Author: Admin

Oil and Gas Journal – by Nick Snow

US Bureau of Land Management state offices generated more than $1.1 billion of revenue from onshore oil and gas lease sales during 2018, a record amount nearly triple the previous record of $408 million for the comparable period in 2008, Acting Interior Sec. David Bernhardt announced on Feb. 6.

Bonus bids from the 28 oil and gas lease sales during calendar 2018 came to a preliminary $1,151,109,064 for 1,412 parcels, covering almost 1.5 million acres, he said in Hobbs, NM.  Continue reading “BLM reports record-breaking onshore oil, gas lease revenue in 2018”

NBC News

Freshman Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota — one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress last fall — is accused of sending a string of “anti-Semitic” tweets regarding the Israeli lobby in the U.S.

Omar, a proponent of the BDS — Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions — movement aimed at putting economic and political pressure on Israel over its treatment of Palestinians, first tweeted Sunday night that money was driving U.S. politicians to defend Israel.   Continue reading “Freshman Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar accused of sending ‘anti-Semitic’ tweets”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has sued Lockheed Martin Corp, Lockheed Martin Services Inc, and Mission Support Alliance LLC, as well as a Lockheed executive for alleged false claims and kickbacks on a multibillion-dollar contract to clean up a nuclear site, the Justice Department said on Friday.

The complaint alleges Lockheed paid more than $1 million to Mission Support Alliance executives in order to win a $232 million subcontract for providing management and technology support at the Hanford, Washington site from 2010 through the middle of 2016 at inflated rates.   Continue reading “U.S. sues Lockheed, others for alleged kickbacks on nuclear site cleanup”

Kowal Communications – by Dave Kowal, Feb. 7, 2013

No one knows how many laws there are in the United States.  Apparently, no one can count that high.

They’ve been accumulating, of course, for more than 200 years.  When federal laws were first codified in 1927, they fit into a single volume.  By the 1980s, there were 50 volumes of more than 23,000 pages.   Continue reading “How Many Federal Laws Are There? No One Knows.”

CBS News

Lawmakers in Washington State are proposing a bill that would no longer allow parents to cite philosophical or personal reasons for not vaccinating their child as the region battles a growing measles outbreak. Currently, 18 states allow those exemptions. The 56 confirmed cases in the Pacific Northwest have prompted the governor of Washington to declare a state of emergency.

Monica Stonier is the state representative for Clark County, Washington, the area hit hardest by the outbreak. In her county alone, there is currently 51 confirmed cases of the measles, and another 13 suspected.   Continue reading “Washington state weighs vaccination bill as measles outbreak spreads”

USA Today

SAN FRANCISCO – A gas explosion in San Francisco shot a tower of flames into the sky and burned five buildings including one of the city’s popular restaurants before firefighters brought the blaze under control. There were no injuries.

Wednesday’s explosion and fire sent panicked residents and workers in the city’s Inner Richmond neighborhood fleeing into the streets as flames shot above the rooftops of nearby three-story buildings.   Continue reading “San Francisco gas explosion shoots fire that burns 5 buildings”

WISN 12 News

MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee tactical officer died Wednesday morning at Froedtert Hospital after being shot while executing a search warrant on the city’s south side.

Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales identified the fallen officer as Matthew Rittner.

Rittner, 35, with 17 years of service with the department, is the third Milwaukee officer to be killed in the line of duty in the last eight months.   Continue reading “Milwaukee officer shot, killed while executing search warrant; suspect in custody”

Yahoo News

A 26-year-old man was arrested Monday for jumping on a moving Amtrak train in California while he was under the influence. He is also accused of trying to manipulate train controls and activating the train whistle more than once.

Dylan Thomas Baldini, from McCloud, Calif., was taken into custody early Monday, according to a release sent to Yahoo Lifestyle by Sheriff Jon E. Lopey of the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO), where deputies responded to a radio call. They were joined by officers from the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and Mt. Shasta Police Department (MSPD).   Continue reading “Intoxicated man arrested for jumping aboard moving Amtrak train and taking over controls”

Yahoo News

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that Jerry Sandusky be re-sentenced on the basis that in 2012 the judge improperly imposed mandatory minimum terms that sent the former Penn State football coach away for 30-60 years.

In the same ruling, the court rejected Sandusky’s appeal for a new trial. Sandusky, now 75, was convicted by a Centre County Jury of 45 counts of sexual molestation and remains imprisoned in Western Pennsylvania.   Continue reading “Sandusky needs to be resentenced, court says”

Yahoo News

A Colorado man is expected to make a full recovery after suffocating a mountain lion to death when the animal attacked him while he was running.

According to The Coloradoan, the man was jogging on a path in Horsetooth Mountain Park near Fort Collins when the 80-pound animal appeared from behind and began attacking him. Despite suffering cuts to his face and wrists from the lion’s claws, the unidentified man was able to wrestle himself free from the feline. Per The Denver Post, the jogger took himself to a nearby hospital after hiking to safety.    Continue reading “Colorado trail runner fends off mountain lion attack by suffocating animal to death”

WTVR 6 News

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Va. – Virginia State Trooper Lucas B. Dowell was killed when someone inside a home fired a weapon at police executing a search warrant during a drug investigation. The person who killed Trooper Dowell was shot and killed by police.

Dowell was killed while helping the Piedmont Regional Drug and Gang Task Force search a home on Cumberland Road, near Farmville, Monday night, according to police.   Continue reading “Virginia State Trooper killed during drug investigation”

Breitbart – by John Binder

Foreign-born workers are continuing to make significant employment gains over native-born American workers, the latest federal job data reveals.

For the month of January, foreign-born workers increased their labor participation rate year-to-year nearly nine times as much as native-born Americans. Likewise, foreign workers enjoyed nearly four times the job growth in January as American workers. While the foreign worker population increased about 3.4 percent year-to-year, the American worker population increased less than 0.9 percent over the same period.   Continue reading “Data: Foreign Workers See 4X the Job Growth of Americans in January”

Yahoo News

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Thousands of U.S.-bound Central American migrants resumed their northern journey on Thursday, Mexico City officials said, part of a growing group of would-be asylum seekers who say they are fleeing violence and poverty back home.

Around 2,400 migrants left a city shelter to begin the journey from the Mexican capital early Thursday morning, the latest caravan to embark upon the risky path to the U.S.-Mexican border despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s determination to prevent them from entering.   Continue reading “Latest group of Central American migrants proceed with northern trek”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Update: As we previewed below, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that the US will withdraw from the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces treaty immediately, prompting threats of a Russian “response” from Moscow.

According to RT, Pompeo said the US could return to compliance with the treaty if Moscow meets Washington’s demands within the next 180 days. To convince the US to back down, Washington has insisted that Russia cease development of a new cruise missile. Moscow has repeatedly denied claims that it’s in violation of the treaty.    Continue reading “Russia Threatens Retaliation As US Pulls Out Of Nuclear Arms Treaty”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

Tennessee State Sen. Joey Hensley (R-Hohenwald) is pushing a bill to allow firefighters and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) to carry guns while on the clock.

Fox 17 reports that the legislation, Senate Bill 0422, would allow handguns to be carried by firefighters and EMTs who “complete a firearm training program.”    Continue reading “Tennessee Republican Pushes Bill Allowing EMTs, Firefighters to Carry Guns”

Breitbart – by John Binder

A total of 20 individuals were arrested by federal authorities on Thursday after being accused of operating “birth tourism” businesses which essentially sold birthright American citizenship to pregnant Chinese women looking to permanently stay in the United States.

California resident Dongyuan Li — along with 19 others — was arrested by federal officials for operating her business called “You Win USA” that allegedly brought pregnant Chinese women to the country for anywhere between $40,000 to $80,000 to have their children in America in order to secure them birthright U.S. citizenship, according to the Associated Press (AP).   Continue reading “California: 20 Accused of Selling Birthright Citizenship to Pregnant Foreigners”

Yahoo News

HOUSTON (AP) — What started as an online fundraiser to provide President Donald Trump with donations for his southern border wall has morphed into a foundation whose members vow to build a wall themselves.

The “We The People Will Build the Wall” campaign has surpassed $20 million since it was created in December by Air Force veteran and triple amputee Brian Kolfage. The campaign has received almost 350,000 donations even as wall opponents derided the effort and after the longest government shutdown in U.S. history ended with Congress refusing Trump’s demand for billions in wall funding.   Continue reading “Conservatives head to Texas to try to build their own wall”