RT

The US has reached a new energy milestone after the volume of the natural gas exported in November exceeded the amount imported during the same period.

The country has become a net exporter of natural gas for the first time in nearly six decades, according to the US Energy Department.

Gas exports totaled 7.4 billion cubic feet per day this month, compared to the 7 billion cubic feet per day the country imported, according to data from S&P Global Platts.   Continue reading “US net exporter of natural gas for first time in 60 yrs”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

While it has yet to be officially confirmed by the Trump transition team, moments ago the NYT reported that – in what had previously been leaked on several occasions on various other outlets most notably the WSJ – former Goldman banker and Soros employee, Steven Mnuchin “a financier with deep roots on Wall Street and in Hollywood but no government experience”is expected to be named Donald J. Trump’s Treasury secretary as soon as Wednesday.

The WSJ has confirmed as much, reporting that “President-elect Donald Trump will name longtime banker and former Goldman Sachs executive Steven Mnuchin as Treasury secretary, turning to a campaign loyalist and fundraiser for the incoming administration’s top economic cabinet post, a transition official said Tuesday.”   Continue reading “Trump Picks Former Goldman Banker Steven Mnuchin As Treasury Secretary”

Truthstream Media – by Melissa Dykes

Some people still aren’t sure on this point, so just for the record, yes: US government domestic propaganda use against American citizens has been fully made legal.

Looking around at what’s going on in “the news” today, that certainly explains a lot, doesn’t it?   Continue reading “Yes, US Government Propaganda Use Against American Citizens Is Officially Legal Now”

CBS News

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Police said they killed at least one suspect during an active shooter lockdown at Ohio State University on Monday morning, reports CBS Columbus affiliate WBNS. It is not clear whether there are more suspects.

Ohio State University officials have canceled classes for the day. Nearby school districts in Upper Arlington and Grandview Heights were also placed on lockdown.

Officials say at least eight people were injured, one critically, in an incident that began at the campus’ chemical engineering building.    Continue reading “At least 8 injured in Ohio State University attack; one suspect dead”

NBC 4

COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Firefighters say at least seven people have been transported after the active shooter was reported on campus.

The nature of the injuries are not known at this time.

An alert was issued for an active shooter on Ohio State University’s Campus, Monday morning.   Continue reading “Active shooter reported on Ohio State campus, one person hospitalized”

PJ Media – by Rick Moran

The Obama administration is preparing to give the middle finger to the American electorate by ignoring the results of the recently held election and continuing with Obama’s efforts to “transform” America.

The president has been unable to effect much transformation via Congress, so he has once again picked up his pen and is readying a dizzying array of new regulations from a dozen different agencies that will massively increase the burden on American business.   Continue reading “Obama to Push Nearly 100 New Regulations Before Leaving Office”

The Motley Fool – by Leo Sun

2016 looks like it will be a record year for gun sales. The number of NICS background checks for firearm purchases has risen annually for 18 straight months, hitting 22.2 million at the end of October versus 23.1 million in 2015.

Analysts expect Smith & Wesson (NASDAQ:SWHC) and Sturm Ruger (NYSE:RGR) — the only two publicly traded gunmakers in the U.S. — to respectively grow their revenues by 26% and 13% this year. Let’s take a look back at the five top selling handguns of the year, as listed by Gunbroker.com, and what they tell us about today’s American firearm market.   Continue reading “The 5 Best-Selling Handguns of 2016”

Black Friday – the name elevates images of people standing in long lines, fighting the crowds to grab the best bargains of the year, and filling the shopping carts to the rims. From another perspective Black Friday is the day when retailers try to push their sales to the last limits in order to maximize their profits, i.e. move from red (loss) column to the black (profit). While the shoppers try to grab the best bargains of the year, the retailers, on the other hand, try to achieve their Black Friday sales targets, this battle continues till the end of the day to mark the winners and losers of this battle.   Continue reading “The Battle of Black Friday: Winners and Losers”

Newsmax – by Brian Freeman

Unaccompanied minors are being used as deportation shields in the newest strategy by illegal immigrants to sneak into the country, an expert on the subject told The Washington Times.

Internal Homeland Security documents reviewed by the newspaper show that adults trying to illegally cross into the U.S are pairing up with unrelated children to pretend to be families and fabricate heart-breaking stories in order to convince border agents to admit them.   Continue reading “Illegal Immigrants Set Record By Using Children As Deportation Shields”

Charlotte Observer

WICHITA, KAN. When Shane Cox began selling his homemade firearms and silencers out of his military surplus store, he stamped “Made in Kansas” on them to assure buyers that a Kansas law would prevent federal prosecution of anyone owning firearms made, sold and kept in the state.

The 45-year-old Chanute resident also handed out copies to customers of the Second Amendment Protection Act passed in 2013 by the Kansas Legislature and signed by Gov. Sam Brownback, and even collected sales taxes. His biggest selling item was unregistered gun silencers that were flying out of the shop as fast as Cox could make them, prosecutors said later. One of those customers — 28-year-old Jeremy Kettler of Chanute — was so enthusiastic about the silencer that he posted a video on Facebook.   Continue reading “Kansas man’s homemade gun silencers clash with federal law”

CNN

President-elect Donald Trump’s administration will not pursue further investigations of Hillary Clinton related to her private email server or the Clinton Foundation, Trump’s former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said Tuesday, a significant break from a major campaign promise.

“I think when the President-elect, who’s also the head of your party, tells you before he’s even inaugurated that he doesn’t wish to pursue these charges, it sends a very strong message, tone, and content” to fellow Republicans, Conway said in an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”   Continue reading “Trump aide Kellyanne Conway: No plan to pursue charges against Clinton”

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Anna Von Reitz

The election is finally over. Thank goodness and mercy for small favors. And Hillary
didn’t win, which would have been four more years of the same old nasty, corrupt,
self-serving disaster. So a hearty “Thank God!” for that. And now we are embarked
on another chapter in United States, Inc.—- not American— history.

This is an important distinction for everyone to learn.   Continue reading “So Trump is President- Elect”

Washington Post – by Amy B Wang

In his first round of Sunday show interviews since the election, Vice President-elect Mike Pence did not rule out the possibility that President-elect Donald Trump could reinstate waterboarding as an interrogation technique during his administration.

On CBS Sunday, “Face the Nation” host John Dickerson brought up Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and his comments Saturday at the Halifax International Security Forum. At a panel discussion there, McCain vehemently insisted that any attempt to bring back waterboarding, which simulates drowning, would be quickly challenged in court, the Associated Press reported.   Continue reading “Mike Pence doesn’t rule out waterboarding under Trump administration”

New York Post – by Marisa Schultz

Donald Trump praised Sen. Charles Schumer on Sunday and took a parting shot at the New York Democrat’s soon-to-be predecessor, Harry Reid.

Trump used his kind words about Schumer as a swipe against the retiring Senate minority leader, Reid, one of the president-elect’s most vocal critics during the campaign.

“I have always had a good relationship with Chuck Schumer,” Trump tweeted Sunday morning about Schumer, the soon-to-be Senate minority leader. “He is far smarter than Harry R and has the ability to get things done. Good news!”   Continue reading “Trump: I have always had a good relationship with Chuck Schumer”