The Great Recession

I’m pretty sure the nation’s favorite groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, knows more about the weather than he does about markets, and I’m not all that sure he knows anything about the weather! In fact, I don’t understand the underground methods of this rodent resident of Gobbler’s Knob at all. It would seem to me that sighting his shadow should indicate a nice sunny day, which in turn should indicate spring is just around the corner. How can he scowl and crawl back into his hole on a day filled with sunshine? If you ask me, he’s somewhat of a weather permabear.   Continue reading “Groundhog Day Drives Stock Market 666 Points Below Ground: What that says about the frosty season ahead”

Natural Blaze – by Brandon Turbeville

California has been at it again, proving to everyone in the country that the state most loudly proclaiming to be the leader against CO2, the disproven boogeyman of “Climate Change,” is really not interested in the environment at all, but the element of control Climate Change policies provide. There really isn’t any other explanation for what is happening in the Antelope Valley where local government has been taking individuals who live off the grid in the middle of nowhere off of their land by force of law.   Continue reading “California’s War On Off-Grid Independent Homes – Residents Made Homeless By Rogue Govt”

Intellihub – by Shepard Ambellas

MESA (INTELLIHUB) — The Arizona man who sold the alleged gunman of the 1 October Las Vegas massacre a large quantity of magnesium flare rounds says he put the deal together after having three brief telephone calls with Stephen Paddock and says that authorities seem to be hoping for a deeper connection between the two but won’t find one.

Douglas Haig, an aerospace engineer who holds a top secret clearance, told reporters at a press conference Friday that he has sold ammunition as a strong hobby since the early-90’s and has refused service to all kinds of people for many reasons over the years but for whatever reason saw no red flags with Paddock.   Continue reading “Man who sold Stephen Paddock tracer ammunition admits he was questioned by FBI just one day after the massacre”

St. Louis Public Radio

When Dennis Edwards was tapped to fill the flashy suit of a well-known lead singer in one of the hottest male soul groups in music history, he hesitated. The Temptations needed him to replace David Ruffin, who had established himself as the undisputed voice of romance with lush ballads that included what would become the group’s signature song: “My Girl.”

“I went home and it wasn’t but about 10 minutes,” Ruffin said, during a 2011 interview with Fox2 News. “I said I would love to try out.”   Continue reading “Obituary: Dennis Edwards, legendary ‘6th’ Temptation”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Can anyone blame him?

The father of three girls who were each molested by former US Gymnastics Doctor Larry Nassar who was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison last week, lunged at the disgraced doctor during his sentencing hearing on Friday in Eaton County, Michigan – and was swiftly tackled and restrained by three officers, according to NBC.  Continue reading “‘Father Of 3 Assaulted Daughters’ Restrained In Court After Charging At Disgraced Gymnastics Doctor”

Guns America – by S H Blannelberry

On Thursday of this week, more than 70,000 New York pistol permit holders woke up as felons.  Law-breakers.

What was their crime?  They didn’t register their handguns with the state.  Now, why on God’s green earth would they have to do that?

Emperor Gov. Andrew Cuomo rammed through the NY Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act in 2013.  This insidious law requires pistol permit holders to register their handguns and recertify their licenses every five years.  Failure to do so is a Class E felony.   Continue reading “70,000 New York Permit Holders Are Now Felons for Failing to Register Handguns”

AlterNet – by Adam Johnson

The linguistic gymnastics needed to report on police violence without calling up images of police violence is a thing of semantic wonder. Officers don’t shoot, they are merely “involved” in shootings; victims are not victims, but “suspects” “fleeing”; human beings become premortem cadavers as bullets “enter the torso” rather than the chest of a person; guns and bullets act on their own as they “discharge” or “enter the right femur,” rather than being fired by autonomous individuals with agency and purpose. Headlines become 14-word, jargon-heavy tangles where a simple five-word description would suffice.   Continue reading “6 Classic Ways Cops Spin the Media to Hide Their Abuses of Power”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Decatur, IL — A kind and loving local chef woke up Tuesday morning to a dozen cops and health department officials raiding his home. Khemuel “Chef” Sanders had his business shut down, all of his equipment stolen by the state, and his life ruined because he made food in his home to give to the homeless.

Unfortunately, in the land of the free, it is against the law to help others or try to make a dollar without first paying the government for the privilege of doing so. While the state will claim this is for the safety of others who may consume the food, the reality is that it is a revenue generation scheme.   Continue reading “Cops Raid Licensed Chef’s Home, Steal His Cooking Equipment—for Feeding the Homeless”

Breitbart – by John Binder

The pro-mass immigration billionaires Charles and David Koch, known informally as the “Koch brothers,” have committed to opposing President Trump’s popular plan to reduce legal immigration levels to raise the wages and quality of life for America’s working and middle class.

After a summit with donors and activists, the Koch brothers confirmed through their Hispanic lobbying organization “The LIBRE Initiative” that they would strongly oppose Trump’s plan to end the process known as “chain migration,” whereby newly naturalized citizens can currently bring their foreign relatives to the U.S. as legal immigrants.  Continue reading “Pro-Mass Immigration Billionaire Koch Brothers Commit to Opposing Trump’s Effort to End Chain Migration”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

Helen Mirren’s film “Winchester” highlights the “rapid firing” allowed by repeating rifles and questions the morality of profiting from firearm manufacturers.

Mirren plays Sarah Winchester, the wife of the creator of the famous Winchester repeating rifle.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the film adheres to lore about Sarah, depicting her in a state of gnawing concern over the paranormal presence of individuals killed with the rifles her late husband created.   Continue reading “Helen Mirren: ‘Winchester’ Film Questions the Morality of Profiting from Manufacturing Guns”