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More than 600 illegal immigrants with criminal convictions were released by federal authorities in early 2013 in advance of the “sequester” budget cuts, according to a government watchdog report obtained by FoxNews.com.

The report by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General showed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement released “criminal aliens” from jails all over the country as part of a wave of releases in February 2013. The agency came under fire at the time for the decision, which critics described as politically motivated and dangerous.    Continue reading “Watchdog: 600-plus ‘criminal’ illegal immigrants released amid 2013 budget cuts”

Rancher: Wild Hogs Eat Remains of Dead IllegalsInfowars – by Kit Daniels

A ranch manager in Brooks Co., Texas, said he won’t eat wild hogs caught near the border because they are known to feed on dead illegal aliens.

Feral hogs roam miles of Texas badlands between Falfurrias and the Mexican border and they’ll eat human corpses if they come across them, and the manager of the 15,000-acre Los Compadres Ranch, Wyatt Hollek, periodically finds the remains of illegals who succumbed to the harsh South Texas terrain.   Continue reading “Rancher: Wild Hogs Eat Remains of Dead Illegals”

Blacklisted News – by Paul Craig Roberts, Dave Kranzler, and John Titus

Paul Craig Roberts and US Senator Charles Schumer published a jointly written article on the op-ed page of the New York Times titled “Second Thoughts on Free Trade.” The article pointed out that the US had entered a new economic era in which American workers face “direct global competition at almost every job level–from the machinist to the software engineer to the Wall Street analyst. Any worker whose job does not require daily face-to-face interaction is now in jeopardy of being replaced by a lower-paid equally skilled worker thousands of miles away. American jobs are being lost not to competition from foreign companies, but to multinational corporations that are cutting costs by shifting operations to low-wage countries.” Roberts and Schumer challenged the correctness of economists’ views that jobs off-shoring was merely the operation of mutually beneficial free trade, about which no concerns were warranted.   Continue reading “The De-industrialization of America”

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Ukrainian officials said Tuesday that 280 trucks thought to be carrying humanitarian aid from Russia to the war-torn eastern Ukraine city of Luhansk would not be allowed to cross the border between the two countries.

Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, said the convoy would not be allowed to pass because it had not been certified by the Red Cross. Lysenko also showed a covertly filmed video appearing to show vehicles similar to the white-canopied trucks dispatched from Moscow on Tuesday parked at a military base in Russia.   Continue reading “Ukraine says trucks carrying purported aid from Russia won’t be allowed across border”

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In 2012, thirteen year old Justina Pelletier was diagnosed with Mitochondrial Disease, a disorder affecting 1 in every 4,000 children in the United States. When she developed a severe flu in February 2013, her parent’s parents took her to Boston Children’s Hospital. Doctors, who were not her regular physicians and were unfamiliar with her case, replaced her mito diagnosis with one of somatoform disorder, a psychiatric condition. When her parents disagreed, the hospital accused them of “medical abuse” – for following the instructions of their own licensed and respected physicians! The state of Massachusetts removed Justina from their custody and placed her in a foster home…   Continue reading “Protecting Your Children, Empowering You: The Parental Rights Amendment”

Boosting the American military presence in Australia is to be discussed during the visit of US Secretary of State John Kerry.RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, August 11 (RIA Novosti) – The United States plans to increase the number of warplanes and troops rotating through an Australian Air Force base near the city of Darwin, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

“The interest here is for tactical aircraft for closer cooperation between the Australian and US air forces,” an Australian defense official told the WSJ.   Continue reading “US to Boost Troops, Warplane Presence in Australia”

Wall Street Journal

FERGUSON, Mo.—A day of anger over a fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man in suburban St. Louis turned to mayhem as people looted businesses, vandalized vehicles and confronted police who sought to block off access to several areas of the city.

The tensions erupted after a candlelight vigil Sunday night for 18-year-old Michael Brown, who police said was shot multiple times the previous afternoon after a scuffle involving a police officer, Mr. Brown and another person in Ferguson, a predominantly black suburb of the city.   Continue reading “Anger Over Michael Brown Shooting Leads to Looting”

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Penn Live – by John Luciew

Government corruption is a given in states like New York and New Jersey, right? But where does the Keystone State rank. And which is the most corrupt state in the Union?

According to Yahoo.com, a recent report provides an answer:

An academic study by Professors Cheol Liu and John L. Mikesell, from the University of Hong Kong and Indiana University, respectively, set out to rank states by their level of corruption, drawing upon arrest and conviction records for public officials.   Continue reading “Where does Pennsylvania rank on new list of most corrupt states? It’s shocking!”

Coke Zero 400 - QualifyingMotor Sports Talk – by Chris Estrada

The Ontario County (N.Y.) Sheriff’s Department has confirmed the death of a sprint car driver that was hit by three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart in an incident Saturday night at the Canandaigua (N.Y.) Motorsports Park.

During a race at the half-mile dirt track, Stewart caused 20-year-old Kevin Ward Jr. to spin out. That caused Ward to get out of his car to confront Stewart, but he was then struck by Stewart’s car.   Continue reading “Sheriff: Driver hit by Tony Stewart in sprint car race has died”

The Baltimore Sun – by David Beasley

ATLANTA (Reuters) – Three homeless people in Atlanta have died of tuberculosis infections as Georgia public health officials work to contain an outbreak affecting shelters, state authorities said on Friday.

The outbreak has infected 47 people, including two volunteers, linked to four shelters in Atlanta’s Fulton County, said Nancy Nydam, a spokeswoman for the Georgia Department of Public Health. Continue reading “Atlanta confronts tuberculosis outbreak in homeless shelters”

Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesCBS News – by Sarah Carroll

It’s pretty amazing what humans can accomplish together when they put their minds to something.

A subway rider in Perth, Australia didn’t “mind the gap” and ended up slipping and getting his leg stuck in between the train car and the platform.

The conductor was notified right away to not leave the station and his fellow passengers immediately sprung into action.   Continue reading “Viral Video: People Lift Subway Train To Free Trapped Man”

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia further tightened its control of the Internet on Friday, requiring people using public Wifi hotspots provide identification, a policy that prompted anger from bloggers and confusion among telecom operators on how it would work.

The decree, signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on July 31 but published online on Friday, also requires companies to declare who is using their web networks. The legislation caught many in the industry by surprise and companies said it was not clear how it would be enforced.   Continue reading “Russia demands Internet users show ID to access public Wifi”

Yahoo News – by Noelle Swan

An overwhelming majority of Americans believe undocumented immigrants pose a threat to the American way of life, according to a new poll.

Some 70 percent of Americans and 86 percent of Republicans believe that undocumented immigrants threaten traditional US beliefs and customs, according to an online Reuters/Ipsos poll released Thursday. Nearly two-thirds of respondents – 63 percent – said that undocumented immigrants place undue burden on the US economy.  Continue reading “70 percent of Americans see immigration as threat to American way of life”

ABC News

The United States carried out an airstrike against ISIS militants in Iraq today, targeting artillery, the Pentagon’s press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said.

Kirby said two F/A 18 fighter jets dropped 500 pound laser guided bombs on a mobile artillery piece near Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish province. He said the artillery was being “used against Kurdish forces defending Erbil, near US personnel.”   Continue reading “US Carries Out Airstrike Against ISIS in Iraq”

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A Saudi man, who was hospitalized for suspected Ebola infection, died on Wednesday.

The man, in his 40s, had returned recently to Jeddah from a business trip to Sierra Leone, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. He was admitted to hospital on Monday and showed symptoms of Ebola virus infection.   Continue reading “Saudi man dies of suspected Ebola virus”