Category: News

Fox News – by Mark Murphy

Air travel is getting more expensive. Starting today, the Transportation Security Administration is raising the mandatory security fee put into place after Sept. 11, 2011.   The government isn’t just raising it, it’s more than doubling fees for some travelers — and redefining the definition of a flight.  Read on.

Under the previous security fee structure, consumers paid $2.50 for a single leg and there was a cap of $5 on any one-way ticket, so fliers paid at most $10 for any round-trip flight.  The new fee raises each leg to $5.60 and puts no cap on the total you can pay based on layovers.  Any flight that has a connection with a layover of more than four hours domestically will incur an additional $5.60 fee.  For example, if you booked a round-trip ticket that includes two connections lasting more than four hours, the TSA will hit  you with a total fee of $22.40.     Continue reading “New TSA security fee hike will make airfare more expensive”

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BBC News

Chinese President Xi Jinping has signed a series of oil and mineral deals with Venezuela.

They include a $4bn (£2.34bn) credit line in return for Venezuelan crude and other products.

The agreements came on the latest stop of a four-country visit to Latin America.   Continue reading “China’s President Xi Jinping signs Venezuela oil deal”

Yahoo News

Istanbul (AFP) – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he has stopped talking to US President Barack Obama on the phone, amid growing strains between Ankara and Washington over Syria and the Gaza conflict.

Turkey, a fierce opponent of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and an open supporter of armed rebel fighters, felt betrayed when the United States backed away from military action against Damascus in September.   Continue reading “I no longer talk to Obama: Turkey’s Erdogan”

Star Telegram – by Becky Bohror

JUNEAU, Alaska — The companies pursuing a major liquefied natural gas project in Alaska have applied for an export license with the U.S. Department of Energy.

Securing the authorization is seen as critical for the viability of the mega-project, which the companies say would be the largest of its kind ever designed and built.

The filing was made Friday, but it was announced by the companies on Monday. Participants in the project include BP, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil Corp., TransCanada Corp. and the Alaska Gasline Development Corp.   Continue reading “Consortium in Alaska applies for LNG export license”

AOL

The FDA released a press release stating that the Wawona Packing Company of Cutler, Calif is voluntarily recalling certain lots of whole peaches (white and yellow), nectarines (white and yellow), plums and pluots packed between June 1, 2014 through July 12,2014 due to the potential of the products being contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Wawona Packing has notified retailers of the specific lots being recalled. No other products are impacted by this recall. No illnesses have been linked to this recall to date.   Continue reading “Fresh fruits recalled due to Listeria threat”

WND – by Jane M. Orient, M.D.

Most veterans get most of their medical care from private doctors through Medicare or private insurance. Just think what those secret waiting lists would be like if they didn’t!

Still, a VA-like system for all has been proposed as a replacement for our unsustainable current system – at least until the recent scandals broke.   Continue reading “Will Medicare become like the VA?”

Breitbart – by Daniel Nussbaum

FONTANA — 46 illegal aliens were temporarily sheltered at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church on Thursday, where they waited to be driven to bus stations after being released at around 6:45 p.m.

Although the immigrants’ final travel destinations could not be confirmed, San Bernardino Diocese spokesman John Andrews told Breitbart News that the church provided “travel cash” to those headed on long journeys east toward New York or New Jersey.    Continue reading “California Church Gives ‘Travel Cash’ To Illegal Aliens, Sends Them East”

WEB Commentary – by Sher Zieve

Over last weekend, it finally got out–despite suppression from the White House and the media–that the Mexican drug cartels/human traffickers are now firing .50 caliber ammo at our USBP Agents. These are bullets that can reach their targets as much as a mile away. This is an act of war. Yet, neither the Pretend POTUS and Dictator-in-Chief Barack Hussein Obama nor any of his minions comment on it at all. Neither does Obama try to stop the thousands of illegals (largely gang members, drug cartels/human traffickers and Islamists…not children) that he has invited into the country as a foreign invasion force to replace US citizens and help him bring down the USA. Besides, he’s already decimated most of the US military, demanded the Border Patrol “stand down” and no longer attempt to stop anyone entering the USA while placing them on diaper and baby-sitting duties for the children coming in with their parents. What difference do some USBP deaths–or any additional US citizen deaths–mean to him? He does, after all, have a one-month vacation in August coming up.   Continue reading “US Government turns fully against Americans and few seem to care”

The Guardian – by Jon Swaine

When the coast is clear, and the trucks from the contractor shutting off water for the city of Detroit have rolled away, the men with water keys come.

They offer residents whose supply has just been shut off a tempting deal. For $20, they will use their tools to turn the water main back on immediately, and illegally, sparing the household the agonising days spent without showering, cooking or flushing that have already been endured by at least 16,000 of their neighbours so far this year.   Continue reading “Detroit residents fight back over water shutoff: ‘It’s a life-or-death situation’”

Discount Gold and Silver Newsletter – by Alfred Adask

“. . . they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace . . . .” Ezekiel 13:10)

The Muslim faith is divided into two primary sects:  Sunni and Shiite.  They’ve been at each other’s throat since the death of the prophet Mohammed in the 7^th century.  Their disagreement is religious and goes to which sect acquired legitimate authority over the Muslim faith after Mohammed died.  The two sects can go through generations when they peacefully coexist.  But every so often, they wage holy war against each other.   Continue reading “The Ultimate Prize: Control of Petroleum–or Control of Petro Currency?”

Activist Post – by Heather Callaghan

Based on the sheer amount of research studies available dating back to the 1950s on the association between industrial chemicals and neurobehavioral disorders – it makes sense that more recent studies are finally starting to emphasize the chemical/neurodevelopmental disorder connection. That is, additional links to keynotes seen in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and ADHD symptomology. 

Many agricultural pesticides are, after all, neurotoxic – that’s how they work on eradicating the intended pest. While regulatory and corporate entities continue to espouse their safety, and while farmers are encouraged to wear protective gear – how are levels of chemical plume to be regulated for individuals who live right near application sites? What about the effects on the developing fetus? Continue reading “Pesticide Exposure Linked to Autism Spectrum Disorder”

Publius Forum – by Warner Todd Huston

Actor and comedian Paul Rodriguez appeared on CNN and shocked those on the panel with his patriotic, American ideals and said that the USA has no reason whatsoever to keep all these hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens who are streaming across our border for Obama’s free handouts and his promise of amnesty.

He directly addressed some bleeding heart, anti-American Catholic priest saying, “Let us say we allow these seven thousand children to stay here and grow up American and go to our schools, what do we say to the sixty thousand that are going to follow them? And the hundred and fifty thousand, can we house them all father? De we have the whereabouts? We can’t even take care of our own kids here now!”   Continue reading “Actor Paul Rodriguez Shocks CNN by Saying We Need to Deport Illegals”

Xinhua

TEHRAN, July 19 (Xinhua) — The world powers agreed to unfreeze 2.8 billion U.S. dollars of Iran’s frozen assets over the next four months, Press TV reported on Saturday.

“Over the next four months, 2.8 billion dollars will be deposited into Iran’s account in six installments,” senior nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday after the end of the nuclear talks in the Austrian capital Vienna between Iran and the P5+1 group, namely Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States plus Germany.   Continue reading “Iran to receive 2.8 bln USD in frozen assets”

The Daily Caller – by Patrick Howley

IRS Deputy Associate Chief Counsel Thomas Kane said in transcribed congressional testimony that more IRS officials experienced computer crashes, bringing the total number of crash victims to “less than 20,” and also said that the agency does not know if the lost emails are still backed up somewhere.

The new round of computer crash victims includes David Fish, who routinely corresponded with Lois Lerner, as well as Lerner subordinate Andy Megosh, Lerner’s technical adviser Justin Lowe, and Cincinnati-based agent Kimberly Kitchens.  Continue reading “Now IRS Reports EVEN MORE Computer Crashes, Doesn’t Know If Emails Still Exist”

First Enercast Financial – by Wayne Ma

BEIJING–China imported a record amount of crude oil from Iran in the first half of the year amid a loosening of U.S. sanctions, further increasing the importance of Middle East supplies for the world’s No. 2 economy.

The increase came as the U.S. tries to strike a balance between reaching a new agreement with Iran regarding its nuclear ambition while continuing to keep pressure on Tehran. Last week, Iran agreed to new steps to contain its nuclear program in exchange for additional sanctions relief from the U.S. The two sides also extended negotiations for four more months.    Continue reading “China Imports Record Amount of Iranian Crude”

The China Money Report – by D. Collins

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The United States and Japan are in the early stages of integrating their
space programs to prevent China from stalking their satellites, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek article.

The Chinese were probably testing a mobile rocket booster for an
antisatellite weapon last May under the name of science space mission,
said Brian Weeden, a retired US Air Force officer. As Weeden described,
the weapon could reach targets in geostationary orbit about 22,236 miles
above the equator.   Continue reading “US and Japan arm satellites against China attack: Businessweek”

Breitbart – by Tony Lee

Hours before Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced he would send National Guard troops to the border, Texas state Senator Dan Patrick said there are at least 100,000 illegal immigrant gang members in the state.

On Monday’s The Laura Ingraham Show, Patrick, who is also the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, said from 2008 to 2012, 143,000 illegal immigrant criminals were arrested and jailed in Texas. He said these were “hardened criminals, gang members, and other criminals that we identified as being in Texas illegally.”    Continue reading “Texas Senator Says 100,000 ‘Illegal Gang Members’ Are In The State”

Breitbart – by Kristin Tate

HOUSTON, Texas–On Monday Texas Governor Rick Perry announced during a press conference that up to 1,000 National Guard troops will be activated along a section of the Texas-Mexico border in an attempt to stop the tidal wave of illegal immigrants entering the U.S. each day. The governor was joined by Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst, who claimed that unaccompanied minors only make up a “tiny fraction” of the illegals currently entering the nation.

A memo, obtained by the Monitor on Sunday, indicated that the National Guard will only be activated in the Rio Grande Sector.   Continue reading “Dewhurst: One-Fourth of Illegals Apprehended at Border Have Criminal Records”