Wolf Street – by Wolf Richter

The employment situation in the US has been outright rosy. Initial unemployment claims have been bumping along near record lows. Whether or not companies are hiring, at least they’re not axing people in massive numbers. The unemployment rate of 5.8% is practically comfort inducing. OK, we can smell the odor of the details underneath, but hey. And for September, the Challenger Job Cut Report raved about 2014 being “on pace to be the lowest job-cut year since 1997.”

Got it. Things are good.   Continue reading “Layoffs Explode In America’s Big Old Tech Companies”

Next Gov – by Aliya Sternstein

Law enforcement officials nationwide now have the ability to search multiple sensitive databases, including spy agency intranets and homeland security suspicious activity reporting – with a single login.

The breakthrough in interconnectivity is expected to close information gaps that, among other things, have contributed to the rise in homegrown terrorism and school shootings.    Continue reading “Rap Sheets, Watchlists and Spy Networks Now Available With Single Click”

Breitbart – by Jonathan Strong

The first battle over the direction of the GOP since Tuesday’s tidal wave election is quietly building as conservatives race to construct a plan to stop President Obama’s executive amnesty.

Huddling in Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) office Wednesday, top conservative aides sketched out a plan to include language prohibiting Obama from issuing employment permits to illegal aliens in an upcoming “omnibus” spending bill – and settling for a four-week stopgap bill if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid balks in the last days of his rule.   Continue reading “The Conservative Plan To Stop Obama’s Executive Amnesty”

Activist Post – by Brandon Turbeville

As I wrote in my article, “Big Oil, Qataris, Saudis Lick Lips As US ‘Fights ISIS’ By Bombing Syrian Pipelines,” the propaganda narrative regarding the Syrian crisis has now reached the level of total absurdity. It is now being reported by the mainstream media that the United States must bomb Syrian oil pipelines in order to defeat the ISIS threat that NATO itself created.

While logically fallacious, the rationale offered to the American public remains that ISIS is making millions of dollars per day via the sale of the oil taken from the fields in its possession on the black market to a number of different states.   Continue reading “US: ‘Stop ISIS By Attacking Assad’s Oil Pipelines!’”

Activist Post – by Eric Blair

The FBI successfully provided protection for violent drug cartels today by seizing the peaceful e-commerce website Silk Road 2.0.

This feat was accomplished because “at least one undercover law enforcement agent” helped start the shop and run it for a year.

Andy Greenberg of Wired reports:   Continue reading “Honeypot? Federal agents helped launch and run Silk Road 2.0”

Globe Earth World - Public DomainThe Economic Collapse – by Michael Snyder

How do you fix a superpower with exploding levels of debt, that has a rapidly aging population, that consumes far more wealth than it produces, and that has scores of zombie banks that could collapse at any moment.  You might think that I am talking about the United States, but I am actually talking about Europe.  You see, the truth is that the European Union has a larger population than the United States does, it has a larger economy than the United States does, and it has a much larger banking system than the United States does.  Most of the time I write about the horrible economic problems that the U.S. is facing, but without a doubt economic conditions in Europe are even worse at the moment.  In fact, there are many (including the Washington Post) that are calling what is happening in Europe a full-blown “depression”.  Sadly, this is probably only just the beginning.  In the months to come things in Europe are likely to get much worse.   Continue reading “The Economy Of The Largest Superpower On The Planet Is Collapsing Right Now”

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad adresses his weekly Friday prayer sermon at Tehran University in Tehran, Iran, on Aug. 2, 2013.US News – by Arash Azizi

A three-story building in a quiet one-way alley in northern Tehran is the headquarters of an unlikely campaign that opposes both the administration of President Hassan Rouhani and many of the Islamic Republic’s establishment figures.

The Velenjak building is the base of activities for former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has his offices on its third floor.   Continue reading “Is Ahmadinejad Making a Comeback?”

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NEW YORK –  She’s an under-the-radar contender to become the first black woman to head the Justice Department.

Loretta Lynch rarely holds news conferences, does interviews or gives speeches in her current job as U.S. attorney in Brooklyn. But the lack of a paper trail on Lynch hasn’t kept her from emerging in recent weeks as one of only a handful of people still under consideration by the White House to replace the outgoing Eric Holder as attorney general.   Continue reading “Low-profile NYC prosecutor emerges as contender to be first black woman US attorney general”

Breitbart – ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

MCALLEN, Texas — Texas Border Sheriff is checking up on an accidental  911 ended up arresting three men and seizing close to $2.5 million in cocaine bricks.

Deputies with the Starr County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call where no one responded to the dispatcher’s efforts to assess the situation, information released to Breitbart Texas by the sheriff’s office shows.   Continue reading “Pocket Dial To 911 Leads Texas Border Cops To $2.5 Million in Cocaine”

Breitbart – by Kristin Tate

A Mexican national, 28-year-old Juan Pablo Villasenor-Villa, was found convicted on five charges related to a large-scale marijuana growing operation he had in Boise, Idaho.

Federal and state authorities seized about 7,000 marijuana plants when the operation — located in the Boise National Forest — was busted in September 2013, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). An indictment obtained by Breitbart Texas state that Villasenor-Villa and other defendants were growing marijuana since at least April 2013.    Continue reading “Mexican National Convicted After Feds Seize 7000 Marijuana Plants in Idaho”

Yea right. Professor Xavier, the Mexican sympathizer, ain’t gonna do crap. He’s all talk like the rest of them.

Breitbart – by  Sarah Rumpf

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Governor-Elect Greg Abbott wasted little time after his victory was announced Tuesday evening, sending out a press release announcing he would start the transition process on Wednesday. Holding a press conference in the Old Supreme Courtroom at the Texas Capitol on Wednesday morning, Abbott discussed his initial plans and made it clear that border security would be a top priority for his administration.   Continue reading “Abbott Announces Transition Plans; Border Security a Top Priority”

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WASHINGTON –  Adding to signs of distress in the nuclear force, the Air Force fired two commanders and disciplined a third in response to internal investigations of leadership lapses and misbehavior at two of its three intercontinental ballistic missile bases.

The most senior officer to be relieved was Col. Carl Jones, the No. 2 commander of the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, in charge of 150 of the Air Force’s 450 Minuteman 3 nuclear ICBMs. He was dismissed “for a loss of trust and confidence in his leadership abilities,” and has been reassigned as a special assistant to the wing commander.   Continue reading “Air Force fires 2 more nuclear missile corps commanders, disciplines another”

635506536478110703-meteor-1103a11 Alive Atlanta – by Michael King

ATLANTA (WXIA) – Dozens of reports of a fireball crossing the sky emerged Monday evening across 12 eastern states, from as far north as the Great Lakes states and extending as far south as Georgia.

As of 11:00 Monday night, the American Meteor Society said they had received nearly 200 reportsof one or more meteors crossing the skies at about 6:20 p.m. Monday.   Continue reading “Meteor streaks over eastern US Monday night”

Breitbart – by Kristin Tate

HOUSTON, Texas — A Fort Bliss soldier was charged in the death of El Paso County Constable Robert White, following a fight on Halloween night.

White was providing security at a haunted house in Canutillo on Friday night, the Associated Press (AP) reported. At some point during the night, White was punched in the face; he fell to the ground, “bleeding profusely” and was unresponsive, according to the El Paso Times.    Continue reading “Fort Bliss Soldier Charged With Murder After Constable Dies in Fist Fight”

Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

Suspected cartel hitmen gunned down the top federal law enforcement official in charge of the northern part of the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas.

More than 100 shots were fired by gunmen killing General Ricardo Cesar Nino and his girlfriend near the town of Valecillo, said Nuevo Leon Attorney General Adrian de la Garza Santos in a prepared statement. Nuevo Leon authorities found Nino’s body and that of his girlfriend along the highway connecting Valecillo and Nuevo Laredo on board of a Nissan sedan.    Continue reading “Federal Police Leader Killed by Gunmen in Mexico”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

HOUSTON, Texas — The special prosecutor who filed criminal charges against Texas Governor Rick Perry now claims the Governor is threatening Grand Jury witnesses by requesting a transcript of Grand Jury Testimony.  Perry’s lawyers have accused the special prosecutor of attempting to criminalize the political process.

Perry’s lawyers, who are attempting to prepare a defense for the Governor, have filed a motion with the court to release the transcripts of Grand Jury testimony. Perry was indicted for exercising his Constitutional power of veto when he threatened to veto funding of the Travis County special anti-corruption unit of the Travis County District Attorney’s office after District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg was arrested and convicted of drunk driving.   Continue reading “Special Prosecutor Accuses Perry of Threatening Grand Jury Witnesses”

Activist Post – by Brandon Turbeville

In yet another example of the infantile nature of NATO propaganda regarding the Syrian crisis, it is now being reported in the mainstream media that that the United States must bomb Syrian oil pipelines in order to defeat the ISIS threat that NATO itself created.

While logically fallacious, the rationale offered to the American public remains that ISIS is making millions of dollars per day via the sale of the oil taken from the fields in its possession on the black market to a number of different states.   Continue reading “Big Oil, Qataris, Saudis Lick Lips As US ‘Fights ISIS’ By Bombing Syrian Pipelines”