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ABC News – by RYAN J. FOLEY

An Iowa widow is charged with a crime and had nearly $19,000 seized from her bank after depositing her late husband’s legally earned money in a way that evaded federal reporting requirements.

Janet Malone, 68, of Dubuque, is facing civil and criminal proceedings under a law intended to help investigators track large sums of cash tied to criminal activity such as drug trafficking and terrorism. But some members of Congress and libertarian groups have complained that the IRS and federal prosecutors are unfairly using it against ordinary people who deposit lawfully obtained money in increments below $10,000.   Continue reading “US Charges Iowa Widow Over How She Deposited Husband’s Cash”

Free Beacon – by Bill Gertz

HONOLULU—China has suggested arming Hawaii’s independence activists in retaliation for U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and recently threatened to challenge American sovereignty by making legal claims to the Pacific islands as its territory.

Chinese threats to back several groups of Hawaiian independence activists who want to restore the islands’ constitutional monarchy, ousted in a U.S.-backed coup over a century ago, has raised concerns that military facilities on the strategic central Pacific archipelago are threatened at a time when the Obama administration is engaged in a major shift toward Asia as part of its military and diplomatic rebalance.   Continue reading “Hawaiian Independence Movement Attracts Chinese Interest”

Observer – by Ken Kurson

On Wednesday night, several dozen people with the means to attend an event so pricey its invitation doesn’t list an expected contribution will gather in the Park Avenue apartment of Henry and Marie-Josée Kravis to meet Jeb Bush and add to the quickly filling coffers of Right to Rise, the PAC set up to aid Mr. Bush’s presidential ambitions. The affair will be co-chaired by Mr. Kravis’ colleagues at KKR, including Ken Mehlman, who managed George W. Bush’s 2004 campaign and later became chairman of the Republican National Committee.    Continue reading “Henry Kissinger Chooses Jeb Bush: Sources”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

California Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore) has introduced legislation to protect Californians from being falsely accused of gun violence in the new era of “Gun Violence Restraining Orders” (GVROs).

On a Facebook post dated February 4, Melendez wrote: “I did not enact the law [creating GVROs], but I’m awfully happy to be the one to undo it.”   Continue reading “Lawmaker Pushing Bill to Protect Gun Owners from False ‘Gun Violence’ Claims”

Breitbart – by Merrill Hope

Parents in Texas appear to be rejecting the idea of immunizing their children against early childhood diseases. The nationwide measles outbreak has swept 14 states, most predominantly in California. The Lone Star state has been lucky so far and has been spared from the outbreak of the virulent virus. Despite this eruption, more Texas parents are saying “no” to inoculating their children from many childhood diseases including the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine.

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 102 cases of measles were reported nationally between January 1-30. Only one case was reported in Texas back in July 2014. Dallas County Department of Health & Human Services (DCHHS) Director Zachary Thompson issued a health advisory after the confirmed case was announced last summer in North Texas.     Continue reading “More Texas Parents Say ‘No’ to Measles Vaccine Despite Nationwide Outbreak”

And I’m sure the U.S. government will sit and do nothing about them.

Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

MCALLEN, Texas – Two American citizens who are U.S. Army veterans remain missing after taking a trip to the Mexican border city of Matamoros.

According to information released to Breitbart Texas by Brownsville Police, Ernesto and Jesus Garcia had travelled to Matamoros on January 30th to visit relatives. The two brothers were supposed to drive back to Brownsville on Monday at around 2 a.m. They have not been heard from.   Continue reading “Two US Army Vets Missing In Mexican Border City With Raging Cartel War”

Breitbart – by Lana Shadwick

MISSION, Texas – A bipartisan delegation of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) was at Anzalduras Park on the Rio Grande border on Saturday. Breitbart Texas was there when Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI), ranking member Tom Carper (D-DE), and committee member Ben Sasse (R-NE), finished their Rio Grande tour of the war-torn region near Reynosa and Matamoros.

The Park is located across the river from Reynosa and Matamoros, and security was tight with two armed escort boats and at least one helicopter overhead. The region is currently the scene of a bloody war between factions of the Gulf Cartel and the violence appears to be escalating. It is also the region where two U.S. Army veterans are currently missing.   Continue reading “Homeland Security Committee Senators Tour War-Torn Texas Border Region”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

On Sunday, MSNBC aired Melissa Harris-Perry’s interview of Attorney General Eric Holder and he said the “single failure” of his tenure as AG was the failure to secure gun control.

In the interview, Harris-Perry looked at Holder and said, “You once said the worst day in office was the day that you had to walk through the bloodied aftermath” following the heinous attack on Sandy Hook Elementary. She said, “Children were slaughtered in their classrooms and we have not made any meaningful progress on changing the access to guns in this country. Are we a nation of cowards when it comes to guns?”   Continue reading “Eric Holder: Inability to Pass Gun Control My ‘Single Failure’”

Yahoo News – by Lesley Wroughton and Mark Hosenball

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is pressing Cuba to allow the opening of its embassy in Havana by April, U.S. officials told Reuters, despite the Communist island’s demand that it first be removed from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.

A refusal by Cuba to allow the United States to quickly establish an official embassy for the first time in half a century could complicate talks between the Cold War foes, reflecting enduring mistrust as they move to end decades of confrontation.   Continue reading “U.S. pressing Cuba to restore diplomatic ties before April – officials”

Medical Xpress

Since 1970, life expectancy around the world has risen dramatically, with people living more than 10 years longer. That’s the good news.

The bad news is that starting when people are in their mid-to-late-20s, the brain begins to wither—its volume and weight begin to decrease. As this occurs, the brain can begin to lose some of its functional abilities.   Continue reading “Forever young: Meditation might slow the age-related loss of gray matter in the brain”

Salt Lake Tribune – by Lee Davidson

Continue reading “Massive Utah cyberattacks — up to 300 million per day — may be aimed at NSA facility”

Fox 2 Now

SPRINGFIELD, MA (WSHM) — A Springfield man stole a police cruiser and drove around the city while taunting police over the radio after officers responded to a disturbance between him and his girlfriend early Thursday morning. Officers Shelley Whitley and Christopher Roberts responded to the disturbance on Laurelton Street at about 4 a.m. and were greeted by a woman who said she wanted her boyfriend removed from her home, according to Springfield police Sgt. John Delaney.   Continue reading “‘Possessed driver’ steals police cruiser, taunts police over radio”

Breitbart – by Michelle Moon

Border patrol agents with National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) Local 1613 are publicly voicing concern over new policies the representatives say pose a threat to national security.

Among the issues the NBPC Local 1613 representatives cited in speaking with Breitbart California after a Tuesday meeting with Congressman Duncan Hunter were Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA), an exceedingly high bar for prosecution of criminal aliens, agent pay reductions, decreased training time, and the need for improved equipment.   Continue reading “Border Patrol Agents Speaking Out Against New Orders”

Breitbart – by  ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

McALLEN, Texas – One of the commanders in the ongoing cartel war that has terrorized the cities just south of the Texas border and left 14 hitmen dead in just three days is a previously deported alien.

Since Sunday, two rival factions of the Gulf Cartel have gone to war, setting off a series of shootouts and blockades that have put the citizens of the border cities of Matamoros and Reynosa on edge.   Continue reading “Commander In Mexican Cartel War Is Previously Deported Alien”

Breitbart – by  ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

As the border region has exploded into a war zone, a grenade was thrown at a local border television station, part of the the Gulf Cartel’s continued efforts to silence the Mexican media from reporting on the escalating violence.

The grenade was thrown at Friday night at the Televisa building in Matamoros, according to a Tamaulipas law enforcement official who spoke with Breitbart Texas. Televisa is a local TV station that is part of a larger network, and has been reporting on the cartel violence.   Continue reading “Mexican Cartel Throws Grenade at Border TV Station for Reporting on Them”

The Economic Collapse – by Michael Snyder

Jim Clifton, the Chairman and CEO of Gallup, says that the percentage of Americans that are employed full-time has been hovering near record lows since the end of the last recession.  But most Americans don’t realize this because the official unemployment numbers are extremely misleading.  In fact, Clifton says that the official 5.6 percent unemployment rate is a “big lie”.  Gallup regularly tracks the percentage of U.S. adults that are employed for 30 or more hours per week, and it is currently at 44.2 percent.  It has been hovering between 42 percent and 45 percent since the end of 2009.  This is extremely low.  As I discussed the other day, there are 8.69 million Americans that are considered to be “officially unemployed” at this point.  But there are another 92.90 million Americans that are considered to be “not in the labor force”.  Millions upon millions of those Americans would work if they could.  Overall, there are 101 million U.S. adults that do not have a job right now.  But you won’t hear that number being discussed by the mainstream media, because it would make Barack Obama look really bad.   Continue reading “Only 44 Percent Of U.S. Adults Are Employed For 30 Or More Hours Per Week”

The Daily Sheeple – by Melissa Melton

Did you know there are over 2.3 million cell towers and antennas blanketing the United States right now?

That’s a lot of electromagnetic frequency right there.

While some people, including myself, have pointed out that it’s ridiculous to find a giant cell tower erected literally on an elementary school basketball court right next to the playground or placing them directly on school rooftops, this is becoming more and more common to the point there are so many towers and antennas everywhere, they are beginning to blend in with the scenery as if having this many of these things is just natural now.   Continue reading “One in TEN Cell Phone Antenna Sites Violates Gov’t Limit on Excessive EMF Radiation”

Breitbart – by William Bigelow

One of the largest data breaches in history was revealed Wednesday, as health insurance giant Anthem Inc. acknowledged that its computer system had been violated starting on December 10. The company noticed the breach on January 27 and verified it two days later.

The hack puts at least 37 million people in California at risk, as it includes access to the customers’ names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, member ID numbers, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and employment information, according to the Los Angeles Times. Medical information and credit card numbers appear to have been protected from the attack.   Continue reading “Anthem Insurance Hacked: ‘Tens of Millions’ of Victims”

Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

MCALLEN, Texas — Cartel gunmen kidnapped and beat the director of a local Mexican newspaper warning him to stop reporting on the ongoing violence. This is the latest attempt by the Gulf Cartel to silence media about the escalating violence in the area immediately south of Texas’ border with Mexico.

A group of gunmen stormed the editorial offices of El Mañana newspaper in Matamoros. The gunmen beat and kidnapped the paper’s director, Enrique Juarez, the Mexican publication reported.   Continue reading “Mexican Cartel Kidnaps and Beats Newspaper Director near Texas Border”