The New American – by William F. Jasper

Here’s a thought most of us don’t want to entertain: Could you or I, or a close family member or neighbor, be thrown into jail, publicly branded a criminal, and fined thousands, or even millions of dollars for allegedly violating an obscure federal regulation we didn’t even know about?

Yes, it could happen. It has happened to many unfortunate Americans. And it is almost certain to happen with greater frequency, as the Obama administration’s regulatory police begin enforcing the avalanche of new federal regulations.   Continue reading “Regulating Our Property Rights out of Existence”

ABC News – by Marcy Gordon, AP

The U.S. Treasury Department continued to approve “excessive” pay raises for top executives at General Motors and its former consumer finance arm, both of which received taxpayer-funded bailouts during the financial crisis, a new government report says.

The government watchdog that oversees the $475 billion bailout said Treasury approved cash salaries exceeding $500,000 last year for 16 of the 47 top executives at General Motors Corp. and Ally Financial Inc. Treasury allowed total pay packages, including company stock, of at least $1 million for every top executive at the two companies, according to the report released Wednesday by the special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program.   Continue reading “Report: Treasury OKs Big Pay Raises for GM, Ally”

Daily Beast

A grand jury in Ohio voted Wednesday not to indict a white police officer who shot and killed a black man inside an Walmart this year. John Crawford III was shot by Officer Sean Williams while carrying a pellet gun he had picked up in the sporting goods section of the store.

Police had arrived at the store in response to a 911 call saying there was a man in the store pointing a rifle at people.   Continue reading “Killer Cop in Walmart Not Charged”

kingfire mountainThe Organic Prepper

For eleven days now, forest fires have raged around us. Worsened by the drought on the West Coast, a seemingly unquenchable inferno is eating up the trees, the brush, and anything that gets in its way. It’s like the fire is a living thing, one that wants to get free and consume everything.

I’m rarely forthcoming about even our general location, for the obvious privacy reasons, but I want to share what it’s like for a real family – mine – to live on the brink of disaster for an extended period of time.   Continue reading “The King Fire Chronicles: Life on the Edge of a Natural Disaster”

Reuters / Robert GalbraithRT

Not only are local police departments across the United States increasingly relying on so-called StingRay devices to conduct surveillance on cell phone users, but cops are being forced to keep quiet about the operations, new documents reveal.

Recent reports have indicated that law enforcement agencies from coast to coast have been turning to IMSI-catcher devices, like the StingRay sold by Florida’s Harris Corporation, to trick ordinary mobile phones into communicating device-specific International Mobile Subscriber Identity information to phony cell towers — a tactic that takes the approximate geolocation data of all the devices within range and records it for investigators. Recently, the Tallahassee Police Department in the state of Florida was found to have used their own “cell site simulator” at least 200 times to collect phone data without once asking for a warrant during a three-year span, and details about the use of StingRays by other law enforcement groups continue to emerge on the regular.   Continue reading “FBI forces police departments across the US to keep quiet about cellphone spying gear”

ABC 30 Action News – by Lisa Bartley

LOS ANGELES — An angry federal judge handed down prison terms Tuesday to six current and former members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for obstructing a federal investigation into civil rights abuse and corruption inside L.A. County jails.

Judge Percy Anderson told the defendants their “blind obedience to a corrupt culture has serious consequences.” Anderson berated the defendants for their “lack of courage to do what’s right” and for refusing to show “even the slightest remorse.”   Continue reading “Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies sentenced to federal prison for blocking probe”

Commonwealth Mine Pearce ArizonaCommonwealth Mine

The Gaia Foundation’s new report – UnderMining Agriculture: How the Extractives Industries Threaten our Food Systems exposes the hidden costs of mining on food, water, land, air and climate, showing how each is increasingly affected by toxins as the global land and water grab intensifies. The report is a timely call to action for all food justice and anti mining organisations to come together with a harder line against the extractives sector. The world’s food production and millions of small farmers and communities are under threat.   Continue reading “UnderMining Agriculture: How the Extractives Industries Threaten our Food Systems”

World Events and the Bible

The supposed al-Qaeda splinter group more dangerous than ISIS, Khorasan, has taken center stage in Obama’s effort to legitimize the U.S. bombing campaign in Syria.

As we reported September 18, Khorasan, which supposedly consists of a handful of terrorists, is public relations gimmick for an illegal and unconstitutional violation of Syria’s national sovereignty. Prior to its roll out in the lead-up to the Syrian bombing campaign, only the government knew about Khorasan. It was a secret.   Continue reading “Khorasan: Toothpaste Bombers from Nowhere.”

World Events and the Bible

U.S. military leaders: Strikes in Syria are just the start of a prolonged campaign

(Source: Washington Post) – U.S. military leaders said Tuesday their aerial bombardment of Syria was only the beginning of a prolonged campaign that will continue intermittently for months and will become more difficult as targeted militants seek refuge in populated areas.   Continue reading “U.S. military leaders: Strikes in Syria are just the start of a prolonged campaign. Cameron backs US-Arab airstrikes on Syrian ISIS, vows to contribute more.”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: Russia did the same thing last year around this time. Here is your documentation and understand, both Russia and China are controlled by the globalists. Meaning there is no need for the globalists to have Russia and the United States go to war. That would completely alter their plan and there is no need for them to do that at this time.  
 Continue reading “Russia Holds Massive Military Drill: 155,000 Troops, 4,000 Tanks, 632 Aircraft, 84 Ships”

The Smoking Gun

SEPTEMBER 24–Fearful that she would get ticketed for not having a car seat, a Florida woman, 19, drove around early yesterday with her five-month-old baby inside the trunk of her car, police allege.

After spotting a passing 2005 Dodge Stratus with one of its headlights out, Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies sought to pull over the vehicle around 1 AM. The motorist, later identified as Breona Synclair Watkins, continued driving for several blocks before stopping her vehicle.   Continue reading “Cops: Mom Hid Infant In Trunk To Avoid Ticket”

The Weekly Standard

Here’s the text, as prepared for delivery, of President Obama’s address to the United Nations General Assembly:

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen: we come together at a crossroads between war and peace; between disorder and integration; between fear and hope.

Around the globe, there are signposts of progress. The shadow of World War that existed at the founding of this institution has been lifted; the prospect of war between major powers reduced. The ranks of member states has more than tripled, and more people live under governments they elected. Hundreds of millions of human beings have been freed from the prison of poverty, with the proportion of those living in extreme poverty cut in half.  And the world economy continues to strengthen after the worst financial crisis of our lives. Continue reading “Text of Obama’s U.N. Address”

This is exactly what I’ve been thinking since they emerged. The elite need a second group to attack Iran while they attack Syria.

Breitbart – by JORDAN SCHACHTEL

Is Muhsin al-Fadhli, the Khorasan leader with a $7 million dollar price tag on his head, ultimately responsible for successfully soliciting Iran’s alleged cooperation in the al-Qaeda attacks against the United States on 9/11/01?   Continue reading “Who Are Khorasan? The Al-Qaeda Leaders Who May Tie Iran to 9/11”

AP_UN_General_Assembly_Obama.2“The only language understood by killers like this is the language of force,” Obama told the United Nations General Assembly in his annual address.

Words from your Nobel Peace Prize winner.

USA Today – by David Jackson

UNITED NATIONS — U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria and Iraq are necessary to stop the terrorist threats of the Islamic State and others, President Obama told world leaders Wednesday.   Continue reading “Obama says force is necessary against Islamic State ‘killers’”

The Vindicator

GREENFORD — Ex-U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. is in “very critical condition” after an accident on his family farm, his wife, Tish Traficant, said today.

The former congressman, 73, is “sedated and he’s not doing well,” his wife told The Vindicator a few minutes before heading back to the St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown, where he was taken after first being rushed to Salem Regional Hospital.   Continue reading “Jim Traficant in ‘very critical’ condition after accident at farm”

2vintage-metal-lunch-boxEAG News – by Kyle Olson

HAMBURG, Pa. – A student’s “1950s-style” lunch box left unattended resulted in the bomb squad being called.

WFMZ reports Hamburg Area School District personnel were alerted to a “suspicious item” outside Hamburg High School and called police.

According to the news station:

[Superintendent Steven] Keifer said police arrived, took a look at the suspicious item and immediately called the bomb squad.   Continue reading “School calls bomb squad over student’s metal lunch box”

The Common Sense Show – by Dave Hodges

Howard Bloom, Yale literature professor and cultural critic, recently stated “I am 79 years old and I have never seen this country in such a bad state. It is madness. What we are seeing is the fall of the Roman Empire, only now it is the fall of America, the glory of our Empire.”

Ebola threatens to sweep across America. The United States sits on the brink of World War III. The economy is teetering on collapse. The Chinese are on the verge of owning your possessions and you and this arrangement was agreed to by people who were elected to “protect and defend the Constitution”. The UN is poised to be in charge of the demise of this country when martial law is declared. Continue reading “Why Isn’t America “As Mad As Hell” and Unwilling to “Take It Anymore”?”

GarbageKing 5 News – by Jake Whittenberg

SEATTLE – Be careful throwing away those extra food scraps. Seattle could soon fine you for it.

In a 9-0 vote, Seattle City Council members agreed to pass a new ordinance that could fine you for not composting. The new program is an incentive to help Seattle reach its goal of recycling 60% of everything by 2015.

The new law is expected to generate an additional 38,000 tons of compost material every year. The fine is $1 for each violation at a residence and up to $50 for a business or apartment complex.   Continue reading “Seattle residents who fail to separate food waste from trash will be fined”