Year: 2014

Examiner – by Dave Workman

After 18 months of reporting and editorializing, and not until the day after the election, did the headlines acknowledge today what gun rights activists have been saying so long about Initiative 594: It’s a gun control measure, as affirmed by the Seattle Times and Seattle P-I.com.

And Wednesday morning, I-594 backers held a press conference to make it abundantly clear that passage of their 18-page gun control scheme was just the first step in pushing a more far-reaching agenda. That also affirmed what the firearms community had been saying all along, and been essentially pigeon-holed as paranoids by gun prohibitionists.   Continue reading “Finally the Seattle press admits that I-594 is ‘gun control’”

Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis

Prepare for war. Where? Syria, Iraq, Russia, Iran, China, anywhere and everywhere.

Warmonger in chief, senator John McCain wants troops in Syria, arms for Ukraine, an examination of “China’s continued encroachment in the south China Sea”, and an investigation into warming relations with Iran.

McCain is set to take over as head of the Senate Armed Services Committee.   Continue reading “Prepare for War: Obama Asks Congress for ISIS War Authorization”

Huffington Post – by Michelle Conlin, Reuters

NEW YORK, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Many thousands of Americans who lost their homes in the housing bust, but have since begun to rebuild their finances, are suddenly facing a new foreclosure nightmare: debt collectors are chasing them down for the money they still owe by freezing their bank accounts, garnishing their wages and seizing their assets.

By now, banks have usually sold the houses. But the proceeds of those sales were often not enough to cover the amount of the loan, plus penalties, legal bills and fees. The two big government-controlled housing finance companies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as well as other mortgage players, are increasingly pressing borrowers to pay whatever they still owe on mortgages they defaulted on years ago.   Continue reading “Debt Collectors Harass Americans Even After They’ve Lost Their Homes To Banks”

Western Rifle Shooters

…Folks, keep one thing in mind, as I noted on WBAL yesterday — Obamacare could have been destroyed “at will” by the Republicans at any time since all spending must originate in the House. As a result since the Republicans have held the House since the first midterm of Obama’s Presidency they could have at any time stopped it by refusing to pass the appropriation necessary to fund it. They could have also cut off the runaway spending and thus the deficit at any time via exactly the same means, never mind the 2011 debt ceiling “fight” when an immediate and permanent end to deficit spending, and the destruction of your purchasing power that it causes, could have occurred simply by the Republicans refusing to pass a bill — that is, refusing to act instead of acting.   Continue reading “Quote Of The Next Two Years”

Hot Air – by Noah Rothman

The results of the midterm elections are not yet fully known, but it is safe to say at this point that Republicans won a historic victory.

As of this writing, the Republicans have won a 52-seat Senate majority outright. Republican candidates are expected to take seats in Alaska and Louisiana, resulting no less than a 54-seat Senate majority in the 115th Congress. NBC News projects that the GOP will hold a 250-seat majority in the next Congress, among the largest Republican majorities in generations. On the gubernatorial level, where Republicans were expected to lose ground, the GOP defied expectations and picked up four new executive mansions while losing only one. Republicans now control governorships and state legislatures in 24 states while Democrats control those in only 7 states.   Continue reading “Out of the gate, Obama reminds the GOP a majority didn’t vote for them”

Washington Post – by Terrence McCoy

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Phil Rudd, who has drummed for AC/DC for decades, was charged in New Zealand court Thursday morning with drug possession and trying to hire a hitman to kill two people.

Pictures show a bedraggled Rudd, shoeless and in a tattered sweater, arriving at a Tauranga District Court for a hearing, where he was accused of attempting to arrange the murders of two people, threatening to kill a complainant, and possession of methamphetamine and cannabis.   Continue reading “AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd charged with attempting to hire a hit man to kill two people”

Clarion Project

One of Iraq’s most powerful Shiite militia groups has been found to be responsible for a massacre in August that killed 32 Sunni civilians in a mosque shooting. A Human Rights Watch report released on Sunday detailed the testimony of the five witnesses. All of them identified the perpetrators of the massacre as the Iranian sponsored Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq militia.   Continue reading “Iraq Violence Worsens as Shiite Militias Take Revenge on Sunnis”

Guns Save Lives – by Dan Cannon

Pro-gun journalist and radio host Dana Loesch has canceled a book signing at Texas Christian University citing their prohibition on firearms and lack of security as the reasoning.

According to Loesch’s blog:   Continue reading “Pro-Gun Journalist Dana Loesch Cancels Book Signing at Gun Free Campus Due to Safety Concerns”

Guns Save Lives – by Dan Cannon

This story is yet another illustration of the fact that criminals are becoming more and more bold. You have to be ready to defend yourself in your home regardless of the time of day.

Around 9:50am on Tuesday morning a masked man armed with a handgun broke into a home in Nashville, Tennessee. According to WKRN, this what happened next:   Continue reading “TN Homeowner, Armed With .45, Shoots and Kills Armed, Masked Home Invader in Broad Daylight”

Gold Core – by Mark O’Byrne

Disillusionment with Europe’s single currency continues to grow with the cracks beginning to show in it’s heartland, Germany, where the third largest political party is now selling gold coins and bars to raise funds.

In a poll in September Alternative for Germany (AfD) were found to be Germany’s third most popular party. The rise of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party saw it receive 10.6% of the vote in Thuringia and 12.2% in Brandenburg on 14 September. Two weeks earlier it secured its first regional government seats in Saxony.    Continue reading “Germany’s Third Largest Political Party Sells €1.6 Million of Gold In Two Weeks”

Gulf Times – Reuters/Beijing/Dubai

Qatar will become the Middle East’s first hub for clearing transactions in the Chinese yuan, in a step that could over the long run help Gulf oil exporting countries reduce their dependence on the US dollar.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China’s  Doha branch has been appointed as the clearing bank for yuan deals in Qatar, China’s central bank said on Tuesday.   Continue reading “Qatar to become Middle East clearing hub for China’s yuan”

Silver Doctors

The US Mint has just issued an alert to Primary Dealers across the US that Silver Eagle inventories, which according to the Mint began today at over 2 million ounces, are now SOLD OUT as of 12:30pm EST.

*Updated 1:45 pm EST

The Mint has reportedly sold through over 2 million ounces in less than 2 hours!   Continue reading “US Mint SOLD OUT of Silver Eagles! 2 Million Coin Surplus Sold in Under 2 Hours”

Common Dreams – by Andrea Germanos

Opium poppy cultivation levels in Afghanistan are at a record high, though the U.S. government has spent over $7 billion to stop it, a federal watchdog states in a new report.

In a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Attorney General Eric Holder and US AID head Rajiv Shah, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) John F. Sopko writes: “Despite spending over $7 billion to combat opium poppy cultivation and to develop the Afghan government’s counternarcotics capacity, opium poppy cultivation levels in Afghanistan hit an all-time high in 2013.”   Continue reading “$7 Billion US Eradication Effort Delivers Record High Poppy Crop in Afghanistan”

Reuters

Nov 5 (Reuters) – Israel said on Wednesday it supported attempts by neighbouring Cyprus to carry out natural gas exploration offshore, in spite of objections from Turkey challenging the endeavour.

Cyprus, a member of the European Union, has discovered sizeable gas deposits south of the island towards Israel, which has made massive hydrocarbon finds in the past decade.   Continue reading “Israel says backs Cyprus gas exploration in east Med”

Wall Street Journal – by Kris Maher

A West Virginia University freshman who did most of her campaigning out of her dorm room became the youngest state lawmaker in the nation Tuesday.

Republican Saira Blair, a fiscally conservative 18-year-old, will represent a small district in West Virginia’s eastern panhandle, about 1½ hours outside Washington, D.C., after defeating her Democratic opponent 63% to 30%, according to the Associated Press. A third candidate got 7% of the vote.   Continue reading “West Virginia Elects America’s Youngest State Lawmaker”