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General Motors Co. (GM) announced on Wednesday that it will spend $691 million to build and expand its factories in Mexico.
GM Mexico President Ernest Hernandez said the move will boost Mexican employment and development. Continue reading “GM to Invest $691 Million in Mexico”
The New York Times – by CHARLIE SAVAGE
WASHINGTON — Four Central Intelligence Agency officers were embedded with the New York Police Department in the decade after Sept. 11, 2001, including one official who helped conduct surveillance operations in the United States, according to a newly disclosed C.I.A. inspector general’s report.
That officer believed there were “no limitations” on his activities, the report said, because he was on an unpaid leave of absence, and thus exempt from the prohibition against domestic spying by members of the C.I.A. Continue reading “C.I.A. Report Finds Concerns With Ties to New York Police”
In a recent study orchestrated by the CDC and carried out by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council, it was found that individuals involved in violent crimes who defended themselves using techniques other than carrying a gun were more likely to be injured when compared to those who were carrying a concealed firearm. Continue reading “Woops! Obama Ordered Gun Report Reveals Guns Actually Save Lives”
Reuters – by John O’Donnell and Robin Emmott
(Reuters) – The European Union agreed on Thursday to force investors and wealthy savers to share the costs of future bank failures, moving closer to drawing a line under years of taxpayer-funded bailouts that have prompted public outrage.
After seven hours of late-night talks, finance ministers from the bloc’s 27 countries emerged with a blueprint to close or salvage banks in trouble. The plan stipulates that shareholders, bondholders and depositors with more than 100,000 euros ($132,000) should share the burden of saving a bank. Continue reading “Europe strikes deal to push cost of bank failure on investors”
The joke around the NSA used to be that the acronym stood for “No Such Agency” as its very existence was denied for years. While the NSA is now very official, it’s still probably the most secretive agency out there. That’s to be somewhat expected, given its mission, but it appears that when it needs to be transparent, it doesn’t do very well at all.
We noted yesterday that Senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall had called the NSA out for flat out lying on a “fact sheet” the agency had posted about its section 702 surveillance efforts. Continue reading “NSA Deletes Fact Sheet On NSA Spying After Senate Points Out It’s Actually NSA Lying”
Natural News – by Ethan A. Huff
If there is any remaining doubt in your mind about the fact that the federal government today has been completely overrun by sociopathic, freedom-hating enemies of the U.S. Constitution, some recent absurd statements made by South Carolina Senator (and full-fledged American traitor) Lindsey Graham, a Republican, should put all such doubt to rest. Continue reading “Enemy of freedom Lindsey Graham says he would support censoring mail for ‘national security’ purposes”
Infowars – by Paul Joseph Watson
The wife of Rolling Stone journalist Michael Hastings, who was killed in what many people believe was a suspicious car crash last week, has vowed to “take down whoever did this,” according to the man who released an email in which Hastings told friends he was being harassed by the government.
Staff Sergeant Joseph Biggs, who yesterday told Fox News that Hastings was working on “the biggest story yet” about the CIA before his untimely death, was responsible for releasing an email Hastings wrote 15 hours before his car crash in which the journalist stated he was “onto a big story” and needed “to go off the rada[r] for a bit.” Continue reading “Michael Hastings’ Wife Vows to “Take Down Whoever Did This””
Jeff Olson, the 40-year-old man who is being prosecuted for scrawling anti-megabank messages on sidewalks in water-soluble chalk last year now faces a 13-year jail sentence. A judge has barred his attorney from mentioning freedom of speech during trial.
According to the San Diego Reader, which reported on Tuesday that a judge had opted to prevent Olson’s attorney from “mentioning the First Amendment, free speech, free expression, public forum, expressive conduct, or political speech during the trial,” Olson must now stand trial for on 13 counts of vandalism. Continue reading “California man faces 13 years in jail for scribbling anti-bank messages in chalk”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch – by Christine Byers
ST. LOUIS • In Chief Sam Dotson’s vision of modern policing, a drone would circle Busch Stadium to watch for terrorists, or silently pursue a criminal who thought the chase was over when the officer in the car behind him turned off its red lights and siren.
And Dotson is working to make it happen. Continue reading “St. Louis police chief wants drones to monitor city from the sky”
The Los Angeles Unified School District will use a state grant to train teens to promote ObamaCare to family members. Covered California, the state’s health insurance exchange, announced grants of $37 million on May 14 to promote the nationally unpopular law.
LAUSD will receive $990,000. The district listed as a primary outcome for its project, “Teens trained to be messengers to family members.” Continue reading “California Schools to Train Kids to Sell ObamaCare”
The USDA “census of agriculture” is a government-run farm surveillance program designed to register and inventory detailed private data on farm assets, operations and personnel. A census form is mailed to each farmer in the United States, accompanied by threats of compliance and a warning that farmers who do not comply will be visited in person by government agents. Continue reading “USDA agricultural census program is a covert surveillance operation to compile government database of food and farm assets”
ATLANTA — Channel 2 Action News has obtained an email sent to Atlanta police that says traffic ticket money will fund future pay raises.
An Atlanta police source told Channel 2’s Amy Napier Viteri there are concerns that linking pay raises to tickets creates an indirect quota system, but the Mayor’s Office and the author of the email insist there’s no push to write more tickets. Continue reading “Atlanta Police Department email says traffic money to fund future pay raises”
Huffington Post – by SUZAN FRASER and AMER COHADZIC
ISTANBUL — Turkish police used water cannon to disperse thousands gathered in Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Saturday to observe a memorial for four people killed during recent anti-government protests. The officers later fired tear gas and rubber bullets, and in some cases beat people with batons, to scatter demonstrators who regrouped in side streets. Continue reading “Erdogan: Turkey, Brazil Protests Part Of Same, Foreign-Led Conspiracy To Destabilize Governments”
Taki’s Magazine – by Taki Theodoracopulos
This Rather Strange Alliance
When a draft-dodging con man such as Bill Clinton begins to sound like General George Patton, most intelligent people realize that the fix is in.
Clinton recently remonstrated with Obama over the latter’s inaction in Syria. Like a true politician, Barack obliged and ordered small arms to be delivered to the rebels three days after the draft dodger had read him the riot act. Clinton is a sleazeball who has never done a thing except beat his own drum. His close friends are sleazy, his Hollywood buddies are shabby, and even his daughter’s father-in-law has done hard time for big-time fraud. Continue reading “Want to Know What Is Going On In Syria, Follow the Money?”
Washington Times – by Shaun Waterman
Six of the largest government contractors doing “Top Secret” work for the National Security Agency and other U.S. intelligence agencies have given more than $16 million to lawmakers since 2007, according to Maplight, a firm that tracks political donations.
The biggest donors were Lockheed Martin, whose employees gave over $5 million; Boeing, Inc. whose workers chipped in more than $4.5 million; and Northrop Grumman, $3.3 million. Continue reading “Surveillance contractors gave millions in campaign cash to congressional lawmakers”
The article below is very interesting and informative. It undermines Common Core even more. Everyone, in every state should be aware of what this merchandising stimulated program is doing to the education of our students today and tomorrow. Anyone connected with the approval of this program being used before it was ever vetted should be recalled, where this is legal to do; those who approved it should be brought out into the public eye, and made to justify their actions of implementing this program which is all about the merchandising of the program and removed from office or board by being forced to resign. Continue reading “Don’t Take Your Child’s Education for Granted, What You Need to Know About Common Core”
Breitbart – by Wynton Hall
Story Leak
Tech Dirt – by Mike Masnick
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Heartland – by Loren Heal 
Natural News – by Mike Adams
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