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A pivotal component of the process that manipulates the legislative cover that claims to be representative federalism is the consortium of influential pressure and bribe distributors that populate the lobbying capital of the planet, K Street. This group of ex elected officials, shyster lawyers and con artists make up the revolving door of access and sway that keeps the DC Scalawag Culture Preserves Scoundrels alive and expanding. Corporatist Lobbying Replaced a Free Market long ago. The Camelot dream has become the granddaddy of all extenders.   Continue reading “K Street Lobbyists Extender Rules”

12 Christmas Gifts for the Healthy Cook's KitchenThe Organic Prepper

Is anyone on your Christmas list trying to create a healthful, whole-foods kitchen?  Setting up such a kitchen doesn’t stop at the grocery store.  The right kitchen tools and appliances can make food prep creative, efficient, and fun.

Look to the following list to get ideas for your favorite healthy chef (or for dropping hints to your own “elves”).  The prices are accurate at the time of posting. but keep in mind that online retailers reserve the right to change prices from day to day.   Continue reading “12 Christmas Gifts for the Healthy Cook’s Kitchen”

Yellow trianglesHaaretz

Officials in Marseille, France’s second largest city, have been forced to scrap a project requiring homeless people to wear yellow triangles pinned to their clothing after a public uproar.

Cards bearing the triangle had been introduced as part of an initiative to assist the homeless by making their medical information easily accessible to health workers in an emergency, the Independent reported.   Continue reading “Marseille scraps plan to require homeless to wear yellow triangles”

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Project Job Title: Civilian Role-Player
Location: Fort Hunter Liggett, California
Dates: 31 JAN. — 04 FEB., 2015

About the Organization:
CWU provides superior, specialized training and support services to our corporate, and U.S. Government clients in cultural awareness, linguistic services, training support services, government operations support, corporate contract management, risk analysis and mitigation. We serve as an extension of our client’s operations providing work force multiplication.   Continue reading “Part-Time Role Players (Fort Hunter Liggett)”

Ron Paul Press TV

Former US congressman Ron Paul says American lawmakers are seeking to drag the United States into a war with Russia by passing an anti-Russia resolution.

The former presidential candidate wrote in an article on Sunday that the US House of Representatives last week voted overwhelmingly in favor of an anti-Russia resolution “so full of war propaganda that it rivals the rhetoric from the chilliest era of the Cold War.”

“We must keep an eye on those Members of Congress who vote to take us closer to war with Russia,” Paul said. “The hawks in Washington believe that last month’s election gave them free rein to start more wars. Now more than ever they must be challenged!”   Continue reading “American lawmakers take US closer to war with Russia: Ron Paul”

The cast of "The Addams Family" -- Ken Weatherwax is bottom right. PIX 11

NEW YORK (AP) — Ken Weatherwax, who played the child character Pugsley on “The Addams Family” television series in the 1960s, has died. He was 59.

Weatherwax died of a heart attack at his Box Canyon, California, home over the weekend, said Joey D. Vieira, his half brother. Weatherwax’s body was found on Sunday.   Continue reading “‘Addams Family’ child star Ken Weatherwax dead at 59”

CNN – by Barbara Starr

Washington (CNN) — Thousands of Marines have been put on a higher state of alert around the world in advance of the anticipated release of a Senate report on coercive interrogation techniques as a precaution, a U.S. defense official tells CNN.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest at the briefing Monday said the Senate committee has told them they will release the enhanced interrogation report Tuesday.   Continue reading “Marines on alert ahead of release of Senate torture report”

635536631993398600-michaelrosenbergWUSA 9 

Gaithersburg (WUSA9) – A doctor killed in Monday’s Gaithersburg, Md. small jet crash is linked to a 2010 crash which was also heading to the Montgomery County Airpark.

The 66-year-old North Carolina doctor and businessman is identified in records as owning both crashed airplanes and may have been the pilot of at least one.

Authorities are investigating to determine who was at the controls in Monday’s crash.   Continue reading “Second plane crash linked to owner of downed jet – Mom, 2 kids die in Md. home after plane crashes into it”

Nasdaq – by Maria Armental, WSJ

U.S. officials are suing Deutsche Bank and a other financial companies, accusing them of engaging in an “abusive scheme” to defraud taxpayers of more than $190 million in federal income taxes, authorities said Monday.

In a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, the authorities charge the German bank created a series of fake companies to try to make potential tax liabilities disappear.   Continue reading “Manhattan U.S. Attorney Files Suit Against Deutsche Bank”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

Beloit, Wisconsin, police chief Norm Jacobs is asking city residents to volunteer to allow police to search their homes for guns.

Jacobs believes this will put the problems associated with “gun violence” front and center in residents’ minds.

According to Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR), Jacobs asked for volunteers because that’s how he has seen healthcare providers handle viral outbreaks. WPR quoted Jacobs saying: “Gun violence is as serious as the Ebola virus is represented in the media, and we should fight it using the tools that we’ve learned from our health providers.”   Continue reading “Police Chief Asks City Residents to Allow their Homes to be Searched for Guns”