Fox News

Shopping malls across the nation were taking additional security precautions Tuesday following a string of disturbances the day after Christmas that resulted in minor injuries, evacuations and scores of arrests.

Police were beefing up patrols and mall security guards were out in force after melees involving mostly young people erupted around malls in Elizabeth, N.J.; Fayetteville, N.C.; East Garden City, N.Y.; Aurora, Colo.; and Tempe, Ariz., among others.   Continue reading “Malls across US beef up security after brawls”

CT Post – by Jim Shay

Come January 2017, a new baby will be born in the United States every eight seconds and a person will die every 11 seconds.

And every 33 seconds, a new international immigrant – legal or otherwise – will be added to the population of the US of A.     Continue reading “U.S. Adds A New Immigrant Every 33 Seconds”

NPR – by Nathan Rott

President Obama has designated two areas in the deserts of southern Nevada and Utah as national monuments, after years of fighting and debate over the management of both areas.

The newly created Bears Ears National Monument will protect roughly 1.35 million acres of land in southeast Utah from future development. Gold Butte National Monument will give federal protections to roughly 300,000 acres in southwest Nevada, not far from the site where local ranchers and law enforcement had an armed standoff just two years ago.   Continue reading “Obama Designates Two New National Monuments In Nevada And Utah”

Haaretz

President-elect Donald Trump said that the U.S. “cannot continue to let Israel be treated with such total disdain and disrespect” hours before Secretary of State John Kerry was set to give a speech on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

“They used to have a great friend in the U.S., but……. not anymore. The beginning of the end was the horrible Iran deal, and now this (U.N.)! Stay strong Israel, January 20th is fast approaching!” Trump tweeted.   Continue reading “Trump: Stay Strong Israel, January 20th Is Fast Approaching”

LA Times

A series of earthquakes was reported early Wednesday morning near the Nevada-California state line, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The first temblor, with a magnitude of 5.7, occurred at 12:22 a.m. PST near Hawthorne, Nev. At least seven quakes with magnitudes between 3 and 5.6 were reported shortly after.  Continue reading “Series of earthquakes hits near California-Nevada state line”

SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo

Is it any coincidence that the financial crises, and the subsequent restrictions, follow the general chaos and upheaval that surround hotspots and conflict zones?

The European Union has once again been confronted with a major terror attack, and is coming down harsh on cash, gold and other valuables as a response. Due to its supposed connection to financing terrorism, cash and gold are being closely monitored and seized as it flows into the EU.   Continue reading ““Financial Lockdown… ATMs Went Dry”: 3 Police States Banning Cash to Control the People”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a new legal development on the controversy over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails, an appeals court on Tuesday reversed a lower court ruling and said two U.S. government agencies should have done more to recover the emails.

The ruling from Judge Stephen Williams, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, revives one of a number of legal challenges involving Clinton’s handling of government emails when she was secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.   Continue reading “U.S. appeals court revives Clinton email suit”

Mediate – by Justin Baragona

Shortly after President-elect Donald Trump took to his phone to take a shot at President Barack Obama for claiming that he could have won if he ran in the election, the incoming POTUS also used his Twitter account to rail against a newfound favorite target.  Continue reading “‘So Sad!’: Trump Thinks UN Has ‘Great Potential’ But Now ‘Just a Club’ to ‘Talk and Have a Good Time’”

USA Today

RAMALLAH, West Bank – The Palestinian President said Tuesday that he hopes the upcoming Mideast conference in France will set a timetable to end settlements, as Israel moves ahead with new housing unit construction in east Jerusalem, despite the recent U.N. Security Council resolution condemning construction there.

The developments came just days after the United States broke with past practice and allowed the U.N. Security Council to condemn Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem as a “flagrant violation” of international law.   Continue reading “Israel plans more settlements; Abbas looks to Paris summit”

Free Thought Project – by Justin Gardner

Continuing in the tradition of sacrificing everyone’s privacy to pursue a ‘war’ on the tactic of terrorism, the U.S. government has begun requesting social media identities from foreign travelers.

Politico first reported that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) approved an addition to the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) on Dec. 19. The foray into people’s online presence was first proposed in June 2016.   Continue reading “US Govt Now Asking Travelers For Facebook And Twitter Profiles To Feed Surveillance State”

The Anti-Media – by Derrick Broze

Houston, TX — Local activists attempting to hand out food and gifts were shocked on Thursday afternoon when Houston police forced the homeless to throw away the donations.  Around 1 pm on Thursday,  several individuals met in downtown Houston to distribute plates of hot food, blankets, and other supplies to the city’s growing homeless population. Soon after, Houston police arrived on the scene of two different intersections where the homeless advocates were giving out gifts and food.   Continue reading “Unhappy Holidays: Houston Police Force Homeless People to Throw Away Food”

Yahoo News

If we’ve learned anything in the last few months it’s that seemingly, no entity is safe from hacking. From banks to ballot boxes (or rather, voter registration systems), occurrences of high security breaches have been on the rise. And now, the FBI is investigating how hackers managed to make their way into computers at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Unfortunately, this isn’t a new case — it’s been going on since at least 2010.   Continue reading “The FBI is now probing FDIC hacks allegedly carried out by the Chinese military”

Yahoo News

Moscow (AFP) – A Russian military plane heading to Syria crashed into the Black Sea on Sunday, with no sign of survivors among the 92 on board, including Red Army Choir members on their way to celebrate the New Year with troops.

The Tu-154 plane went down shortly after taking off from the southern city of Adler where it had been refuelling, defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a briefing broadcast on the ministry’s website.   Continue reading “‘No survivors’ as Syria-bound Russian jet crashes”

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The Great Recession – by David Haggith

Since Trump’s election, the US stock market has climbed unstoppably along a remarkably steep path to round off at a teetering height. Is this the irrational exuberance that typically marks the last push before a perilous plunge, or is the market reaching escape velocity from the relentless gravity of the Great Recession?

This burst of enthusiasm in response to Trump’s victory, flew in the face of almost everyone’s predictions. That it lifted the market from seven months of languor certainly makes 20K on the Dow look like the elevation marker of a breathtaking summit.   Continue reading “Irrational Exuberance in US Stock Market Grasps at 20K for Dow”