Month: November 2014

Yahoo News – by Dylan Stableford

Voter turnout in last week’s midterm elections was terrible. How terrible? Just 36.3 percent of eligible voters cast votes — the worst turnout in 72 years, the New York Times reports. Only the 1942 election (33.9 percent) had a lower rate of voter turnout.

Here’s a quick breakdown, based onpreliminary estimates of voting data from the United States Elections Project:

• Less than half of the eligible voters in 43 states cast votes.

• The seven that saw more than half: Maine, Wisconsin, Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Minnesota and Iowa.    Continue reading “Voter turnout for 2014 midterms worst in 72 years”

The Organic Prepper – by Daisy Luther

A while back, I wrote an article called “30 Signs That You’re One of Those Crazy Preppers.”  Lots of readers got into the spirit of things, since it was pretty darned relatable.  We all know these are actually signs of sanity, but we’re used to being misunderstood by the unprepared and sometimes it’s fun to have a good laugh about their misconceptions of what we actually do.

Then Ebola happened, here on American soil, and a lot more people jumped on board the preparedness bandwagon.  To welcome the newbies, here are 45 MORE signs that you might have crossed over to the “prepped side.”  (Many of these came straight from the readers!)    Continue reading “45 MORE Signs That You Might Be One of Those Crazy Preppers”

USA Today – by Michael Winter

A magnitude-4.8 earthquake Wednesday shook up parts of Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, the strongest of eight temblors that rattled the seismically active region over 24 hours.

The moderately strong quake, which was relatively shallow at 3.4 miles deep, struck at 3:40 p.m. CT near the Sumner County community of Conway Springs, about 30 miles southwest of Wichita along the Oklahoma border, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The jolt was felt across much of the state and as far away as Tulsa, Okla., about 170 miles away. Some Arkansas residents also reported the shaking.   Continue reading “4.8 quake shakes Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas”

Newsroom America

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has ordered two debt sellers that posted the sensitive personal information of more than 70,000 consumers online to notify the consumers and explain how they can protect themselves against identity theft and other fraud in light of the disclosures.

In two separate cases, the FTC alleges the debt sellers posted consumers’ bank account and credit card numbers, birth dates, contact information, employers’ names, and information about debts the consumers allegedly owed on a public website.    Continue reading “FTC Alleges Debt Brokers Exposed Information Of Thousands Of Consumers On The Internet”

The Seattle Times

The man believed to be Washington bank robber known as the “Roscoe Bandit” was arrested Wednesday in Oregon, the FBI said.

Around 3 p.m., police in Grants Pass arrested William Mitchell, 55, a man believed to be responsible for four bank robberies in Washington, including two in Seattle, since July 28, the FBI said. A federal arrest warrant had been issued for Mitchell

Spokane police identified Mitchell after reviewing surveillance footage from a Nov. 7 robbery in Spokane, the FBI said.   Continue reading “FBI: ‘Roscoe Bandit’ bank robber arrested in Oregon”

The Daily Signal – by Ron Arnold

It seems incredible, but a single missing word could turn a water law into a government land grab so horrendous even a U.S. Supreme Court justice warned it would “put the property rights of every American entirely at the mercy of Environmental Protection Agency employees.”

The missing word is “navigable.” The Obama administration is proposing a rule titled “Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’ Under the Clean Water Act,” which would strike “navigable” from American water law and redefine any piece of land that is wet at least part of the year, no matter how remote or isolated it may be from truly navigable waters, as “waters of the United States,” or WOTUS.   Continue reading “Proposed Water Rule Could Put ‘Property Rights of Every American Entirely at the Mercy’ of EPA”

Mad World News – by Sean Brown

We all know them too well — the anti-hunting crowd. They’re loud, vocal, and love to wish death upon those who are actually helping to preserve the environment through controlling animal populations.

Recently, country music star Luke Bryant bagged a massive buck, then posted the picture to Facebook on the Buck Commander page, which features Willie Robertson, Jason Aldean, Bryant, and several other big names. While Bryant received plenty of praise for his beautiful prize, the trolls were out in force to voice their unwanted opinions.   Continue reading “Country Star Receives Death Threats After Bagging MASSIVE Trophy… With A Bow”

Mad World News Daily – by Dom

Along with illegal immigration comes an increase in crime, a loss in jobs, and a hike in taxes, among other hardships. However, many forget the silent killers that criminals crossing the border threaten to spread.

The media has warned citizens of Ebola, Enterovirus D-68, and even Chagas disease being spread by those traveling from foreign countries, but there’s another deadly endemic making its way into the U.S., and you’ve probably heard nothing about it.   Continue reading “Deadly ‘Eradicated’ Virus Revived, Making It’s Way Into The U.S. With Illegal Immigration”

TASS

PARIS, November 12 /TASS/. France comes under direct pressure from Washington over its contract with Russia for the construction and delivery of two Mistral helicopter carriers for the Russian Navy, a French politician and entrepreneur, Philippe de Villiers, said on Wednesday.

“Perhaps, what I am going to tell you will be sensational: every day the French ambassador in the United States and the embassy staff receive a call from the US State Department, which urges them to stop the delivery of Mistrals (to Russia – TASS),” Philippe de Villiers said an interview aired by the BFMTV channel.   Continue reading “France comes under US pressure over delivery of Mistral ships to Russia — French official”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Spot the banana republic:

• Nation #1 spends and issues tens of trillions in taxpayer funds and debt, crushing the growth potential of future generations, just to bail out a banking sector full to the brim with criminal “riggers” (as today’s settlements once again prove), where bubble mania was so pervasive not a single bank would have survived absent a global central bank bailout, and where bank executives wouldn’t bend over for anything less than a million.
• Nation #2 just sentenced two senior officials of a bank that collapsed under (a measly by New Normal standards) $1 billion in debt to 15 years in prison each for embezzlement and fraud.

Continue reading “America Watches In Stunned Disbelief As Afghanistan Jails Two Failed Bank Executives”

Legiscan

Title

Condemning all forms of anti-Semitism and rejecting attempts to justify anti-Jewish hatred or violent attacks as an acceptable expression of disapproval or frustration over political events in the Middle East or elsewhere.

Status

Status: Introduced on July 31 2014 – 25% progress
Action: 2014-09-18 – H.AMDT.1143 On agreeing to the Royce amendment (A002) Agreed to without objection.   Continue reading “US HR 707 – Condemning all forms of anti-Semitism”

The Right Scoop

I think administrators of Pine Creek High School in Colorado must be ‘high’ as they’ve forbidden students from exercising their constitutionally protected religious speech during their own free time in the school day. The school is citing “separation of church and state” as their legal backing for the ban.

And now, after sending a warning letter to the school, the ADF has filed suit in federal court against the school:   Continue reading “Colorado High School FORBIDS students from praying during free time”

Reuters

Moves by some U.S. states to legalize marijuana are not in line with international drugs conventions, the U.N. anti-narcotics chief said on Wednesday, adding he would discuss the issue in Washington next week.

Residents of Oregon, Alaska, and the U.S. capital voted this month to allow the use of marijuana, boosting the legalization movement as cannabis usage is increasingly recognized by the American mainstream.   Continue reading “U.S. states’ pot legalization not in line with international law: U.N. agency”