http://www.weather.com/news/storms-cause-damage-outages-oklahoma-20130724

http://investmentwatchblog.com/red-alert-its-boiling-inside-fukushima-unit-no-3/

http://news.yahoo.com/arctic-methane-released-fallout-cost-60-000-000-194154496.html

http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-video-watch-us-heat-2100-221440308.html

http://www.activistpost.com/2013/07/snowden-wins-whistleblower-award.html

http://www.activistpost.com/2013/07/warning-prominent-activists-being.html

It's getting uglier.

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/56773 I could not make it the whole three minutes. Blaming republicans for his failures.  

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-24/these-are-217-people-who-voted-preserve-nsa-surveillance

If they are in your state, write them a letter and ask them how much longer they think they will keep their jobs, voting against the American people like that.

Related:

House Narrowly Rejects Proposal To End NSA Surveillance In 205-217 Vote
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-24/house-narrowly-rejects-proposal-end-nsa-surveillance-205-217-vote

You're gonna love this...

http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/epic-fail-total-breakdown-in-foreign-intelligence-as-spy-agencies-miss-massive-al-qaeda-prison-break_07232013

http://news.yahoo.com/least-ten-killed-train-derails-spain-report-195902475.html

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/313063-poll-obama-approval-rating-nears-all-time-low-at-45-percent

"Obama is slated to deliver the first in a series of economic addresses in Illinois Wednesday...."  Doesn't sound like a disclosure announcement, unless he slips it in.

http://rt.com/usa/nsa-surveillance-amendment-amash-485/

http://www.sciencenewsline.com/articles/2013072218230010.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2375653/Michigan-city-storm-Incredible-unusual-clouds-herald-massive-downpour-spotted-Midwest.html

http://www.electricsense.com/6369/wifi-radiation-made-visible-to-human-eye/

http://www.activistpost.com/2013/07/pepsis-naked-juice-exposed-9-mil.html

RT: Russia: Al-Qaeda-linked extremists hold 200 Kurdish civilians hostage as ‘live shield’ in Syria

Published time: July 23, 2013 15:34 Edited time: July 23, 2013 19:50

A general view of the northern Syrian town of Ras al-Ain (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

Al-Qaeda-linked extremists have taken and continue to hold hostage about 200 Kurdish civilians, including women and children, using them as live shields in north-eastern Syria, Russia’s Foreign Ministry has stated.

Civilians remain hostage after Syrian Kurds clashed with Al-Qaeda linked militants in the north-eastern Syrian towns of Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ain, along the Syrian-Turkish border over the weekend.

“In these areas, there has long been confrontation between the troops of the international extremists affiliated with al-Qaeda and local Kurdish militias who stood up to protect their homes from attacks by radical Islamists,” Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement published on its website.

Syrian Kurd fighters captured a rebel leader, or emir, identified as Abu Musab. In response, Al-Qaeda extremists abducted 500 civilians, including woman and children.

“They started to kill innocent people by cutting off their heads,” the statement read. “Kurds had to free Abu Musab in exchange for an agreement to release hostages.”

Despite the Kurdish fighters agreed to release Abu Musab in exchange for people, about 200 people are still in the hands of extremists. The commander was freed as agreed.

The Kurdish gunmen have been fighting to expel al-Qaeda militants from the northeastern province of Hassakeh over the past week, with the battle significantly intensifying over the weekend.

The clashes between the Kurdish People’s Defense Units (YPG) and the al-Qaeda-affiliated Jahbat al-Nusra erupted in the city of Ras al-Ain in the northern province of Hasakeh on July 16, when at least four militants were killed.

The Kurds issued a “victory message,” celebrating the “liberation” of Ras al-Ain, claiming to hold control over the entire city as well as the headquarters of the Islamist combatant groups there.

On Saturday evening, the fighting spread to the city of Tal Abyad.

“Moscow strongly condemns the atrocities of international terrorists in northeastern Syria and the excesses and abuses perpetrated by extremists against a peaceful Kurdish population which is not involved in the ongoing political and military conflict in Syria,” the Ministry said.

The city of Ras al-Ain is home to some 50,000 people including a mix of Kurds, Arabs, Christians, and Yezidis – a Kurdish religious minority.

London-based RT contributor Afshin Rattansi says Western powers supporting organizations like al-Qaeda-linked Jahbat al-Nusra are to be blamed for the situation in northern Syria. “There has been a discrimination of Kurds in that region, but now we have a situation where the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Britain are actively supporting al-Qaeda-linked organizations that are ransacking and murdering women and children – certainly over the past 48 hours,” he said. “All we are hearing from London and Washington are talks about a no-fly zone and arming the very people who are killing women and children there. And from Turkey, certainly the Turkish right wing has brought ideas of invading Syria from the north to kill more Kurdish people.”

Rattansi says the UN Security Council (UNSC) should look closely at the situation there.

“Russia and China should bring this up at the UNSC. Otherwise, the prospect for these 200 hostages is pretty grim,” he said.

I had seen some evidence of this type of manipulation before, but Jim Stone does a good job at laying out how ludicrous it is.  If you drive a car in the U.S. or Canada, you could be getting over 50 miles per gallon with ease, but instead you're probably getting half that, and it's all to make you struggle more, make the rich richer, and help turn the U.S. into a third world nation.  If there's a hot topic that can help wake sleeping citizens up to the thievery going on, this is probably it.  Please share with friends and family to get the word out.  Below are excerpts from Jim's report.

http://jimstonefreelance.com/50plus.html

50 plus MPG cars not allowed in the U.S. or Canada

The following report is intended to be a wake up call for the American people. There are no tricks here, such as quoting imperial gallons, referencing tiny cars, electric cars, or even hybrids. These cars are straight up 50 plus mile per gallon winners which are banned for sale in the U.S., and if you think you can bring one home, think again, in America such cars are allowed a 30 day visit upon crossing the border, after which if they are found on American soil they get impounded and if not immediately shipped out of the country thereafter they are destroyed.

Lets get started

With a combined mileage of 52.8 U.S. mpg and an even higher highway mpg, the Urban Cruiser SUV crossover by Toyota, which is a European version of the Scion XD features front wheel drive for the ultimate mileage and if you are willing to sacrifice and get the 4 wheel drive version, you will suffer in life with a combined mileage of 48 mpg.

With a highway mileage of 56 mpg per U.S. gallon, the Nissan Qashqai SUV crossover would be sure to make any carbon tax junkie shiver with dread. Fortunately the American version delivers only 26 highway mpg (22 combined) so the local carbon tax tyrant can rest easy.

With 78.5 imperial miles per gallon highway, the 1.6 blue motion TDI Volkswagen Passat wagon is definitely forbidden in America, where in the smaller American gallons it would deliver a carbon tax blood curdling 65.4 highway mpg.

This is the 261 MPG Volkswagen I mentioned a few months ago.... It ended up getting ridiculed for only achieving a combined mileage of 160 MPG in U.S. gallons (192 combined in Imperial gallons), but come on now, at that point, WHO CARES. Even at 160 MPG combined, which means the highway mpg is well into the 200's, this particular car exposes the fuel mileage lie so harshly that there is absolutely no recovery or hiding from the truth, even Europeans are getting scammed at 65 mpg while Americans are getting more than raped.

Ever heard of a 74mpg Cadillac sized family sedan that is not a hybrid and has no power plug? Not on the American market but this car does exist. And it proves that hybrids are a scam. This 2013 Seat Toledo is close to the same size as the 2013 4 door Cadillac CTS and it gets an astonishing 74 mpg with what by all accounts is just an ordinary engine.

Americans need to stand up and demand the government to stop censoring search results to prevent Americans from learning the truth elsewhere. Americans need to stand up and call the government on the carpet over the lies that "40 MPG can be achieved in the future" all the while even American car companies such as Ford are producing 65 plus MPG cars for sale on foreign markets right on American soil. It is time to end the lie, and tell these scamming frauds in our government to STICK IT.

http://thehill.com/video/senate/312605-republican-call-for-shutdown-grows-over-obamacare-funding