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SOTT – by Dianne Russell, MoveOn
Congress is about to impose furloughs amounting to a 20% across-the-board pay cut for 800,000 federal employees, more than 44 percent of whom are veterans.
And yet, where is the same 20% cut for Congress and the president? Are they not federal employees? Aren’t these the people who keep telling us that everyone must share the burden? Continue reading “Great idea! Pay cuts for Congress”
Before It’s News – by Mort Amsel
The Queen is in hospital “as a precaution” where she is being assessed for symptoms of gastroenteritis, Buckingham Palace says.
A palace spokesperson said the 86-year-old monarch had been taken to King Edward VII Hospital in London.
All official engagements for this week, including the Queen’s trip to Rome, will be either cancelled or postponed. Continue reading “Queen Elizabeth ll Hospitalized”
“Tactical nuclear weapons that are constantly threatening the United States must become the factor that will deter large-scale aggression. Holding it at gunpoint – this is the deterrent,” General Colonel in reserve, MGIMO Professor, Leonid Ivashov, said in an interview with Pravda.Ru editor-in-chief Inna Novikova.
“Mr. Ivashov, your forecasts of what is going on with Russia’s defensive ability, and generally your views of Russia’s current position in the world are very pessimistic and critical. You said that Russia has lost all allies during the recent years. Who we our allies, except for our army and navy?” Continue reading “Russia must always keep America at gunpoint”
Illinois Review -by John F. Di Leo
For one brief moment on Sequester Day – March 1, 2013 A.D., a day that will live in insolvency – President Barack Obama let down his guard. In one of his rare real press conferences, he accepted questions, and soon wished he hadn’t. Asked a very softball question – whether there was anything he might have done differently, or might do differently in the future, to break the gridlock and make progress on the government’s budget – Obama snapped back “Well, Julie, give me an example of what I might do!” Continue reading “Di Leo: Barack Obama and the Moment of Truth”
Huffington Post – by VERENA DOBNIK
NEW YORK — Just across the East River from midtown Manhattan’s shimmering skyscrapers sits one of the nation’s most polluted neighborhoods, fouled by generations of industrial waste, overflow from the city’s sewage system and an underground oil leak bigger than the Exxon Valdez spill. Continue reading “Newtown Creek In NYC, One Of Most Polluted Areas In US, Awaiting Cleanup”
GOOD TO KNOW!
When I had my gangrene gallbladder taken out and spent 10 days in the hospital for what should have been an overnight stay the insurance company kicked me out. I had home nurse visits for two weeks and was asked if I had guns in the house. I respond that if I did I would not tell them. So the below has some merit. Continue reading “Do you have a gun in the house?”
I recently made the post, ‘Will You Fight?’ that was written by Dean Garrison about the attempt to outlaw firearms in America and whether we have a responsibility to fight if the government comes to take our guns away. The website D.C. Clothesline has Mr. Garrison’s follow up response to his original writing. It is posted below. As he states, please spread the message and let our fellow Patriots know that they are not alone! Continue reading “Will You Fight? (Follow Up)”
CAIRO – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the Obama administration is rewarding the Egyptian government with financial aid because of Cairo’s promises of economic and political reforms.
Kerry says the U.S. is providing $190 million immediately as part of a larger pledge of $450 million over time. Continue reading “Kerry says US releasing millions in aid to Egypt”
An excellent new report from Republican Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama proves that we spend $68,000 on every poor household in the United States every year, thereby raising the typical poor household’s standard of living above that of the typical middle-income household.
That’s right, I said “excellent” and “proves.” Why? Well, just take a look at this analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP)—an economic think tank that a bunch of muckety-mucks in Washington, DC, think is so “renowned” at knowing numbers. Continue reading “This Week in Poverty: Gangnam-Style Counting With Senator Jeff Sessions”
ARS Technica – by Cyrus Farivar
Cody Wilson, like many Texan gunsmiths, is fast-talkin’ and fast-shootin’—but unlike his predecessors in the Lone Star State, he’s got 3D printing technology to help him with his craft.
Wilson’s nonprofit organization, Defense Distributed, released a video this week showing a gun firing off over 600 rounds—illustrating what is likely to be the first wave of semi-automatic and automatic weapons produced by the additive manufacturing process. Continue reading ““Download this gun”: 3D-printed semi-automatic fires over 600 rounds”
DENVER (CBS4) – A popular hunting shotgun could be banned under one of the bills moving through the state Capitol.
A pump or semi-automatic shotgun is the gun most hunters in Colorado use. It’s a gun state Sen. Greg Brophy, R-Wray, says could be banned under a bill that’s already passed the House and Gov. John Hickenlooper says he’ll sign. Continue reading “Popular Standard Shotgun Could Be Banned Under Proposed Colorado Bill”
CNN – by John Zarrella and Holly Yan
Seffner, Florida (CNN) — Unable to rescue a man devoured by a giant sinkhole, workers will start demolishing his Florida home Sunday — three days after the ground under his bedroom opened up and swallowed him whole.
Authorities made the heartbreaking decision to stop the search for Jeff Bush after the odds of survival became abundantly clear. Continue reading “Home of Florida man devoured by sinkhole to be demolished”
Painless and Easy Ways to Cut $83 Billion
Eric Zuesse notes that this year’s subsidy to Wall Street – $83 billion – exactly equals the amount of the this year’s sequester cuts.
Spiegel reports that ending the failed “war on drugs” would pay for the sequester cuts by itself: Continue reading “Stopping the Failed War on Drugs Would More than Pay for the Sequester Cuts”
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Before It’s News – by Live Free or Die
Another HAARP Blizzard for the East Coast? First, from Accuweather: The eventual track from this potential atmospheric bomb will determine whether or not portions of the mid-Atlantic and southern New England have a foot or more of windswept snow, hurricane-force gusts, power outages, coastal flooding, flooding rain and travel mayhem with a storm hugging the coast or another non-event with the storm heading out to sea. (States on the bubble for a major storm or a near-miss include North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, as well as the District of Columbia). Continue reading “Major East Coast HAARP Storm Brewing For March 6th & 7th”
Let’s begin with a definition. Investopedia defines the Law of Supply and Demand as follows:
“The effect that the availability of a particular product and the desire (or demand) for that product has on price. Generally, if there is a low supply and a high demand, the price will be high. In contrast, the greater the supply and the lower the demand, the lower the price will be.” Continue reading “Silver Prices Defy the Law of Supply and Demand”
Common Dreams – by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The nation’s biggest industry is fostering a poverty-wage, low-benefit workplace, charges restaurant worker advocate Saru Jayaraman.
Co-founder and co-executive director of Restaurant Opportunities Centers (ROC) United and author of the bestsellingBehind The Kitchen Door Jayaraman appeared on Up with Chris Hayes on Saturday and brought to light some of conditions that leave food industry workers forced to work sick and rely on food stamps.
Continue reading “Worker Advocate: Nation’s Biggest Industry Fostering Poverty-Causing Wages”
The Washington Free Beacon – by Andrew Evans
The government watchdog group Judicial Watch is suing the Treasury Department for records pertaining to the department’s decision to grant a Chinese government-backed company access to oil deposits in the Gulf of Mexico, a move that will benefit Obama donors.
The Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) reached a “definitive agreement” with Nexen, Inc., a Canadian energy company, announced on July 23, 2012, to buy all of the company’s outstanding public shares. Nexen has holdings in the Gulf of Mexico and Canada, giving the Chinese government access to millions of barrels of Keystone XL and Gulf reserve oil. Continue reading “China Deal Benefits Obama Donors”
Pravda – by Inna Novikova 
The Nation – by Greg Kaufmann 
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