RT

After nearly two decades, Shell has received the final permission from the US government to begin Arctic oil drilling off the coast of Alaska. This comes ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit to Alaska where he will examine environmental issues.

The area approved for drilling in the Chukchi Sea is estimated to contain about 15 billion barrels of oil, while the Arctic is thought to have more than 20 percent of the world’s undiscovered oil and gas resources. Shell says drilling in the area could become a “game changer” for US domestic production.   Continue reading “Shell gets final approval for Arctic oil drilling”

Update from Ed:  The Lawyer Complex fire is within 1/4 mile of the McNeil home (Joe McNeil, owner and operator of The Micro Effect broadcast network).  The family has been told to evacuate but are going to stay and fight as long as they can and if necessary try to salvage as much as they can.  Joe reports looting is occurring in the area. Family requesting prayer.

KREM 2

KAMIAH, Idaho — The Lawyer Complex has burned 42 homes and 75 other buildings, according to Northern Rockies Incident Management Team.   Continue reading “42 homes lost to the Lawyer Complex Fire, Idaho”

New York Times – by Clifford Krauss

HOUSTON — The Obama administration on Friday gave oil companies temporary permission to export a limited amount of oil to Mexico at a time when a glut is cutting into domestic petroleum profits and employment.

The decision by the Commerce Department fell short of removing a ban on crude exports that goes back to the 1970s, when international oil boycotts produced long lines at gasoline stations and threatened the American economy. It also does not make a broad national security exception for Mexico, which has long existed for Canada, to release larger-scale exports.   Continue reading “U.S. Allows Limited Oil Exports to Mexico”

Biz Journals – by Cathy Proctor

For sale to the highest bidder: Thousands of acres of federally owned mineral rights in two southern Colorado counties and in the Pawnee National Grassland near the Colorado-Wyoming border.

Grassland-area drilling would only be allowed from private parcels adjacent to federal property, however.   Continue reading “BLM to auction more drilling rights on Pawnee National Grassland”

PR Web

Contrary to many stories in the media about how low-wage jobs have dominated since the recovery began in 2010, the largest job growth has come from good jobs, according to a new study from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.

Good Jobs Are Back: College Graduates Are First in Line reveals that the economy has added 6.6 million jobs since 2010, 2.9 million of which were good jobs. These jobs paid more than $53,000, tended to be full time and provided health insurance and retirement plans. In addition to the 2.9 million good jobs created, the economy also created 1.9 million middle-wage jobs and 1.8 million low-wage jobs.   Continue reading “Good Jobs Account for Almost Half of All Job Growth During the Recovery, New Georgetown University Study Finds”

Fox News

RIDGECREST, Calif. –  An 18-day manhunt in the mountainous high desert of central California ended when two deputies opened fire on a man who pulled out a handgun during a confrontation on a rural road, authorities said Sunday.

Benjamin Peter Ashley, 34, was struck by several rounds after he failed to comply with orders to drop the weapon as he walked toward foothills east of Bakersfield on Saturday, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood told The Associated Press.   Continue reading “Target of 18-day manhunt killed in California’s high desert; deputies confront suspect on road”

Examiner – by Roz Zurko

Yosemite National Park closed another campsite after it was discovered that squirrels in that area had died of the plague. The plague is spread through fleas, so the campsite needs to be treated to kill those fleas before reopening.

According to RT.com on August 15, these campsites book up months in advance so the people holding reservations for next week at the 304-site Tuolumne Meadows Campground will be out of luck. The Yosemite officials said that those folks with reservations on the days the campsite will be closed are being contacted and their reservations canceled, according to MSN News.   Continue reading “Yosemite closes another campsite: Dead squirrels found to have plague”

Reuters

A sheriff’s deputy in Nevada was killed early on Saturday while responding to a domestic battery report, and the suspect was later found dead, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office said.

The deputy was fatally shot when a male suspect came out of the house and opened fire on officers who were responding to the domestic violence incident that left a woman injured, the department said in a Facebook post.   Continue reading “Sheriff’s deputy fatally shot in Nevada, suspect dead”

4WWL

NEW ORLEANS – A Walmart store in Gentilly was evacuated and SWAT teams were called when a suspect walked into a store with a handgun early Saturday morning.

The incident occurred around 6 a.m. in the 4300 block of Chef Menteur.

According to police spokesman Garry Flot, when the armed gunman walked into the store, customers and employees inside began running out of the store. When police arrived they assisted several people who had not yet left the store. SWAT arrived at the scene and searched the store and were unable to locate the suspect.   Continue reading “Gunman sends panicked Walmart customers, employees to the exits”

The Financial Express – by Reuters

A federal appeals court on Friday threw out a lawsuit brought by an Arizona sheriff who argued that President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration were unconstitutional.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a district court judge’s finding that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio lacked standing to sue, a provision in U.S. law that means he has to prove he has been directly harmed.   Continue reading “U.S. court throws out Arizona sheriff’s immigration policy challenge”

Infowars – by Mikael Thalen

Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich linked “rhetoric” from supporters of the U.S. Constitution to violent anti-government groups and ISIS this week in an exposé on the officer’s fight against “homegrown extremists.”

In an article featured in the August 2015 edition of the Inlander, the Washington state sheriff draws comparisons to the ISIS terrorist group while railing against everyone from Infowars’ Alex Jones to Washington State Rep. Matthew Shea.   Continue reading “Sheriff Compares Constitutionalists to ISIS”

ABC New 6

BERNARDSVILLE, N.J. –People in parts of New Jersey got an early wake-up call Friday from a small earthquake that caused no damage or injuries.

The magnitude-2.7 quake hit around 3:41 a.m., roughly 2 miles north of Bernardsville, about 35 miles west of New York City, at a depth of 3 1/2 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was initially recorded as a 2.5 magnitude.   Continue reading “Small Earthquake Shakes Parts of New Jersey”

CNBC – by Patti Domm

With oil at a six-year low and much of the U.S. enjoying cheaper gas prices this summer, drivers in Chicago and the Midwest are in for some real pain at the pump.

Gasoline prices across the Midwest spiked an average of 20 cents or more per gallon overnight, after the outage at BP‘s Whiting refinery in Indiana sent prices in the wholesale spot market skyrocketing this week. More of that price shock should filter through to gas stations in states from Ohio and Kentucky to Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan.   Continue reading “Ouch! Gasoline prices are spiking in these states while oil is at a six-year low”

National Review – by Jim Geraghty, May 5, 2015

One week after 9/11, Michael Hayden, the director of the National Security Agency, the electronic surveillance arm of the U.S. government, had a long list of problems. High on the list was the fact that the NSA needed a ton of new high-tech equipment, particularly servers, right away, to handle a vastly expanded, critically important workload.

Hayden called up the CEO of Hewlett Packard, Carly Fiorina. “HP made precisely the equipment we needed, and we needed in bulk,” says Robert Deitz, who was general counsel at the NSA from 1998 to 2006. Deitz recalls that a tractor-trailer full of HP servers and other equipment was on the Washington, D.C. Beltway, en route to retailers, at the very moment Hayden called. Fiorina instructed her team to postpone the retailer delivery and have the driver stop. An NSA police car met up with the tractor-trailer and the truck proceeded, with an armed escort, to NSA headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland.   Continue reading “How Carly Fiorina managed and advised the ‘poobahs’ at Langley.”

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Free-Man’s Perspective – by Paul Rosenberg

Another American election cycle is upon us, and large numbers of people are lining up to pour their time and money into the sewer of politics, to be lost forever.

This system will not be fixed. Period. This is Rome in 460 AD. The rulers, as in Rome, are liars, mad, or drunk (these days, drugged)… or all three.   Continue reading “It’s 460 AD in Rome: This Won’t Be Fixed”

Infowars

The corporate media insists Oath Keepers were hired by Alex Jones and Infowars to protect journalists in Ferguson, Missouri.

Newsweek reported this morning:

Led by a man who gave his name only as John, the group, whose members wore bulletproof vests and carried sidearms in addition to combat-style rifles, said they had come to protect a journalist from the conservative “Infowars.com” Web site.

Continue reading “Infowars did not hire Oath Keepers”

Oil and Gas Journal – by Nick Snow

The US Department of Energy ruled that American LNG Marketing LLC’s proposal to export LNG in International Standards Organization certified containers from South Florida to countries not having a free trade agreement with the US is consistent with the national interest.

DOE authorized American LNG to export the equivalent of up to 8 MMcfd of gas, or 3.02 bcf/year, for 20 years to customers in non-FTA countries according to an Aug. 7 final order and decision. It said that ALNG is controlled by Fortress Equity Partners LP and sponsored by entities related to Fortress Investment Group LLC in New York.   Continue reading “Department of Energy allows LNG exports in containers from Florida to non-FTA nations”

Fox 2 Now

CLAYTON, MO – Several people were shot in Ferguson Sunday night after a peaceful march to mark the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death. Two people were shot in a drive-by shooting and one opened fire on police officers. Police returned fire, critically injuring the suspect.  Now, St. Louis County officials are declaring a State of Emergency.

Organizers are calling today “Moral Monday.”  It is a day of planned civil disobedience.  They have more events planned for the remainder of the day. In the past the day of civil disobedience has included blocking highways and shutting down big businesses across St. Louis County.   Continue reading “St. Louis County issues State of Emergency”