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Govt Slaves

(Bryan Davis)  Less than a month after filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Birmingham-based Simply Fashion owners have announced the impending closure of 243 stores nationwide.

Gordon Brothers Group and Hilco Merchant Resources will close its Simply Fashion and Dots units after being awarded the store closing process by the bankruptcy court on May 6, a release from the joint venture said.

The stores will liquidate with sales that will offer discounts up to 30 percent off all merchandise, the release said.   Continue reading “Another US Retailer To Close 243 stores”

The New American – by  Kelly Holt

The Texas counties of Victoria and Goliad, originally scheduled as two of the sites for the massive Jade Helm 15 military war simulation exercises across the Southwest this summer, will no longer host the operations, reported theVictoria (Texas) Advocate. No reason for the cancellations has yet been released.

Covered in depth by The New American, Jade Helm 15 has been the source of increasing concern and speculation among residents of Texas, ever since a map connected with the training operations surfaced that labeled the states of Texas and Utah as “hostile,” while more liberal states were tagged as “permissive.” Disquieted and unconvinced residents do not trust that the military and federal government are telling them the truth, or that the media is accurately representing their concerns.   Continue reading “Jade Helm 15 Cancelled in Two Texas Counties; Remaining Texans Wary”

All Gov – by Noel Brinkerhoff, Steve Straehley

A bill introduced by Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona that would allow Customs and Border Protection “access to federal lands for security activities” was passed out of committee this week.

McCain and his cosponsor, Rep. Matt Salmon (R-Arizona), said in a March news release that “laws put in place to protect these lands also prevent Border Patrol agents from doing their jobs,” and the legislation, the Arizona Borderland Protection and Preservation Act (SB 750) (pdf), would “cut unnecessary red tape and enable Border Patrol agents to have access to all federally managed land in Southwest Arizona so they can perform their jobs effectively, keep our communities safe, and secure the border once and for all.”   Continue reading “John McCain Says Laws Protecting National Parks and Monuments Threaten National Security”

The Guardian – by Dan Roberts

Barack Obama will seek to rally Democratic support for free trade on Friday with a visit to Nike headquarters designed to allay fears of further offshoring of US jobs.

Amid fierce opposition from the president’s own party in Congress, White House officials are aiming to flip perceptions by staging the speech at a shoe giant notorious for its use of low-cost Asian labour but which claims the proposed transpacific partnership (TPP) trade agreement will allow it to create 10,000 new US jobs.   Continue reading “Obama to visit Nike HQ to rally Democratic support for free trade”

The Intercept – by Lee Fang

In a little-noticed brief filed last summer, lawyers for the House of Representatives claimed that an SEC investigation of congressional insider trading should be blocked on principle, because lawmakers and their staff are constitutionally protected from such inquiries given the nature of their work.

The legal team led by Kerry W. Kircher, who was appointed House General Counsel by Speaker John Boehner in 2011, claimed that the insider trading probe violated the separation of powers between the legislative and executive branch.   Continue reading “Congress Tells Court That Congress Can’t Be Investigated For Insider Trading”

The Intercept – by Juan Thompson

North St. Louis is grappling with many problems: underperforming schools, a stubbornly high murder rate, lack of good jobs, dirty vacant lots and now the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

The NGA, a lesser-known cousin of the National Security Agency, has long had facilities in South St. Louis located a short walk from the historic Anheuser-Busch Brewery. But the NGA is now looking to move and has narrowed its list of possible new locations to four, including one in North St. Louis that would require the demolition of 47 homes.   Continue reading “St. Louis Residents Fight to Keep Spy Agency from Taking Their Homes”

Right Wing News – by Warner Todd Huston

The same president who refuses to beef up our southern border to keep criminals out of the country is now announcing that he is adding more spikes to the fence around the White House to make it harder for people to get over it. So… fences are good to keep Americans from the White House, but not good to keep lawbreaking foreigners out of our country?   Continue reading “Obama Adding More Spikes to White House Fence–Same Guy Who Won’t Put Fence at the Border”

SHTF Plan – by Jeremiah Johnson

This series is dedicated to Ben Raines, one of SHTF’s readers, who wrote:

“If the power is out for more than 2 weeks I will have some serious decisions to make.”  

Continue reading “A Green Beret’s Guide to EMP: Practical Steps to Prepare for a “Lights Out” Scenario (Part 1)”

Each Friday night after work, Bubba would fire up his outdoor grill and cook a venison steak. But, all of Bubba’s neighbors were Catholic. Since it was Lent, they were forbidden from eating meat on Friday.

The delicious aroma from the grilled venison steaks was causing such a problem for the Catholic faithful that they finally talked to their priest.

The Priest came to visit Bubba, and suggested that he become a Catholic. After several classes and much study, Bubba was converted.   Continue reading “Redneck Lent”

Hang the Bankers

Greece has revealed it will introduce a surcharge for all cashpoint withdrawals and financial transactions in a desperate attempt to prevent citizens withdrawing their money from the country’s beleaguered banks.

Ministers hope the controversial move could raise as much as €180 million, which the Athens government hopes will help the country avoid defaulting on debts owed to international creditors.   Continue reading “Greece to tax cash withdrawals”

Infowars – by Michael Thalen

A Maryland police officer is facing several charges after allegedly biting a man’s testicles during a bar fight Tuesday.

According to Baltimore police, the incident unfolded shortly after 31-year-old off-duty cop Michael Flaig, a 10-year veteran of the Anne Arundel County Police Department, began groping a female during the bar’s Cinco de Mayo celebration.   Continue reading “Maryland Cop Faces Assault Charge for Biting Man’s Testicles”

AZ Central

The head of the Maricopa County Community College District said he hopes that a ruling allowing in-state tuition for “dreamers” will lead to more young immigrants attending the colleges.

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that undocumented students who have work visas under the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program are allowed to pay the lower tuition rate.   Continue reading “Judge: Dreamers can get in-state tuition in Arizona”

Global Research – by Dr. Gary G. Kohls

“Mitochondrial damage is now understood to play a role in a wide range of seemingly unrelated disorders such as schizophrenia, diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Recently it has become known that iatrogenic (physician or treatment-caused) mitochondrial damage explains many adverse reactions from medications.” – John Neustadt, MD and Steven Pieczenik, MD

“All classes of psychotropic drugs have been documented to damage mitochondria, as have statin medications, analgesics such as acetaminophen, and many others.” – John Neustadt, MD and Steven Pieczenik, MD   Continue reading “Mitochondrial “Collateral Damage” Thanks to Big Pharma”