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Here’s a question: do you really need to learn 15 or 20 skills to be able to survive in the wild? Do you really need to know all the possible ways to start a fire?
Becoming good at even one thing takes YEARS of practice, and that just not something most people are willing to do, particularly when there’re so many other things related to survival that need to be done. Continue reading “Do You Really Need to Be a Bushcraft Expert to Survive?”
A San Francisco-based appeals court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration’s request to resume his executive action on immigration and refugees, setting up a potential showdown in the Supreme Court.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled unanimously that a nationwide restraining order against President Trump’s temporary travel ban may continue while a federal judge considers a lawsuit over the policy. Continue reading “Appeals court unanimously rejects Trump on travel ban”
According to documents obtained by Judicial Watch, former Attorney General Eric Holder is being paid a boat load of taxpayer money to fight and oppose President Donald Trump’s agenda in California.
“We will render our statements to you monthly. For the initial three-month phase of our engagement, we have agreed to charge the Legislature a fixed fee of $25,000 per month,” the agreement between Covington & Burling Law Firm, where Holder now works, and the California Legislature states. “This fee will include a maximum of 40 attorney or advisor hours per month.” Continue reading “Eric Holder Is Getting Paid a Boat Load of Money By California Taxpayers to Oppose President Trump”
Russian airstrikes have accidentally killed three Turkish soldiers and injured 11 others in northern Syria, Russia’s Defense Ministry confirmed.
A Russian warplane hit a building housing Turkish soldiers in Al-Bab at 8:40 am local time, the Hurriyet Daily reports citing Ankara’s statement.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed condolences over the accidental loss of life in the airstrike, in a phone call with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov told RIA Novosti. Continue reading “3 Turkish soldiers accidentally killed in Russian airstrike in Syria, Moscow confirms”
Bloomberg – by Jennifer A Dlouhy and Margaret Talev
A group of prominent Republicans and business leaders pitched a tax on carbon dioxide to top White House aides Wednesday, selling the plan as an economic win that could drive job growth and yield environmental dividends too.
Former Secretary of State James Baker and other members of the new “Climate Leadership Council” pressed the case in a 45-minute meeting in the Roosevelt Room that included President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser Gary Cohn, Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and senior aide Kellyanne Conway. Continue reading “Prominent Republicans Pitch Carbon-Tax Plan to Top Trump Aides”
New York Daily News – by David Boroff
A murderous couple remains on the loose after killing three women and critically wounding another in two states over the last week, authorities say.
A multistate search enters its second week for William “Billy” Boyette, 44, and 37-year-old Mary Rice, who cops say most recently shot a young mother during a home invasion in Florida on Monday. Kayla Crocker, 28, of Pensacola was hospitalized in critical condition, according to the Pensacola News Journal. Continue reading “Authorities in frantic search as couple kills three women, critically wounds another in Florida and Alabama”
After a week of aggressively working to strip Obama administration rules off the books, House Republicans are lining up even more votes on regulations in the days ahead.
The House on Monday will begin the process of ending a Bureau of Land Management planning rule instituted in the closing days of Obama’s presidency. Continue reading “Congress to vote on repealing BLM’s planning rule”
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It was a night of terror for a small town (330 inhabitants) in Guerrero this week when at least 40 armed men kidnapped seven people, peppered homes with machine gun fire and robbed some residents of cash and belongings. Continue reading “Guerrero, Mexico: Police ignore calls for help as 50 sicarios terrorize town”
NEW YORK/SINGAPORE Feb 3 Oil majors and trading houses are set to ship an unprecedented volume of U.S. crude oil to Asia in coming weeks, boosting already high flows to the region due to higher prices from OPEC production cuts.
Traders have estimated that some 700,000 to 900,000 barrels per day is set to leave the United States in February, with the majority of the cargoes headed to Asia. Continue reading “Record volume of US crude to head for Asia in coming weeks”
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Continue reading “This is the sky over Las Vegas, February 4th, 2017”
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court denied early Sunday the Justice Department’s request for an immediate reinstatement of President Donald Trump’s ban on accepting certain travelers and all refugees.
The Trump administration appealed a temporary order restraining the ban nationwide, saying late Saturday night that the federal judge in Seattle overreached by “second-guessing” the president on a matter of national security. Continue reading “Court denies Trump request to immediately restore travel ban”
A veteran CIA clandestine service officer who ran one of the agency’s “black site” prisons set up after the 9/11 attacks was named deputy director of the U.S. spy agency on Thursday by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Gina Haspel, who will serve under new Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo, was the first woman spy to reach the CIA’s second-highest position, and her selection won applause inside the agency’s Virginia headquarters and from many longtime U.S. intelligence professionals. Continue reading “Trump names former ‘black site’ prison operator CIA deputy chief”
President Donald Trump will halt an Obama administration regulation, hated by the financial industry, that requires retirement advisers to work in the best interests of their clients, while the new administration reviews the rule.
The president also will order a review of Dodd-Frank Act rules enacted in response to the 2008 financial crisis, a White House official said. Trump is scheduled to issue the directives at a signing ceremony around noon on Friday following a meeting of more than a dozen top corporate executives led by Blackstone Group LP Chief Executive Officer Steve Schwarzman. Continue reading “Trump to Halt Obama Fiduciary Rule, Order Review of Dodd-Frank”
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on 13 people and a dozen companies in response to Iran’s recent ballistic missile test.
The Treasury Department announced the action Friday. Continue reading “US hits 13 people, dozen companies in new Iran sanctions”
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High school is forever, the saying goes. And for Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch, it’s proving particularly true today.
Gorsuch both created and headed the “Fascism Forever Club” at Georgetown Preparatory School, which he graduated from in 1985, The Daily Mail reports. The school is a selective all-boys Jesuit prep school, and now reportedly costs day students $30,000 annually and boarding students $50,000.
Continue reading “Neil Gorsuch Founded ‘Fascism Forever Club,’ Report Says”
NEW YORK — Fights broke out Thursday night at a protest at New York University amid an appearance by a conservative speaker, who school officials said was hit by pepper spray.
Gavin McInnes was invited to speak on campus by the NYU College Republicans. McInnes is an actor, comedian and co-founder of Vice Media. Continue reading “NYU protest turns violent; conservative speaker Gavin McInnes hit with pepper spray”
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled Congress on Thursday scrapped Obama-era rules on the environment and guns, counting on a new ally in the White House to help reverse years of what the GOP calls excessive regulation.
The Senate gave final approval to a measure eliminating a rule to prevent coal mining debris from being dumped into nearby streams, while the House backed a separate resolution doing away with extended background checks for gun purchases by some Social Security recipients with mental disabilities. Continue reading “Congress scraps Obama rules on coal mining, guns”