Rich & Paranoid? This man builds luxury bomb shelters for the billionaires afraid of doomsday - Business - Pulse

Rich & Paranoid? This man builds luxury bomb shelters for the billionaires afraid of doomsday - Business - Pulse:

Those who make it their business to equip themselves for a civilization-ending mega-disaster—a.k.a. "preppers"—are sometimes stereotyped as wild-eyed tinfoil hat wearers who live outside of society, but Vicino caters to survivalists whose fears are backed up by money. The San Diego businessman is gunning to be the vanguard of a multibillion-dollar industry. If we're to follow the entrepreneur's logic, the rich don't live on the same scale as ordinary people in today's society—why should that change after the end of the world?

Even at 6'8" and 300 pounds, Vicino has a body that seems barely equipped to contain his outsized personality. A psychic once told him that he was sent to Earth from a planet of giant superior beings dedicated to saving the human race, and that's why he needed such a large frame. Clearly he sees himself as a man with a mission: For the last 20 years, the 61-year-old has had a premonition that "something's coming our way."

My Way News - 800-pound man says he's determined to slim down, live a life

My Way News - 800-pound man says he's determined to slim down, live a life:

WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man who weighs nearly 800 pounds says he's determined to slim down and he dreams of becoming an actor one day.

Steven Assanti, of Cranston, refers to himself now as a monster. He wants to eventually inspire others who struggle with their weight.

The 33-year-old said he's addicted to pizza, as long as it's not topped with anchovies.

"I love food. I always loved to eat," he told The Associated Press Monday. "I didn't think it would cause me harm and make me into the monster that I am right now. I don't feel human."

(AP) In this Monday, Oct. 12, 2015 photo, Steven Assanti, 33, rests in bed at Kent... Full Image

Assanti spoke to a Rhode Island television station, WJAR-TV, last week after he said he was kicked out of Rhode Island Hospital for ordering pizza.

The television production company for TLC's "My 600-lb Life" then contacted Assanti. The owner's assistant at Megalomedia said they may be interested in filming him, though not necessarily for that show.

Assanti wants to have gastric bypass surgery. At 6 feet 1 inch tall, he said he must slim down to 550 pounds to be eligible. After, he hopes to eventually drop to 180 pounds.

Police: Officer Shortage in County Due to Lack of Quality Applicants « CBS St. Louis

Police: Officer Shortage in County Due to Lack of Quality Applicants « CBS St. Louis:



ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – The St. Louis County Police Department says a difficult part of hiring about 30 officers needed to be fully staffed is finding quality applicants.

About 900 officers are working in St. Louis County, including municipalities that contract with the department, says recruitment officer Kevin Minor.

He says they are suffering from what they call the “Ferguson effect” and a lack of trust, and many officers have chosen to go to the private sector.

Emanuel blames Chicago crime uptick on officers second-guessing themselves - Chicago Tribune

Emanuel blames Chicago crime uptick on officers second-guessing themselves - Chicago Tribune:


Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday stood by his contention that Chicago police officers are becoming "fetal" out of concern they will get in trouble for actions during arrests, blaming officers second-guessing themselves in the wake of high-profile incidents for rising crime rates in Chicago and elsewhere.

Last week, the mayor was part of a meeting in Washington, D.C., with Attorney General Loretta Lynch and a group of mayors and police officials from across the nation to discuss a spike in homicides and other crime.

"We have allowed our Police Department to get fetal, and it is having a direct consequence. They have pulled back from the ability to interdict … they don't want to be a news story themselves, they don't want their career ended early, and it's having an impact," Emanuel said, according to the Washington Post.

On Monday, Emanuel pointed to that tentativeness as one of the causes of an increase in crime here this year. "What happened post-Baltimore, what happened post-Ferguson is having an impact," Emanuel said. "And I still believe recent events over the last year or 18 months have had an impact. And officers will tell you that. And I tried to speak up for the good officers that are doing community policing that make up the men and women of the Chicago Police Department."via 

New Hillary Benghazi Emails Won’t Come Out Before the Debate After All | TheBlaze.com

New Hillary Benghazi Emails Won’t Come Out Before the Debate After All | TheBlaze.com:

"The committee has already reviewed documents that reportedly will show at least one email message that names a human source providing information to the CIA. The emails are also expected to show significant communication with Clinton family ally Sid Blumenthal."

DILFy Martin O'Malley Makes Twitter Wet During First Democratic Debate | NewNowNext

DILFy Martin O'Malley Makes Twitter Wet During First Democratic Debate | NewNowNext:

He might be polling in the single digits, but if the Internet is any indication, the support for his body is unanimous.
Whether you were feeling the Bern (Sanders that is), ’yaaas queen’-ing in allegiance with Hillary Clinton or among those hoping to learn more about the other presidential hopefuls, last night’s first Democratic debate, hosted by an on-point Anderson Cooper, did not disappoint.

The Bill That Muslim Advocates Really Don’t Want Tennessee to Pass | Video | TheBlaze.com

The Bill That Muslim Advocates Really Don’t Want Tennessee to Pass | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"The proposal from Rep. Sheila Butt of Columbia would prohibit the teaching of anything deemed religious doctrine unless the course is taught in 10th, 11th or 12th grade.

“I think that probably the teaching that is going on right now in seventh, eighth grade is not age appropriate,” Butt told the Tennessean newspaper. “They are not able to discern a lot of times whether its indoctrination or whether they’re learning about what a religion teaches.”

Obama Likely Won Re-Election Through Election Fraud - Rachel Alexander - Page 1

Obama Likely Won Re-Election Through Election Fraud - Rachel Alexander - Page 1:

"In spite of those odds, polls indicated that Romney was going to win the election. The economy is close to Great Depression era conditions, and unemployment is almost as high as when Obama entered office. Economic conditions became so dire after Obama took office it prompted the rise of an entire new movement, the Tea Party. Presidents rarely win reelection when the economy is in the tank.

So how did Romney lose a race that numerous reputable polls and pundits predicted would be an easy win, based on historical patterns? The most realistic explanation is voter fraud in a few swing states."

ISIS Makes Mother Watch As They Do The Unthinkable To Her 9-Year-Old Daughter | John Hawkins' Right Wing News

ISIS Makes Mother Watch As They Do The Unthinkable To Her 9-Year-Old Daughter | John Hawkins' Right Wing News:

"If Muslims truly believe that the Quran is Allah’s word and Muhammad his messenger, there is no man-made interpretation that can deny this is right and good in their eyes. After all, Allah has defined “good” and “right” for them, and it undeniably includes forced marriage, slavery, pedophilia, and rape.

To be held against your will and forced into watching your young daughter be ravaged by numerous wicked men and unable to help her as she bleeds out. I do not know that there is anything worse that a Mother could endure..especially when her thoughts in that moment might be to wish her Daughter dead…only so she would not have to be victim to such horror any longer."

RNC Chair Claims ‘This Is the Video Hillary Doesn’t Want You to See’ Ahead of First Democratic Debate | Video | TheBlaze.com

RNC Chair Claims ‘This Is the Video Hillary Doesn’t Want You to See’ Ahead of First Democratic Debate | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"The Republican National Committee released a new attack ad targeting Hillary Clinton over her private email scandal ahead of the first Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday.

“Ahead of the #DemDebate, this is the video Hillary doesn’t want you to see,” Priebus wrote on Twitter.

The video shows Clinton claiming she didn’t send or receive classified information on her private email followed by reports that contradict the claim. The ad also emphasizes the seriousness of the FBI investigation into her private server."

History for October 14

History for October 14 - On-This-Day.com
Akbar (Akbar the Great) 1542 - Mughal Dynasty ruler in India, Dwight David Eisenhower 1890 - 34th president of the United States, Eugene Fodor 1905 


John Wooden 1910, Roger Moore 1927 - Actor ("Live and Let Die," "For Your Eyes Only"), Ralph Lauren 1939 - Fashion designer 


1066 - The Battle of Hastings occurred in England. The Norman forces of William the Conqueror defeated King Harold II of England. 


1912 - Theodore Roosevelt was shot while campaigning in Milwaukee, WI. Roosevelt's wound in the chest was not serious and he continued with his planned speech. William Schrenk was captured at the scene of the shooting. 


1926 - The book "Winnie-the-Pooh," by A.A. Milne, made its debut. 


1944 - German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel committed suicide rather than face execution after being accused of conspiring against Adolf Hitler and the execution that would follow. 


1947 - Over Rogers Dry Lake in Southern California, pilot Chuck Yeager flew the Bell X-1 rocket plane and became the first person to break the sound barrier. 


1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis began. It was on this day that U.S. intelligence personnel analyzing data discovered Soviet medium-range missile sites in Cuba. On October 22 U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced that he had ordered the naval "quarantine" of Cuba. 


1964 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent resistance to racial prejudice in America. He was the youngest person to receive the award. 


1987 - Jessica McClure, 18 months old, fell down an abandoned well in Midland, TX. The rescue took 58 hours. 

Bomb attack deepens divisions as Turkey faces bitter election - Yahoo News Canada

Bomb attack deepens divisions as Turkey faces bitter election - Yahoo News Canada:



ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Aside from a carefully worded statement urging unity, President Tayyip Erdogan was unusually quiet after Turkey's worst ever bomb attack.
Modern Turkey's most divisive leader has in the past had no hesitation in dominating the air waves at times of crisis, rallying his fervent supporters and lambasting his opponents in equal measure in defense of the state.
But the double suicide bombing that killed up to 128 people at a rally by pro-Kurdish and leftist activists on Saturday, three weeks before an election, has sparked criticism of Erdogan's administration just as Turkey is already beset by conflict in its Kurdish southeast and seemingly paralyzed by the growing spillover from Syria's war.
For those loyal to Erdogan and the Islamist-rooted AK Party he founded, the bombings marked another murky conspiracy by foreign-backed forces to undermine the Turkish state and damage its standing in the Middle East.
For his opponents, including the pro-Kurdish opposition party apparently targeted in the blasts, his administration has blood on its hands - at best for intelligence failings, at worst for complicity in a bid to stir up nationalist sentiment."



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Cyberwar Ignites a New Arms Race - WSJ

Cyberwar Ignites a New Arms Race - WSJ:



Dozens of countries amass cyberweapons, reconfigure militaries to meet threat
Defensive cyber operations at Petersen Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo. PHOTO: RICK
Countries toiled for years and spent billions of dollars to build elaborate facilities that would allow them to join the exclusive club of nations that possessed nuclear weapons.
Getting into the cyberweapon club is easier, cheaper and available to almost anyone with cash and a computer.
A series of successful computer attacks carried out by the U.S. and others has kicked off a frantic and destabilizing digital arms race, with dozens of countries amassing stockpiles of malicious code. The programs range from the most elementary, such as typo-ridden emails asking for a password, to software that takes orders from a rotating list of Twitter handles."

Jindal Recounts Response He Received When He Asked Obama Question in Closed-Door Meeting: ‘Listen to the Arrogance…’ | TheBlaze.com

Jindal Recounts Response He Received When He Asked Obama Question in Closed-Door Meeting: ‘Listen to the Arrogance…’ | TheBlaze.com:

“Behind closed doors, there are a lot of Democratic governors, they wouldn’t say this publicly, they would say, ‘Look, if you took away the red tape and bureaucracy, you could cut 10 to 15 percent and I could run these programs more efficiently,’” the Louisiana governor explained.

Jindal, however, wasn’t pleased with the reply he received back from Obama.

“Listen to the arrogance of the president’s answer,” he said"

Fired Polish priest says no 'gay lobby' in Vatican - Yahoo News

Fired Polish priest says no 'gay lobby' in Vatican - Yahoo News:



"Fired Polish priest says no 'gay lobby' in Vatican

Since 2005, the Church has forbidden the ordination of priests with homosexual tendencies, but this rule is applied in different ways, with many bishops turning a blind eye as long as priests remain celibate (AFP Photo/Noel Celis)
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Rome (AFP) - A high-ranking Polish priest who was fired after coming out as gay before the Vatican's key synod on the family said on Sunday that there was no "gay lobby" in the Church.

Krzysztof Charamsa told a private Italian television channel that he has "never met a gay lobby in the Vatican", referring to rumours of a network of homosexual priests."



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Putin Says Russia's Campaign in Syria More Effective Than U.S. - Bloomberg Business

Putin Says Russia's Campaign in Syria More Effective Than U.S. - Bloomberg Business:



Russian attacks on terror targets won't include ground troops
Obama has shelved plan to train some groups of Syrian rebels
Russian President Vladimir Putin defended his air and cruise-missile strikes on terror targets in Syria as two Saudi Arabian officials softened their government’s position on the fate of Bashar al-Assad.
Putin discussed his Syria campaign on Sunday with Saudi Arabia’s Defense Minister Mohammed Bin Salman, who signaled a willingness to let al-Assad remain in power longer, while the foreign ministers of both nations also met to consider the situation in Syria.
Putin’s bombing campaign to support his ally Assad took the U.S. and NATO by surprise and overshadowed a flurry of diplomacy over how to tackle the conflict. As Russia builds up its military presence in Assad’s stronghold on the eastern Mediterranean Sea, U.S. President Barack Obama dismissed any notion that his leadership on the world stage was being challenged."

Retired firefighter burned to death after lawn mower catches fire in Springfield Township, NJ | 6abc.com

Retired firefighter burned to death after lawn mower catches fire in Springfield Township, NJ |  
New Jersey State Police are investigating the death of a former firefighter involving a lawn mower.

SPRINGFIELD TWP., N.J. (WPVI) -- New Jersey State Police are investigating the death of a former firefighter involving a lawn mower.

The incident happened Sunday around 1:30 p.m. on Saylors Pond Road near Route 537 in Springfield Township, Burlington County.

Police said 79-year-old Roger N. Lippincot was outside his Jobstown home riding his lawn mower when somehow it caught fire.

Investigators say Lippincot, a retired Springfield Township firefighter, tried to put the fire out himself. He suffered severe burns when the lawn mower combusted, and he was pronounced dead at the scene."



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Answer to Why Obama Wants to Destroy America | The Black Sphere | TheBlackSphere.net

Answer to Why Obama Wants to Destroy America | The Black Sphere | TheBlackSphere.net:

"When people ask me, “Why would Obama want to destroy America”—at least the America that most Conservatives know and love? It’s simple: Why wait for Hell, when you can create Hell on Earth.
We often hear of Liberals use of Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals, and people discuss Alinsky’s organizing abilities. What they omit is his underlying philosophy. Alinsky built his organizing model on a love of creating hell.

Saul Alinsky interview in Playboy, 1972"

Could Obama's Terrorist Buddy be the Next Secretary of Education? - Eagle Rising

Could Obama's Terrorist Buddy be the Next Secretary of Education? - Eagle Rising:

"One has to wonder why this fool was not executed for his crimes. What crimes, you ask?

In 1970, Ayers' then-girlfriend Diana Oughton, along with Underground Weatherman members Terry Robbins and Ted Cold were attempting to detonate a bomb at a dance that was to be attended by hundreds of Army soldiers at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Fortunately, the idiots constructing the bomb, namely Oughton, Robbins and Cold were killed when the bomb exploded unexpectedly.

Ayers and his accomplices had formerly been destroying properly without attempting to kill anyone. However, it's clear from his own testimony that he expected to murder many people in this attack. Ayers said the bomb would have "tearing through windows and walls and, yes, people too."

Ayers then ran from the FBI with Bernadine Dohrn, who became his girlfriend and still sticks by him, before finally surrendering in 1980."

Chinese Immigrant Mom says she's Seen Common Core Before... in Communist China! - Eagle Rising

Chinese Immigrant Mom says she's Seen Common Core Before... in Communist China! - Eagle Rising:

"This is yet more evidence for the reason to remove your kids from the public indoctrination centers called public school and demand that your representatives abolish the federal Department of Education. A Chinese immigrant mother of three testified before the Colorado State Board of Education that what is being passed off as Common Core is actually the same Communist indoctrination that she experienced as a child in Communist China.

Lily Tang Williams, told the board, "Common Core, in my eyes, is the same as the Communist core I once saw in China."

History for October 13

History for October 13 - On-This-Day.com:
Molly Pitcher (Mary Hays McCauley) 1744, Wilbur Shaw 1902 - Racing driver, Yves Montand 1921 - Actor 


Margaret Thatcher 1925 - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Paul Simon 1941 - Musician, Marie Osmond 1959 - Singer 


1812 - American forces were defeated at the Battle of Queenstown Heights. The British victory effectively ended an further U.S. invasion of Canada. 


1943 - During World War II, Italy signed an armistice with the Allies and declared war on Germany. 


1957 - Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra introduced the Ford Edsel on an hour long special. 


1962 - "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opened on Broadway. 


1981 - Egyptian voters elected Vice President Hosni Mubarak as the new president one week after Anwar Sadat was assassinated. 


1989 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush called for an overthrow of the Panamanian ruler Manuel Antonio Noriega. 


1998 - The National Basketball Association (NBA) canceled regular season games, due to work stoppage, for first time in its 51-year history.

Donald Trump says Bowe Bergdahl should have been executed | Fox News

Donald Trump says Bowe Bergdahl should have been executed | Fox News:




Oct. 8, 2015: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Las Vegas. (AP)
LAS VEGAS –  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said Thursday that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl should have been executed for leaving his post in Afghanistan.

"We're tired of Sgt. Bergdahl, who's a traitor, a no-good traitor, who should have been executed," Trump said to cheers at a rowdy rally inside a packed Las Vegas theater at the casino-hotel Treasure Island."