...the frigid cold has taken its toll...

Hibernation is looking good...

Late night yowls, most favored Big Cat Beauties... thankfully, the temps were milder on the tame prairie today... the frigid cold has taken its toll on this Big Cat... between dealing with the bitter cold and dealing with all the stuff that has to get done like grocery shopping, the Kougaress wore herself out to the point she simply collapsed and tried to catch up on her sleep... thus, the sparse postings... some strange sky sounds recently that this Big Cat can't identify... but that happens off and on, along with weird aircraft... anyhoo, the Kougaress has seen some lovely adorable cardinals the past few days... there's been some better internet connections, but still some spotty problems... so she's always racing to get things done online... ~huge long sighs~

Stay safe and warm, darling kittens, and be good company for each other. Heart-to-heart relationships are the key to the Aquarian Age. And remember, this Big Cat loves ya!
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Authoress news and mews ~

So, the Kougar has made progress on her SHAPESHIFTER SEDUCTIONS WIP and she also posted a new Tuesday flash scene at SHAPESHIFTER SEDUCTIONS.

The Kougar penned Volcano's Weekly Angelic Forecast... which is posted at Kougar Kisses below, and at these two sites ~ sirenbookstrand.blogspot.com & ~ titlemagic.blogspot.com ~
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Featured at SHAPESHIFTER SEDUCTIONS ~

Phil Takes A Wrong Turn
by Solara

A hard knock sounded against the solid oak front door of Talbot's Peak Mayor's mansion. Gill held up his hand as Mort opened his mouth to continue the story they started moments before.  "Hold your thought, please.  Seems someone demands entrance."

AND...

The Bondage Diet
by Pat Cunningham

The naked man chained to the wall strained against his bonds. On the table before him sat two plates. One held juicy apple slices. The other held donuts. The man leaned longingly toward the donuts.

“No.” The woman dressed in leather straps and thigh-high boots slapped his thigh with a riding crop. “Bad boy. We don’t want those awful donuts, do we?”

“Yes we do,” the chained man whined. “They’re jelly.”
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AS A KIDLET, THE KOUGAR READ ALL OF THE SHERLOCK HOLMES STORIES ... SO THIS IS INTRIGUING 'NEWS' ~

Lost Sherlock Holmes story discovered in man's attic
An historian has unearthed the first unseen Sherlock Holmes story in more than 80 years that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote to help save a town bridge. — The Telegraph
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ATLANTIS 'NEWS' ~

Orichalcum: Legendary Metal of Atlantis Found in 2,600-Year-Old Shipwreck
Legend holds that in very ancient times alongside gold and silver, another precious metal was coveted and mined in Atlantis. — Epoch Times
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UFOS ~ GREEN LANTERN 'ARTICLE' ~

Crashed Saucers and Contactees: UFOs and the Secret Origin of the Green Lantern
The origin story of the Silver Age Green Lantern looks remarkably like the kind of accounts that UFO believers were reporting.
~popmatters.com/feature/190606-crashed-saucers-and-contactees-ufos-and-thesecret-origin-of-the-gree~
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MORE UFO 'NEWS' ~

UFO crash reported in Manitoba denied by Canadian forces
A spokesperson for the Canadian Forces said mysterious UFO spotted over Jackhead Reservation was just a military training exercise — Mysterious Universe
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GEE, YA THINK??? ... ALL BY NASA DESIGN 'NEWS' ~

Curiosity may cause evidence of Mars life to self-destruct
Curiosity's experiments on Martian soil may be inadvertently eliminating traces of organics, British researchers reported this week. — NBCNews.com
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THE PAST REVEALING ITSELF 'NEWS' ~

Ancient shrines helped to predict the future
Archaeologists have discovered three divination shrines within a hilltop fortress at Gegharot, Armenia. — Unexplained Mysteries
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NO THANKS, THE KOUGARESS WANTS THE REAL THING... SHE HAS AN IMAGINATION 'NEWS' ~

Will holidays soon be uploaded to our minds?
Dr. Michio Kaku reveals how we could use our brains in the next 50 years. — Mail Online
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OH, AND NO THANKS... THIS BIG CAT LIKES HER BRAIN JUST THE WAY IT IS 'NEWS' ~

Government Researchers Are Working on Letting You Plug Your Brain Straight into the Internet
Vice | Having a small electronic device plug into your DNA and enhance your eyesight with a Terminator-style display is not that far-fetched.
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GOOD ARTIST 'NEWS' ~

‘Tiny houses’: California homelessness gets new $40 solution (PHOTOS)
RT - An Oakland artist is ingeniously battling homelessness in Oakland, California: he builds small houses out of materials he can find in the streets, with each edifice costing around forty bucks. The tiny homes are made of pallets, bed boards, washing machine doors, and other bizarre objects that catch Greg Kloehn’s attention. Mr Kloehn first noticed that homeless people built shelters from whatever they find in the street, and he wanted to make a house like this.
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MARS, VENUS, MOON CONJUNCT 'INFO'

February 21 2015 – Energy of the Day: Venus Conjunct Mars!!!
Horoscope February 21 2015 Venus Conjunct Mars
The astro for today has the Moon moving through Aries and making many connections! This will enhance the energy of Aries with the Moon, Venus, Mars, and Uranus all moving through the fiery first signs of the zodiac. Its an amazing time for new beginnings as well as for guidance through new beginnings with the Sun holding space in Pisces. This evening, Venus and Mars, known as the cosmic lovers, come together in Aries at 1 degree. This is a degree of initiation and also of love. Venus closes the gap between her and Mars and rises to meet her dreams head on. Where in your life is this happening for you? How can the divine feminine within you rise to meet her dreams? Allow the universe to lift you up as your heart directs the course!
~gaiablooming.com/february-21-2015-energy-day-venus-conjunct-mars~
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Big Cat by-the-numbers ~

2:12 pm... 2:22 pm... 4:48 pm... 5:55 pm... 9:33 pm... 10:23 pm... 11:11 am... 11:22 am... 11:33 am... 11:44 am... 1:11 pm... 2:22 pm... 2:34 pm... 10:10 pm.... 11:33 am... 12:12 pm... 12:34 pm... 1:11 pm... 2:34 pm... 3:33 pm... 11:33 am... 11:44 am... 11:55 am... 12:34 pm... 2:22 pm... 4:44 pm... 8:44 pm... 10:10 pm... 10:23 pm... Mars, Moon, Venus Conjunct... Love enhanced around the globe...
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the kougaress bites back headlines

***OR, THE TURDS HIT A GINORMOUS BANK OF TURBINE-ENGINE FANS***

THE BIG SNOW AND ICE 'NEWS' ~
Photo: Snowstorm from space
NASA satellite Terra has snapped a picture of the Eastern U.S. from 200 miles up - and in the words of the space agency, it "looks like a deep freeze." — Washington Times

Great Lakes Likely to Have Most Ice This Year Since Records Began
Gateway Pundit | An aerial view shows most of Lake Superior is already covered by ice. The last time ice coverage was over 80 percent in back-to-back years was in the 1970s.
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THAT'S RIGHT, WHO NEEDS A FIRST AMENDMENT... SNARL AND SNARK 'NEWS' ~

Speaking Freely About Politics Can Cost You Your Job
NY Times - For private employees, who account for about 85 percent of the work force, the First Amendment’s guarantee offers no protection from being fired for something you’ve said, either in the workplace or outside of it, as on social media. That’s because the amendment addresses actions by the government to impede free speech, not by the private sector. And while federal laws bar employers from firing workers because of such variables as their race, religion and gender, there is no such protection for political affiliation or activity.
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YEP 'NEWS' ~

Most Americans Are Slaves And They Don’t Even Know It
Michael Snyder | Most Americans spend their lives working for others, paying off debts to others and performing tasks that others tell them that they “must” do.
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YEAH, WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE ARMED... AND DANGEROUS TO THOSE WHO WOULD ATTACK US 'NEWS' ~

Jews petition EU for gun rights as antisemitism and violence escalate
(NaturalNews) A prominent European Jewish organization has sent a letter to the European Union petitioning for new legislation aimed at allowing members of the Jewish community to carry firearms "for the essential protection of their communities." As...
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BIG FAT EFFING LIARS 'NEWS' ~

35 things the media reported as FACTS that were later found to be total lies
(NaturalNews) If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.
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ORWELLIAN DOUBLESPEAK BECOMES EVEN MORE ORWELLIAN 'NEWS' ~

6 Examples Of Modern-Day Orwellian 1984 Doublespeak
Paul A Philips - We can get some idea of those tell-tale signs of deception by looking at the language of 'Orwellian doublespeak' that's found its way into the modern-day vernacular. It's definitely worth giving some serious consideration but first allow me to explain with a little bit of background.

Worst Spying In World History – Worse Than Any Dystopian Novel – Is Occurring RIGHT NOW
Washington’s Blog | NSA Spying Worse than Stasi or Nazi Germany, J. Edgar Hoover … Or Orwell’s 1984.
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YEAH, GO AHEAD... TRUST COPS 'NEWS' ~

Cop Chains Innocent Man to Wall, Beats Him, Gouges Eyes After Refusing to Confess to a Crime
Free Thought Project - In August of 2013 former detective Rodolfo Gomez savagely beat Deron Love during an interrogation. He was chained to the wall. Love, 27, was accused of killing his 7-month-old baby, a charge he would not confess to and one that he would eventually beat. A year after being tortured by Gomez, Love was found not guilty of first-degree reckless homicide and child neglect in the death of his infant son. Love’s innocence was of no matter to Gomez who repeatedly compelled him to confess.

Watch As Florida Police Tase Elderly Man With His Hands Up
Free Thought Project | A shocking video uploaded to YouTube on Sunday shows an elderly gentleman with his hands up, posing no risk or threat to the officers, get tased in front of horrified witnesses.

Video: Veteran Pepper-Sprayed, Cuffed, Beaten And Dragged Through Dirt By Cop
Steve Watson | Officers Wearing Body Cams Turned Away To Hide Evidence.

 Cops Fire 18 Bullets at Innocent Man Suffering From Mental Illness, Paralyzing Him
CourthouseNews.com | Police needlessly shot and paralyzed a man who experienced a mental breakdown after being taken off anti-psychotic medication, a lawsuit claims.

Police arrest man's lawyer for "resisting arrest" in order to interrogate him without an attorney
(NaturalNews) America continues its steady downhill descent towards totalitarian police state status, as evidenced by the recent arrest of San Francisco Public Defender Jami Tillotson as she stood outside a courtroom trying to defend the right of one...

Secrecy around police surveillance equipment proves a case’s undoing
Washington Post | The case is emblematic of the growing, but hidden, use by local law enforcement of a sophisticated surveillance technology borrowed from the national security world.
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SOMEONE IS TRYING TO STOP LAW ENFORCEMENT MILITARIZATION 'NEWS' ~

Bye-Bye Police Tanks? Law-Makers Propose Anti-Police-Militarization Bill
Free Thought Project | A bill introduced in Montana, HB 330, which would attempt to reign in the growing militarization of law enforcement is making its way through the House.
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THAT'S RIGHT... INSTEAD OF GAS CHAMBERS AND BEING LINED UP AND SHOT... GETTING SHOT WITH VACCINES WILL DO THE EUGENICS JOB 'NEWS' ~

We’re Heading Towards Full Scale Medical Tyranny
Prison Planet.com | David and Dr. Sherri Tenpenny discuss the origins of the VAERS Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.

VIDEO: Shock Video! Gov. Caught Lying About Vaccine Dangers
In this marathon report anchored by a Feb 2014 Senate Hearing on Vaccines featuring Senator and Dr. Anne Schuchat the director of CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. They use this national platform to continue the hoax that vaccines are perfectly safe and effective. Infowars Nighlty News Director Rob Dew methodically covers the evidence that vaccines are dangerous and the fact the vaccine manufacturers are not liable for their toxic products and as a result you will never see credible impartial studies.

Media parades dead children as victims of anti-vaxxers despite medical facts contradicting the narrative
(NaturalNews) All across the media spectrum, images and stories of dead children who supposedly met their early fate because some people choose not to inject themselves or their children with immune-damaging chemicals and aborted human fetal tissue are being paraded around as "evidence" that medical freedom needs to be completely abolished. Some of the latest media reports include violent rants from "angry moms" who consider it a privilege to be exposed to their vaccinated children.

Holistic Christian families now criminalized in America; parents having to flee with children
(NaturalNews) The old adage "let's just agree to disagree" is no longer a relevant concept when it comes to your personal medical views. It seems that the new American normal is for the government to literally mandate that you and your children consume junk foods and pharmaceuticals and get vaccinated, or else face harsh punishment, as evidenced by a string of recent state interventions against families who made medical decisions that differ from what's popular in the mainstream.

U.S. HHS is Going for More Vaccinations during Pregnancy, Employer-enforced adult vaccination requirements, and, probably, Faith-based groups to uptake vaccinations
Activist Post - The U.S. Health and Human Services published a 46-page draft proposal and notice in the Federal Register recently regarding more mandated vaccines for adults, and especially pregnant females; employer-enforced adult vaccinations; and probably for getting faith-based groups to uptake and not oppose vaccines/vaccinations.

200 Evidence-Based Reasons NOT To Vaccinate - FREE Research PDF Download!
Green Med Info - The media, your pediatrician, politicians and health authorities like the CDC and FDA claim that vaccines are safe and effective. So why do hundreds of peer-reviewed studies indicate the opposite is true? Read, download, and share this document widely to provide the necessary evidence-based counterbalance to the pro-vaccination propaganda that has globally infected popular consciousness and discussion like an intractable disease.

Dr. Toni Bark, M.D. – Do Not Remove Vaccine Exemptions – Some Children Die from Vaccines
Health Impact News - We mandate more vaccines than any other country. We also have the worst infant mortality rate of any first, second, and even some third world countries. Most parents or doctors (for that matter) do not start out "anti-vaccine", their stance is changed once they have a child who is permanently and profoundly damaged by a vaccine. They then decide no more for that child and no more for their next children. And they are correct in making that decision.

Nicholas Gonzalez, M.D. - Scientifically No Polio Vaccine was Needed
Health Impact News - While most believers in vaccines like to point to polio as a disease that was eliminated by vaccines, the history of polio and the polio vaccine paints a far different picture than what most believe about polio and the polio vaccine today.

Pharma-connected vaccine pushers chemically abuse children in push for medical tyranny
(NaturalNews) He's a cute little guy who just wants everyone to get vaccinated so he doesn't have to worry about contracting measles while undergoing chemotherapy treatments for leukemia -- or at least that's what his opportunistic parents told him to...

Vaccine horrors: Shocking side effects shown in photos the mainstream media never wants you to see
The Health Ranger    
Dear NaturalNews readers,
By now I hope you know that vaccines really do cause autism, developmental delays, neurological damage, seizures, and autoimmune disease. But have you ever seen the physical damage vaccines can do?
The media will never show these photos. They are too horrifying, as they reveal the unfathomable pain and suffering so many innocent children endure under today's delusional vaccine fanatics who deny that any of these side effects occur at all:
~naturalnews.com/048691_vaccine_damaged_children_graphic_photos_medical_mutilation.html~
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OPEN BORDERS... COME ON IN, RAPISTS, CRIMINALS, TERRORISTS... ALL ARE WELCOME... REMEMBER, FREE GOODIES AND YOU GET TAX REFUNDS, EVEN IF YOU HAVEN'T PAID TAXES... SUCH A DEAL 'NEWS' ~

A Cowardly War: Obama’s Backdoor Invasion
Jon Bowne | President opens the flood gates while ignoring the threat from radical jihadists.

Obama to seek emergency order restarting immigration programs
The Hill | The Obama administration will seek an emergency court order to move forward with President Obama’s executive action on immigration.
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THE FAKE PREZ ... SOMEONE HAS THE GUTS TO CALL HIM OUT 'NEWS' ~

 WATCH: Black middle schooler slams Barack Obama in epic YouTube speech
The American Mirror | President Obama may enjoy the approval of 84% of blacks, but don’t count CJ Pearson among them.
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WHOOPEE, MORE STUPID WAR PROPAGANDA ABOUT THE CIA'S JIHADI ARMY 'NEWS' ~

 France deploys aircraft carrier against ISIS in Iraq - ministry
RT - France has deployed its Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier against the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) in Iraq, as part of the US-led military campaign, French media report, citing government officials.
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UKRAINE FLASHPOINT 'NEWS' ~

Interventionism Kills: Post-Coup Ukraine One Year Later
Ron Paul - It was one year ago last weekend that a violent coup overthrew the legally elected government of Ukraine. That coup was not only supported by US and EU governments — much of it was actually planned by them. Looking back at the events that led to the overthrow it is clear that without foreign intervention Ukraine would not be in its current, seemingly hopeless situation.
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ANY OLE EXCUSE WILL DO TO DESTROY SYRIA 'NEWS' ~

US “Easing Into” War with Syria Using ISIS Boogeyman
Tony Cartalucci | The US is a few “accidental” airstrikes away from total war with Syria.

 ‘Flagrant aggression:’ Damascus livid after Turkey’s incursion onto Syrian soil
RT | The Syrian government has said a Turkish incursion into the north of the country was an act of “flagrant aggression.”
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WOW... ISN'T THIS KIND AND COMPASSIONATE... HUH? 'NEWS' ~

Israel opens dams forcing hundreds of Gazans out of flooded houses says report
RT - Over 80 houses have been flooded and hundreds of Palestinians forced to evacuate after Israel reportedly opened the gates of several dams on the border with the Gaza Strip, inundating the Gaza Valley in waters up to 3 meters high.
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YEAH, TRYING TO MAKE THE OSCARS RELEVANT 'NEWS' ~

Snowden documentary CitizenFour grabs Oscar
RT - The documentary features a series of face-to-face meetings between Berlin-based filmmaker Laura Poitras, who appeared to be on the US Homeland Security “watch list” at one point, and the whistleblower Snowden, who got in touch with Poitras last January when she was working on a feature about surveillance in the post-9/11 era. "Every border you cross, every purchase you make, every call you dial is in the hands of a system whose reach is unlimited but whose safeguards are not," Edward Snowden warns in the documentary’s trailer.
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WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO HIDE, FEDERAL RESERVE??? 'NEWS' ~

Local bankers emerge as Fed ally in fight against audit bill
Reuters | Local bankers are joining the fight against a congressional proposal to audit the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy decisions.
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BRICS... SCREWING GREECE EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE... AND THE ECONOMIC WORLD WAR 'NEWS' ~

Russia ratifies $100bn BRICS New Development Bank
RT - The Russian State Duma has ratified the $100 billion BRICS bank that’ll serve as a pool of money for infrastructure projects in Russia, Brazil, India, China and South Africa, and challenge the dominance of the Western-led World Bank and the IMF. The New Development Bank is expected to start fully functioning by the end of 2015, according to the Russian Finance Ministry. Russia has agreed to provide $2 billion dollars from the federal budget for the bank over the next seven years.

Greece Surrenders to Troika (Rejoins EU money men, SYRIZA campaign pledges proved hollow)
Jack Blood - Instead of renouncing its odious debt and walking away, Athens agreed to pay bankers first, maintain austerity, and let long-suffering Greeks continue taking the hindmost… After weeks of negotiations, Greece got what the Wall Street Journal called “a tenuous agreement for a four-month extension of its bailout Friday removing immediate concerns over a potential exit from Europe’s currency union but setting the stage for more tense negotiations over the country’s financial future.”

What Ordinary Greeks Think Of Friday’s Deal: “We Went Through Two Months Of Agony To Realize We Are Still A Debt Colony”
Zero Hedge | There is absolutely nothing on the table that could be considered a concession.

If The Troika Says “Nein” Tomorrow, Here’s What The “New Drachma” Will Look Like
Zero Hedge | The Greeks have already drawn up the “New Drachma” notes… just in case…

Dollar Dump Begins: Russia Unloads 20% Of Its Total U.S. Holdings In ONE Month
Mac Slavo | Earlier this week John Williams warned that hyperinflation will begin to appear in America sometime in 2015.

Federal Reserve Insider Alan Greenspan Warns: There Will Be a “Significant Market Event… Something Big Is Going To Happen”
Mac Slavo - Greenspan recently joined veteran resource analyst Brien Lundin at the New Orleans Investment Conference to share some of his thoughts. According to Lundin, the former Fed chairman made it clear that the central bank is facing a serious problem and one that will have significant ramifications in the future.

Swiss currency shockwave a picnic compared to what's in store for the U.S. dollar - Peter Schiff
(NaturalNews) Worried about its national currency, the franc, losing too much of its value as both it and the euro fall against the U.S. dollar, the Swiss government has recently removed a 2011 cap placed on the franc against the euro to protect it from...

Whatever Became of Economists?
Paul Craig Roberts | And the American economy.
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ISN'T THIS A FUN WORLD? 'NEWS' ~

CIA Planted Doctored Blueprints of Iran Nuclear Program for U.N. Inspectors
(Bloomberg) - International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors in Vienna will probably review intelligence they received about Iran as a result of the revelations, said the two diplomats who are familiar with the IAEA’s Iran file and asked not to be named because the details are confidential. The CIA passed doctored blueprints for nuclear-weapon components to Iran in February 2000, trial documents have shown.
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THE DISGUSTING WHO NEEDS THIS WICKED WITCH? HER FATHER RAN ILLEGAL BOOZE AND SHE HELPED RUN ILLEGAL DRUGS 'NEWS' ~

Hilary Clinton Exposed Part 1 – How She Aggressively Lobbied for Mega Corporations as Secretary of State
Michael Krieger | With another Bush and another Clinton likely on the ballot, there’s basically only one candidate running.
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HOW TO DESTROY THE HUMAN RACE... GOOD GOING, IDJIT-INFANTILE MAD SCIENTISTS 'NEWS' ~

Three-parent babies could risk the future of the human race, warn 55 Italian MPs
Daily Express - The stern warning comes after MPs in Britain voted overwhelmingly in favour of the controversial technique of mitochondrial donation - which would allow children to be conceived with genetic material from a trio of individuals. In a strongly worded letter to The Times, the Italian Mps wrote that the legalisation of such a technique “could have uncontrollable and unforeseeable consequences, affecting future generations and modifying genetic heritage in an irreversible way, inevitably affecting the human species as a whole”.
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FUKUSHIMA-NUKUSHIMA LEAKING DEATH ALL OVER THE WORLD 'NEWS' ~

Fresh leak at Fukushima nuclear plant sees 70-fold radiation spike
RT - Another radioactive water leak in the sea has been detected at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, the facility’s operator TEPCO announced. Contamination levels in the gutter reportedly spiked up 70 times over regular readings.... After the discovery, the gutter was blocked to prevent leaks to the Pacific Ocean. Throughout Sunday, contamination levels fell, but still measured 10 to 20 times more than prior to the leak.
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REMEMBER WHEN EBOLA MATTERED? 'NEWS' ~

Top-secret military warning on Ebola biological weapon terror threat
The Guardian - Scientists at the top-secret military research unit at Porton Down, Wiltshire, have been assessing the potential use of Ebola as a bioterrorism weapon, according to confidential documents. A three-page memo, marked ‘UK secret UK eyes only’, reveals that the unit, where chemical, radiological and biological threats are analysed, was tasked with evaluating whether terrorist organisations such as al-Qaida and Islamic State (Isis) could use the deadly virus to attack western targets.
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LAME BRAIN, WHINING MCCAIN 'NEWS' ~

John McCain: ‘I’m Ashamed Of My Country, I’m Ashamed Of My President, I’m Ashamed Of Myself’
Daily Caller - Arizona U.S. Sen. John McCain said something on CBS’s “Face the Nation” Sunday about the U.S.’s handling of the ongoing standoff between Russia and Ukraine that surprised host Bob Schieffer.... McCain was expressing his frustration with how the U.S. and major European powers like France and Germany have failed to stop Russian president Vladimir Putin’s advance on Ukraine. “I believe that German chancellor and president of France legitimized for the first time in 70 years the dismemberment of a country in Europe. It’s shameful. Vladimir Putin has not paid any price,” McCain said.
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YEAH, RETHINKING ABOUT HOW TO MAKE MORE DIRTY MONEY OFF ALL THE DRUGS YOU'RE DISTRIBUTING AND SELLING 'NEWS' ~

Obama’s New Pentagon Boss: We’re “Rethinking” the Occupation of Afghanistan
Kurt Nimmo - Obama’s recently confirmed Secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter, a former Goldman Sachs adviser and member of the Council on Foreign Relations, says the U.S. is “rethinking” its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. Carter rendezvoused with U.S. commanders, military and civilian leaders in Kabul on Saturday. The meeting was unannounced. “We’re looking for success in Afghanistan that is lasting,” he said ahead of a meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who says he wants the troop withdrawal slowed.
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GOSH... GIVE PEACE A CHANCE JUST DOESN'T WORK... DOES IT? 'NEWS' ~

America Has Been At War 93% of the Time – 222 Out of 239 Years – Since 1776
Washington's Blog - Below, I have reproduced a year-by-year timeline of America’s wars, which reveals something quite interesting: since the United States was founded in 1776, she has been at war during 214 out of her 235 calendar years of existence. In other words, there were only 21 calendar years in which the U.S. did not wage any wars.
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SCHISM? ... ONE CAN ONLY HOPE 'NEWS' ~

FBI Director not Invited to Obama's Conference on Violent Extremism
AllGov - Obama administration officials said Comey wasn’t invited because they didn’t want the conference to focus on law enforcement. However law enforcement officials from other countries, including Aleksandr Bortnikov, the head of Russia’s Federal Security Service, the offspring of the KGB, did attend the meeting in Washington.
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ADDICTED TO SHOPPING... WELL, NOW'S THE TIME TO GO COLD TURKEY... BIG FAT SNARK 'NEWS' ~

Department Of Homeland Security Issues Warning After "Mall Of America" Terror Threat
Zero Hedge - [...] the Department of Homeland Security, aka the "Department of Fear", Jeh Johnson said that in a video the Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group al Shabaab called for attacks on US shopping malls, specifically citing the Minnesota mall, and that the agency is taking this threat against the Mall of America “very seriously” and that people should be “particularly careful” when visiting the mall in Minnesota. It was unclear just how being "careful" would protect one from ad hoc explosive detonations and other mass murder event, but that's a bridge the Department of Fear will cross when it gets to it.
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SOMETHING'S GOING RIGHT 'NEWS' ~

It’s Official, McDonald’s and Monsanto Are Both ‘Losing Money Fast’
Anthony Gucciardi | Public awakens to what’s really in their food.
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WATSON WAS THE NAME OF THE NAZI DEATH CAMP'S COMPUTER 'NEWS' ~

IBM Watson Dehumanizing Veterans Care
Jefferey Jaxen - IBM, whose stock price has sunk to its lowest in four years, has recently “announced a $1 billion investment to establish the new Watson Group.” IBM’s Watson computer processes large amounts of your information to make a better decision for you. Watson is now embedded in the Department of Veterans Affairs Data Center in Austin, Texas to “advise doctors on treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder.” According to their press release, the technology will “transform decision making,” or said in a different way, if you are a Veteran in need of care, IBM’s Watson will soon make the decision about your health care for you.
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HEY, HOW ABOUT THAT SPYWARE? 'NEWS' ~

Superfish spyware: US urges Lenovo users to remove application
IB Times - The US Department of Homeland Security said the Superfish programme in the laptops allows the installation of a "non-unique trusted root certification authority (CA) certificate, allowing an attacker to spoof HTTPS traffic". "All browser-based encrypted traffic to the internet is intercepted, decrypted, and re-encrypted to the user's browser by the application – a classic man-in-the-middle attack," the agency said in an alert. Lenovo pre-installed the spyware, which intercepts users' web traffic to provide targeted advertisements, on some of its PCs starting in September 2014.
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GOSH, THE SUPER SURVEILLANCE STATE JUST KEEPS ON GROWING BY LEAPS AND GIANT BOUNDS... AND HOW TO FIND OUT IF YOU'VE BEEN SPIED ON 'NEWS' ~

GCHQ and NSA Collaborate to Steal the Keys to Your Cellphone
Activist Post - Anyone interested in privacy and security should think twice about their cell phone dependence right now. That’s because today, The Intercept revealed that British spy agency GCHQ led successful efforts to hack into the internal networks of Gemalto, “the largest manufacturer of SIM cards in the world, stealing encryption keys used to protect the privacy of cellphone communications” made on the world’s largest telecommunications carriers, including “AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint and some 450 wireless network providers around the world.”

Students object to online courses recording facial features, knuckles, voice
Victor Skinner - Students at Rutgers University are balking at a new biometric software used in online classes that requires them to record their facial features, knuckles and photo ID. ProctorTrack, implemented for online courses this year, requires students to record their face, knuckle and personal identification details to verify their identity. The software then tracks students’ monitor, browser, webcam and microphone activity during the session to prevent cheating on exams, according to The Daily Targum – Rutgers’ student newspaper.

Find Out if You've Been Spied on—and Join the Fight for Privacy
EFF - Want to know if GCHQ spied on you? Now you can find out. Privacy International (PI) has just launched a website that lets anyone find out if their communications were intercepted by the NSA and then shared with GCHQ. The website is the result of a February 6 ruling by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT). Similar to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in the US, the IPT is a special court in the UK established by the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) that deals with issues of surveillance and human rights.
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IT'S BECAUSE RAW MILK IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH 'NEWS' ~

Documentary Reveals Shocking Extent of Government-Big Business Collusion to Eradicate Freedom of Choice — FREE viewing through 2/27
Dr. Mercola - Milk is a perfect example of how your choices are being limited today. Raw milk is banned in many states on the basis of claims that it's unhealthy and may make you sick.... In sharp contrast to the US, France, Croatia, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands and Italy sell raw milk in vending machines. In some cases, US standards for raw milk are even higher than pasteurized milk. For example, California has among the highest raw milk standards—farmers must meet or exceed pasteurized milk standards, without pasteurizing. The vast majority of foodborne illnesses in the US are actually linked to factory farmed and highly processed foods, not raw foods.
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THIS IS ULTRA COOL... THIS BIG CAT WOULD LIKE ONE 'NEWS' ~
VIDEO: Honey On Tap with This Automatic Beehive
Activist Post - It's the beekeepers dream, turn a tap right on your beehive and watch pure fresh honey flow right out of your FLOWhive and into your Jar! No mess no fuss and the bees are hardly disturbed. This cool invention takes much of the work out of beekeeping and honey preparation.
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EATING FOR SURVIVAL 'NEWS' ~

Build a Pantry for Pennies: 5 Frugal Shopping Strategies
Natural Blaze - The TG [The Tightwad Gazette] recommends something called “The Pantry Principle.” It’s a process that saves both time and money. The idea is to consistently stock up on items at the lowest possible prices, creating a supply of ingredients at rock-bottom cost. This means sometimes you have to say no to preparing a meal just because it sounds good. You have to discipline yourself to adhere to a whole new way of shopping that does not supply just food for the week, but replenishes your pantry, again, at the lowest possible prices
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THE DANGERS OF ANTIBIOTICS 'NEWS' ~

Drug warning: Popular antibiotics cause death and crippling side effects
(NaturalHealth365) A study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association showed that risk of retinal detachment and blindness was five times higher among people who took fluoroquinolones; another study documented double the risk of kidney problems among fluoroquinolones users. Be sure to ask your doctor about possible side effects BEFORE taking any medication. If you are not getting the information you need – find a better physician.
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CANCER-CAUSING ALMONDS... THANKS, YOU EFFING GD GOV 'NEWS' ~

Have You Discovered the Dirty Little Secret of Almonds?
Natural Society - Most of the almonds sold in the U.S. have been fumigated with propylene oxide, a chemical that even the CDC has admitted causes cancer.... The stringent standards now in place for almonds may protect a few people from salmonella, but it guarantees chemical toxicity for the all the millions of people eating almonds treated with PPO. The treatment imperative for almonds is a tragedy in light of the many health benefits they offer, including...
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TOXIC DOLLAR STORE 'NEWS' ~

Dollar store products found to be loaded with toxic chemicals
(NaturalNews) Everyone wants to get more than they paid for. Who doesn't like a bargain? Unfortunately, recent testing of 164 dollar store products found that the little extras they're offering are toxic chemicals like toxic metals, pthlates, BPAs, and...
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REALLY MEASLES ISN'T EBOLA... IS IT? 'NEWS' ~

Measles poses no risk to healthy children, says doctor
(NaturalNews) The scripted media is being used to scare and divide the public over new measles outbreaks. It's always the same unintelligent narrative being pushed: The unvaccinated are putting everyone in danger. Obviously, the push to sell more vaccines...
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GO ORGANIC AND NON-GMO 'NEWS' ~

Survival of the Fittest means non-GMO: Learn about food-conscious consumers and sustainable farms in America
(NaturalNews) On a Page County farm in southwest Iowa, farmers have adjusted their crop methods to meet the demand of food-conscious consumers,...

'Peak food' production now a reality as corporate chemical agriculture continues to fall apart
(NaturalNews) The failures of agricultural monocropping are on full display following the release of a new report suggesting that humanity may have reached or even exceeded "peak food" production -- that is, a crest in the overall growth rate of foods...
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NOT GOOD FOR YOU 'NEWS' ~

Drinking soda could cause early menstruation in young girls
(NaturalNews) Young girls who frequently consume sugary drinks such as soda and other drinks with added sugar tend to start their menstrual cycles earlier than those who don't, according to ...

Nine signs of sleep deprivation - Do you get enough sleep?
(NaturalNews) No one can squeeze more hours into a day, but we certainty try. Unfortunately, too many of us extend the hours of our day by cutting back on sleep. Here are the warning signs that you are overdoing it and probably have been for some time...

Processed Foods Indisputably Linked To Auto-Immune Disease
Christina Sarich | U.S. fast foods have twice the salt of other countries.
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GOOD FOR YOU, BUT GO ORGANIC 'NEWS' ~

Eating almonds can reduce heart disease risks, belly fat
(NaturalNews) Hold that muffin or danish and grab a handful of almonds if you need a snack between meals. Maybe you won't feel as satisfied afterward, but if you care about your heart health, get used to it. A recent study published in the Journal...

A revolutionary way to make your own almond milk, oat milk, hemp milk and soy milk for mere pennies
(NaturalNews) Nut milks are extremely popular among health-conscious consumers, but the mass-produced nut milks sold at the store all suffer from two critical problems in their ingredients: carrageenan and calcium carbonate. Carrageenan is a thickening...

Science Discovers Molecule that ‘Stops Alzheimer’s in its Tracks’
Mike Barrett | A naturally occurring molecule may be the answer in stopping Alzheimer’s disease in its early stages.
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"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniencies attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. " -Thomas Jefferson (1791)

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." - Edmund Burke

"It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled."  Mark Twain

"Only a fool fights in a burning house." Klingon saying.

'A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty.'—James Madison

JFK... to paraphrase... Washington D.C. has the best of both worlds. Northern hospitality. And southern efficiency.
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The most powerful weapon is the human soul on fire.

~ Have a lovely magical February ~   

~ MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH ~

And, May you live the dreams of your heart, not in interesting times...

Most favored Big Cat kisses from the Kougar...