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Violence erupted in the streets of Ferguson, Mo. for a fourth straight night Wednesday, with police firing smoke bombs and tear gas at demonstrators and some people lobbing Molotov cocktails. Racial unrest lingers in the St. Louis suburb following a weekend police shooting of an unarmed black teenager.
“What do we Want? Justice,” the protesters yelled. Continue reading “Violence in Ferguson: Police Fire Tear Gas, Smoke Bombs at Demonstrators”
President Barack Obama is loosening restrictions on lobbyists who want to serve on federal advisory boards, a White House official said on Tuesday, a setback to the president’s efforts to tamp down special interest influence in Washington.
Obama came to office pledging to curtail the sway of lobbyists and banned lobbyists from serving on such panels, which guide government policy on a range of topics ranging from cancer to towing safety. Continue reading “White House loosens restrictions on lobbyists”
Heavy rains that have soaked a large swath of the United States over the last several days have spawned flash floods from Arizona to New England, submerging vehicles in parking lots and trapping drivers in their cars.
Over a foot of rain fell on Long Island in New York on Wednesday, forcing the closure of parts of the Long Island Expressway, Southern State Parkway, Northern State Parkway, Jericho Turnpike and other roads. Dozens of cars were seen submerged on the Southern State Parkway in Islip, Long Island, during morning rush hour. Continue reading “Incredible images of flash floods, storms from Arizona to New England”
U.S. crude oil production averaged an estimated 8.5 million barrels per day in July, the highest level since April 1987, the Energy Information Administration said on Tuesday.
In its monthly short term energy outlook, the EIA also raised its crude production forecasts for this year to 8.5 million bpd from its previous estimate of 8.42 million bpd and for next year’s output to 9.3 million bpd from 9.27 million bpd previously. Continue reading “U.S. crude oil production in July highest in 27 years: EIA”
ABC 13 in Houston reports that a car accident that killed six people, including a family of four, was caused by a man who was believed to be in the country illegally.
Juan Garcia Ahuezoteco fled from the police at up to 100 miles per hour after he was pulled over for a traffic violation, and ran a stop sign, causing him to crash into a family of four. The family, Ahuezoteco, and his passenger were are all killed in the accident. “Ahuezoteco had an outstanding felony warrant for Driving While Intoxicated” according to ABC 13. Continue reading “Suspected Illegal Alien Kills Family of 4 in High Speed Chase”
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – One person was shot by police overnight, not far from the unrest that unfolded for the third night in Ferguson where last week’s shooting of an unarmed black teen sparked outrage.
Last night’s shooting happened just before 1 a.m. Wednesday at Chambers Road and Sheffingdell Court in unincorporated St. Louis County.
Police say they responded to a report about four masked men carrying shotguns in the area. The caller said the suspects had fired shots. Continue reading “Another police shooting amid Ferguson protests”
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Liberty Unyielding – by Renee Nal
Tensions are high in Ferguson, Mo., as police are out in droves after widespread rioting and looting resulted in major damage to local businesses Sunday evening. On Twitter, reports of riot police and tanks getting ahead of further potential violence are adding to the unrest. Continue reading “War zone: Media in town where black teen was shot told to leave or face arrest”
The federal government unsuccessfully tried to house at least 400 illegal immigrant juveniles at empty stores, hotels, and warehouses in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, like many governors across the nation, was not even notified of these potential plans in July.
Ultimately, the Fox Valley region was unable to provide sites that were “within 100 miles of an airport.” Continue reading “Report: Feds Wanted to House Illegals in Empty Hotels, Stores in Wisconsin”
Fox News – by Jana Winter, Judson Berger
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”
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”
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”
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”
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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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!”
Motor 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”
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