Category: News

If Americans Knew – by Alison Weir

The U.S. State Department is offering to pay up to a million dollars each for two projects “that counter the rise of anti-Semitism” in Europe and Central Asia. The State Department uses a new definition of anti-Semitism that includes criticisms of Israel.

The projects will be funded through two State Department offices: the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor and the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism. The anti-Semitism envoy position was created through 2004 legislation over the objection of the State Department. All four such envoys have been Israel partisans.  Continue reading “State Department to spend $2 million against “anti-Semitism” abroad”

ABC News

In a stunning about-face, State Department officials said that President Donald Trump is cutting off all direct assistance to the so-called Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.

“At the Secretary’s instruction, we are carrying out the President’s direction and ending FY [fiscal year] 2017 and FY 2018 foreign assistance programs for the Northern Triangle,” a State Department spokesperson told ABC News, referring to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “We will be engaging Congress as part of this process.”  Continue reading “Trump cuts all direct assistance to Northern Triangle countries Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Avon Protection Systems Inc., Cadillac, Michigan, a $245,961,250 firm-fixed-price contract for production of M53A1 Chemical Biological Protective Mask systems, according to the DoD contract website.

The Army estimates M53A1 gas masks will start delivery in the second half of this financial year ending September. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, will oversee the purchase order.  Continue reading “DoD Orders $250 Million Of Gas Masks – What Do They Know?”

Overdrive

The U.S. Department of Transportation intends to propose a rule that would change federal hours of service regulations for truck drivers. Nearly seven months to the day after DOT’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration began soliciting feedback for a potential overhaul to hours regs, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao took to a stage before a packed crowd at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville to make the announcement.  Continue reading “It’s official: DOT intends to propose hours of service reforms”

The Great Recession

For brick and mortar stores, the Retail Apocalypse is closing stores down like a slow-motion video of the asteroid event that took out dinosaurs 66 million years ago. While it may seem to drag on as we watch various species of retail collapse, I originally said this event would take, at least, three years (through the end of 2019) for the bulk of the impact to play out.

It was two years ago that I started writing about the damage that was to come and all the collateral damage that would ensue. I said that ultimately, it would take out malls all over the nation, nearby restaurants and eventually gas stations.  Continue reading “Retail Apocalypse Closing Stores Down Like Death of Dinosaurs”

Yahoo News

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones blamed the various claims he’s made over the years, including that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre was a hoax, on “psychosis,” according to a deposition the “Infowars” host has given as part of a Texas lawsuit.

Jones described his conspiracy thinking as a kind of mental disorder during the deposition taken earlier this month for the lawsuit filed against him by the family of a 6-year-old who was among the 20 children and six adults killed in the Newtown, Connecticut, attack, the Austin American-Statesman reported .  Continue reading “Alex Jones blames conspiracy claims on ‘psychosis’”

KWCH 12

HOUSTON, Texas. (KWCH/KHOU) The Drug Enforcement Agency is looking for a Houston-area contractor to burn a 1,000 pounds of marijuana.

KHOU reports the contractor must be able to incinerate various items like papers, cassette tapes, pharmaceuticals, and other incidental controlled substances.  Continue reading “DEA looking for a contractor who can burn 1,000 pounds of marijuana per hour”

AZ Central – by Rafael Carranza

U.S. Border Patrol officials in Arizona said they have started releasing migrant families from their custody into the streets of Yuma because processing centers can’t cope with the large numbers of arriving families and minors.

Community groups in the Yuma area have set up temporary facilities to house the families and to provide food and shelter while they assist migrants with travel plans to leave the border city.  Continue reading “Border Patrol begins releasing migrant families on the streets of Yuma”

The Truth About Guns – by Dan Zimmerman

Now someone at Salon — a sixth generation grandson of Thomas Jefferson— is falling on his fainting couch after learning that some Americans like to shoot at long distances. The horror…the horror….

Maybe he’s never heard of PRS. In any case, it’s clearly time to do away with these “military-grade killing machines.”  Continue reading “Salon: Now No One Needs Bolt Action Rifles Either”

The Guardian

United Nations officials described the killing of sleeping children as a disgrace to the world and accused Israel of a serious violation of international law after a school in Gaza being used to shelter Palestinian families was shelled on Wednesday.

At least 15 people, mostly children and women, died when the school in Jabaliya refugee camp was hit by five shells during a night of relentless bombardment across Gaza. More than 100 people were injured.  Continue reading “‘The world stands disgraced’ – Israeli shelling of school kills at least 15”

AP News

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A California man was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for making bogus emergency calls to authorities across the U.S., including one that led police to fatally shoot a Kansas man following a dispute between two online players over $1.50 bet in the “Call of Duty: WWII” video game.

U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren sentenced Tyler R. Barriss, 26, under a deal in which he pleaded guilty in November to a total of 51 federal charges related to fake calls and threats.  Continue reading “20 years for man behind hoax call that led to fatal shooting”

Gateway Pundit – by Christina Laila

Chicago Police Union, Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) just announced they will be holding a protest of corrupt Cook Country State’s Attorney Kim Foxx on Monday.

Chicago Police are furious after Kim Foxx’s office abruptly dropped all 16 felony charges against hate hoaxer Jussie Smollett in a stunning display of lawlessness on Tuesday. Continue reading “Chicago Police Union Announces Protest of Corrupt State’s Attorney Kim Foxx Monday”

The Oregonian

SALEM — Every time Mariana Alvarez leaves her home, she crosses herself in prayer in hopes she will be able to return to her three children.

Alvarez moved to Salem from Mexico, and lives in Oregon without proof of legal residence. Under state law, that means she isn’t eligible for a driver’s license.  Continue reading “Oregon may grant driving privileges to undocumented immigrants”

Merry Jane – by Randy Robinson

The bacteria used to create tequila just got a new job: making the molecules naturally produced by the cannabis plant.

Farmako, a biotech firm based in Frankfurt, Germany, filed an international patent for the genetically-modified microorganisms in February. The bacteria, Zymomonas mobilis, is one of the key ingredients for manufacturing tequila. In the tequila-making process, the bacteria convert glucose — or sugar — into booze.  Continue reading “Scientists Are Using Tequila Technology to Create THC”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Duden

Mexico is bracing for the “mother of all caravans,” after Interior Secretary Olga Sánchez Cordero warned on Wednesday “We have information that a new caravan is forming in Honduras, that they’re calling ‘the mother of all caravans,’ and they are thinking it could have more than 20,000 people.”

The figure has been disputed by activists such as Irineo Mujica of group Pueblo Sin Fronteras, who has accompanied several caravans in Mexico and said in a statement that “there has never been a caravan of the size that Sanchez Cordero mentioned.” Continue reading “‘Mother Of All Caravans’ Forming In Honduras – Up To 20,000 Hope To Cross US Border: Report”

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Friday warned Russia and other countries backing President Nicolas Maduro against sending troops and military equipment to Venezuela, saying the United States would view such actions as a “direct threat” to the region’s security.

The warning comes after two Russian air force planes landed outside of Caracas on Saturday, believed to be carrying nearly 100 Russian special forces and cybersecurity personnel.  Continue reading “White House warns Russia, others against sending troops to Venezuela”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

In the past, when President Trump threatened to close the southern border over Mexico’s unwillingness to crack down on illegal immigrants crossing through its territory, many took his words with a grain of salt. But after the president twice tried to dictate federal policy via tweet over the past week, there’s cause to believe this might be more than just frustrated presidential bluster.  Continue reading “Trump Threatens To Close Southern Border Next Week”

Living Lies – by Neil Garfield

In order to maintain the illusion of legality and an orderly marketplace the banks and their servicers must continue to push foreclosures even if it means going after people who are not actually withholding payments. The legacy of the mortgage meltdown and the brainless government policies that let the banks get away with what they had done, is that the crime not only continues but is being repeated with each new claimed securitization or “resecuritization” of residential loans.

Continue reading “If you think foreclosures are a thing of the past, think again”