours-impending-coup-132121499.html">of impending coup</a></b>.<br /><br />France to boost forces in <b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26195583">Central African Republic</a></b>.<br /><br />UN chief urges international <b><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/un-chief-urges-international-support-for-car/1851687.html">support for CAR</a></b>.<br /><br />1,000 Muslims reported <b><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/one-thousand-muslims-reported-trapped-in-car-town/1851047.html">trapped in CAR town</a></b>.<br /><br />Scores of men and women <b><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/02/scores-massacred-eastern-dr-congo-201421462858159187.html">executed in DR Congo</a></b>.<br /><br />We must not forget South Sudan as 3.7 million at risk of hunger,<b><a href="http://www.trust.org/item/20140214093824-vw38j/?source=hppartner"> warns charity</a></b>.<br /><br />Russia, Egypt reach initial <b><a href="http://en.ria.ru/russia/20140214/187524953/Russia-Egypt-Reach-Initial-3-Bln-Arms-Deal--Report.html">$3 bln arms deal – report</a></b>.<br /><br />Nigeria orders audit for <b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-orders-audit-billions-petrodollars-130006897.html">billions of petrodollars</a></b>.<br /><br />Insight: Graft allegations test<b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/14/us-somalia-corruption-insight-idUSBREA1D08P20140214"> West's ties to Somali president.</a></b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>EUROPE</b></span></div><br /><b><a href="http://winter-games.reuters.com/">Sochi 2014: Live</a></b><br /><br />On Feast of St. Valentine, <b><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/on-feast-of-st-valentine-a-papal-blessing/2014/02/14/98bef234-95a7-11e3-ae45-458927ccedb6_story.html">a papal blessing</a></b>.<br /><br />Bulgarian police detain 120 <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/14/us-bulgaria-mosque-attack-idUSBREA1D1O820140214">after mosque attack</a></b>.<br /><br />Atlantic storm brings more flood misery <b><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/14/world/europe/uk-weather-flooding/">to drenched Britain</a></b>.<br /><br />U.K. warns Scotland: Vote to secede, <b><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/02/13/276526750/u-k-warns-scotland-vote-to-secede-lose-common-currency">lose common currency</a></b>. U.K. to Scotland: Walk away, <b><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/uk-to-scotland-walk-away-lose-the-pound/2014/02/13/f9406a4e-94cf-11e3-9e13-770265cf4962_story.html">lose the pound</a></b>.<br /><br />Ukraine releases all 234 protesters<b><a href="http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/a61c09d2-9596-11e3-9fd6-00144feab7de.html#axzz2tKKd5frh"> but tensions remain</a></b>.<br /><br />Russia accuses EU of seeking Ukraine <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/14/us-ukraine-russia-eu-idUSBREA1D0PT20140214">"sphere of influence"</a></b>.<br /><br />UK military on alert for <b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-military-alert-ira-mail-bomb-threat-132727282.html">new IRA mail-bomb threat</a></b>.<br /><br />Italian Prime Minister<b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26181569"> Enrico Letta resigns</a></b>. Italy's premier resigns <b><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/02/14/italy-premier-resigns-after-sacking-by-own-party/">after sacking by own party</a></b>.<br /><br />Italy's Renzi readies for power <b><a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/02/14/italy-politics-idINL5N0LJ30220140214">but faces daunting task</a></b>. Renzi grabs power in Italy<b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/14/us-italy-renzi-idUSBREA1D0RE20140214"> without election</a></b>.<br /><br />Eurozone GDP growth<b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26185159"> gathers speed</a></b>.<br /><br />Spain closes enclave to <b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/spain-closes-enclave-avert-syrian-migrant-rush-115932651.html">avert Syrian migrant rush</a></b>.<br /><br />Russia bans adoptions by <b><a href="http://rt.com/politics/russian-adoption-same-sex-couples-854/">foreign same-sex couple</a></b>.<br /><br />Athens court jails<b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/athens-court-jails-4-turkish-suspected-terrorists-131111786.html"> 4 Turkish suspected terrorists</a></b>.<br /><br />Salzburg art stash <b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26187296">'more important than Munich'</a></b>.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>AMERICAS</b></span></div><br />Winter storm buries parts of northeast;<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/14/us-usa-weather-idUSBREA120WG20140214"> <b></b></a><b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/Winter%20storm%20buries%20parts%20of%20northeast;%20death%20toll%20at%2020">death toll at 20</a></b>.<br /><br />More snow predicted <b><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/more-snow-predicted-for-eastern-us-/1851293.html">for eastern US.</a></b> Deadly storm brings fresh round of snow to Northeast as <b><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2014/02/14/winter-storm-wreaks-havok-along-east-coast/">outages linger in South.</a></b><br /><br />Canceled! Airlines scrap <b><a href="http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/24723401/canceled-airlines-scrap-record-number-of-flights#axzz2tJ3kKAgM">record number of U.S. flights</a></b>.<br /><br />North Dakota pumps record <b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nd-pumps-record-313-5m-194645643.html;_ylt=AvdRIz7TVFYeATaCUqVjiLLQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTBsb21manVyBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwM1BHNlYwNzcg--">313.5M barrels of oil in 2013</a></b>.<br /><br />Anti-Maduro protests persist in Venezuela,<b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/14/us-venezuela-protests-idUSBREA1D19J20140214"> dozens jailed</a></b>.<br /><br />Venezuela braces for more violence – but it could work<b><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/14/venezuela-violent-clashes-chavistas-opposition"> in Maduro's favour</a></b>. Officials in Venezuela order arrest of <b><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/officials-in-venezuela-order-arrest-of-opposition-leader-leopoldo-lopez/2014/02/13/a3c95398-94e1-11e3-84e1-27626c5ef5fb_story.html">opposition leader Leopoldo López</a></b>.<br /><br />Argentina struggling - again - <b><a href="http://www.dw.de/argentina-struggling-again-with-inflation/a-17429229">with inflation</a></b>.<br /><br />Mexico's president to ask Supreme Court <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/14/us-mexico-tv-idUSBREA1D02P20140214">to rule in TV battle</a></b>.<br /><br />Gun rights: Federal judges rule against Calif. restrictions<b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/gun-rights-federal-judges-rule-against-calif-restrictions-011846019.html"> on concealed carry.</a></b><br /><br />Factory production in U.S. falls <b><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-14/factory-production-in-u-s-fell-in-january-by-most-since-2009.html">by most since 2009</a></b>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR</b></span></div><br />Here’s a list of former Afghan detainees who have returned <b><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/02/13/heres-a-list-of-former-afghan-detainees-who-have-returned-to-fight-for-the-taliban/">to fight for the Taliban</a></b>.<br /><br />Al-Qaeda is alive and well <b><a href="http://warontherocks.com/2014/02/al-qaeda-is-alive-and-well-in-afghanistan-and-pakistan/">in Afghanistan and Pakistan.</a></b><br /><br />Al Qaeda splinter group <b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/14/us-syria-crisis-executions-idUSBREA1D0R020140214">executes 13 in Syria: report</a></b>.<br /><br />The new jihadists make al-Qaeda look like <b><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10636336/The-new-jihadists-make-al-Qaeda-look-like-tired-old-has-beens.html">tired old has-beens</a></b>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS</b></span></div><br />U.S. to pursue trade dispute over<b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/14/us-usa-trade-solar-vote-idUSBREA1D16C20140214"> Chinese, Taiwanese solar imports</a></b>.<br /><br />Comcast-Time Warner Cable deal <b><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-comcast-deal-20140214,0,4696720.story#axzz2t41LE47C">would create formidable giant</a></b>.<br /><br />Facebook allows users <b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26177050">to customise gender</a></b>.<br /><br />Crude oil slips to near<b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/crude-oil-slips-near-100-demand-doubts-134611365.html"> $100 on demand doubts</a></b>.<br /><br />Lenovo profits and sales <b><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/lenovo-profits-and-sales-reach-beyond-expectations-114021400609_1.html">reach beyond expectations</a></b>.

World News Briefs -- February 14, 2014 (Evening Edition)

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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">President Obama appoints GUESS WHO?</span></b><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">myRA violates FEDERAL INVESTMENT LAWS</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Meet the myRA man Jon Corzine</span></b><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbD6D0K-eBISRr_AEMkVgvOafqDreH4UPWqFnOmsd4SLICInn0WeaKhCT_phLXPVA-ZCh1NI1nxxpAJ8tI2dKu2m-TVBLGBP_rIpgCXB7fJBiAzF1h_i1LJRhn-nBAMY1fVAo9A-aVEc/s1600/Jon_Corzine1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbD6D0K-eBISRr_AEMkVgvOafqDreH4UPWqFnOmsd4SLICInn0WeaKhCT_phLXPVA-ZCh1NI1nxxpAJ8tI2dKu2m-TVBLGBP_rIpgCXB7fJBiAzF1h_i1LJRhn-nBAMY1fVAo9A-aVEc/s1600/Jon_Corzine1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> The lawless continue their lucrative lifestyles</span></b></div><br /><b><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2014/01/29/retirement/myra-accounts/" style="color: red;">http://money.cnn.com/2014/01/29/retirement/myra-accounts/</a></b><br /><br /><b><a href="http://washingtonexaminer.com/expert-obamas-myra-violates-multiple-investment-laws/article/2543760" style="color: red;">http://washingtonexaminer.com/expert-obamas-myra-violates-multiple-investment-laws/article/2543760</a> </b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Gerald Celente will bust a blood vessel soon:</b></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbW_kI_u6GqhVisDVVUfCcL92WHsruazt601a0jLr1r5egysDOkYIDFJBitN6RfLIzBpY6DC5sdS3GB__UA9l3YmyXbx5AQBYEfKPQEV2JrUrjtDyWoKOwOi47ExiDuPzYRUR8eRjBpQI/s1600/GeraleCelentePISSEDpic.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbW_kI_u6GqhVisDVVUfCcL92WHsruazt601a0jLr1r5egysDOkYIDFJBitN6RfLIzBpY6DC5sdS3GB__UA9l3YmyXbx5AQBYEfKPQEV2JrUrjtDyWoKOwOi47ExiDuPzYRUR8eRjBpQI/s1600/GeraleCelentePISSEDpic.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And you think everything is getting better in America?</span> </b></div><b></b><br /><b><br /></b><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/LeiC3BoT5mc?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><b>...developing...</b>

Jon Corzine to head the OBAMA "myRA" ACCOUNTS

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