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Monday morning began with a jolt along the western coast of Mexico when a deadly 6.9-magnitude earthquake shook buildings as far away as Mexico City.

The large temblor occurred at 6:23 a.m. local time (7:23 a.m. Eastern time), five miles northeast of Puerto Madero, Mexico. The epicenter was near the Guatemalan border, where strong shaking was also felt, according to RT.com.

Firefighters spokesman Raul Hernandez says at least two people were killed in the Guatemalan town of San Marcos. Western Guatemala also suffered power failures from the quake. The civil defense office in the Mexican state of Chiapas reported on its Twitter account that one man had been killed in Huixtla by a collapsed wall.   Continue reading “Mexico Earthquake: 6.9-Magnitude Quake Shakes Puerto Madero, Swaying Buildings in Mexico City; 3 Dead”

Bloomberg – by Grant Smith

The U.S. will remain the world’s biggest oil producer this year after overtaking Saudi Arabia and Russia as extraction of energy from shale rock spurs the nation’s economic recovery, Bank of America Corp. said.

U.S. production of crude oil, along with liquids separated from natural gas, surpassed all other countries this year with daily output exceeding 11 million barrels in the first quarter, the bank said in a report today. The country became the world’s largest natural gas producer in 2010. The International Energy Agency said in June that the U.S. was the biggest producer of oil and natural gas liquids.   Continue reading “U.S. Seen as Biggest Oil Producer After Overtaking Saudi Arabia”

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Adviser Perspective – by Wim Grommen

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Index is the only stock market index that covers both the second and the third industrial revolution. Calculating share indexes such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average and showing this index in a historical graph is a useful way to show which phase the industrial revolution is in. Changes in the DJIA shares basket, changes in the formula and stock splits during the take-off phase and acceleration phase of industrial revolutions are perfect transition-indicators. The similarities of these indicators during the last two revolutions are fascinating, but also a reason for concern. In fact the graph of the DJIA is a classic example of fictional truth, a Fata Morgana.   Continue reading “The Dow Jones Industrial Average: a Fata Morgana”

Sent to us by Pontiac Tribune – by D’Marie Mulattieri

A whole generation was silenced with the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King. Kent State served to warn college students what happens when you exercise your first amendment rights. And now another generation is being silenced with the “war on terror” and the ridiculous definition of what constitutes a terrorist.

A middle school principal in George has suspended a group of students for “terrorism” because they were planning a day of civil disobedience to protest the school dress code.   Continue reading “Disobedience Is The True Foundation of Liberty”

Yahoo News – by LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ and PAUL WISEMAN

Kelly Parker was thrilled when she landed her dream job in 2012 providing tech support for Harley-Davidson’s Tomahawk, Wisconsin, plants. The divorced mother of three hoped it was the beginning of a new career with the motorcycle company.

The dream didn’t last long. Parker claims she was laid off one year later after she trained her replacement, a newly arrived worker from India. Now she has joined a federal lawsuit alleging the global staffing firm that ran Harley-Davidson’s tech support discriminated against American workers — in part by replacing them with temporary workers from South Asia.   Continue reading “Backlash stirs in US against foreign worker visas”

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Newswmax – by Todd Beamon

U.S. Border Patrol agents in Texas have discovered four cases of the H1N1 flu strain among illegal immigrant children held at two detention centers in Brownsville in the past two days, National Border Patrol Council Vice President Chris Cabrera told Newsmax on Saturday. Continue reading “Union: Swine Flu Found in Illegal Immigrant Children”

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“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.” ~ Mark Twain

Today, July 4th millions of Americans will go to parades decked out in red, white and blue, waving the flag and sing patriotic songs. More than a day off to enjoy summer, Independence Day is to commemorate the official succession from the British Crown and the birth of a new nation where it’s citizens were free to pursue life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.   Continue reading “D’Marie Mulattieri: I Will Not Be Celebrating Independence Day Today”

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If a federal judge says that any state law on Immigration cannot stand as it is unconstitutional or for any other reason, two things ought to happen:

1. The judge should be made to pay all the expenses incurred by all the illegal immigrants in the state in question, not the Taxpayers; and

2. The judge should be removed from the bench for legislating. Continue reading “Judges should not legislate”

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Victory Post – by Lucas Bowser

The official story of the Boston Marathon attacks seems to change as much as is necessary for its promoters to maintain some credibility with the majority of the population, while at the same time keeping the essential narrative in place. Initially the government claimed to have no awareness of the suspects, but after it was reported that the FBI had met with the older Tsarnaev brother long before the attacks, the government’s relationship status with the two men quickly changed to- It’s complicated. For those growing wise to the ways of the FBI, this was to be expected because, more often than not, the agency is revealed to have had some behind the scenes role in modern US terrorism cases. Persistent claims of foreknowledge, among many other problems with the official story, seem to indicate that this case is no different and that the Tsarnaev brothers may have been manipulated by some factions within the national security apparatus.   Continue reading “Foreknowledge Issues Raise Questions of Boston Terror Suspects’ Relationship With FBI”

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Hack a Day – by Brian Benchcoff

As ordered by the US Congress, the FAA is gearing up to set forth a standard for commercial UAVs, Unmanned Aerial Systems, and commercial drones operating in America’s airspace. While they’ve been dragging their feet, and the laws and rules for these commercial drones probably won’t be ready by 2015, that doesn’t mean the FAA can’t figure out what the rules are for model aircraft in the meantime.   Continue reading “Congress Destroys A Hobby, FAA Gets The Blame”

Fox News – by Elizabeth Harrington

WASHINGTON –  The Environmental Protection Agency will spend more than $1 million on hotel accommodations for an “Environmental Justice” conference this fall.

The agency posted its intention to contract with the Renaissance Arlington Local Capital View Hotel for its upcoming public meeting, for which it will need to book 195 rooms for 24 days.   Continue reading “EPA spends $1.6 million on hotel for ‘Environmental Justice’ conference”

Washington’s Blog – by Carl Herman

Three weeks before W. Bush’s election for a second term in 2004, his Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff, Karl Rove, chided Pulitzer-winning journalist, Ron Suskind. Rove said:

Guys like [Suskind] were “in what we call the reality-based community,” which he defined as people who “believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.” … “That’s not the way the world really works anymore,” he continued. “We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors…and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.”

Continue reading “Endgame response to Karl Rove/1% ‘We’re an Empire creating our own reality for you to study’: Study’s over – you’re under arrest”

The Modesto Bee – by Erin Tracy

TURLOCK — The deaths of four people found in a Turlock home Thursday night are being investigated as a murder-suicide, police said Friday.

A female family member who had not seen or heard from the victims – a 78-year-old man, his wife, 70, and their two sons, ages 39 and 42 – found the bodies inside the home in the 3000 block of Red Oak Court about 10 p.m. and called police.   Continue reading “4 dead in Turlock, CA home; case being investigated as murder-suicide”

Yahoo News – by Jonathan Stempel

(Reuters) – BP Plc has asked a U.S. judge to direct what it called a “vast number” of businesses to repay hundreds of millions of dollars it says were wrongly awarded as compensation on claims stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

In a Friday court filing, BP asked U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans to require businesses to make restitution plus interest of excess payments, which it called “windfalls.” It also requested an injunction to stop the businesses from spending these excess sums.   Continue reading “BP seeks to recoup ‘windfall’ Gulf spill payments”

Bloomberg Businessweek

ROME (AP) — The European Union is warning its citizens and companies against doing business with Israeli settlements. It says they run legal, economic and reputational risks by making deals in what the EU considers illegally occupied territory.

The Italian Foreign Ministry issued a statement Friday on behalf of the EU, the presidency of which it takes over next week. It said financial transactions, investments, purchases, contracts and tourism in Israeli settlements only benefit the settlements.   Continue reading “EU warns against business in Israeli settlements”

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Pontiac Tribune – by Aaron

You weren’t the only one shocked by the string of recent Supreme Court rulings in support of the Constitution.

This week Americans have witnessed multiple landmark decisions against the unconstitutional procedures used by the Obama administration and police departments in the United States.

On Wednesday the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that police officers need warrants to search cell phones of the people they arrest. The decision is the most surprising in years, and it is likely to put a spotlight on the government’s ability to do the same thing.   Continue reading “Supreme Court: Obama Violated Constitution, Police Need Warrants to Search Smartphones | Federal Judge: No-Fly List is Unconstitutional”