Month: June 2015

RT

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and international creditors have failed to reach a common ground on tax and reform proposals, which adds more doubts over the country’s chances of averting an imminent debt default.

The lack of concrete proposals coming from the Greek side, according to representatives of the lending institutions, is the main stumbling block in its talks with the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Such an attitude they say is more likely only to impede progress in the negotiations.   Continue reading “Greece rejects ‘exceptionally generous’ counterproposals by creditors”

Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks after his own Democratic Party handed him an embarrassing defeat on trade, President Barack Obama maneuvered his way back to victory, salvaging a key piece of his second-term legacy with the extraordinary help of the very Republican leaders he once accused of obstruction.

Wednesday’s 60-38 vote in the Senate to strengthen Obama’s trade negotiating position sets the stage for Obama’s real prize: conclusion of a 12-nation Pacific rim trade pact that is crucial to his effort to expand U.S. influence in Asia. Trade experts believe Obama’s negotiators could conclude that deal by early fall and that Congress, after a period of public review, could vote on it by year’s end.   Continue reading “Obama recovers: He rescues his trade agenda – with GOP help”

Fox 17

WASHINGTON (CNN/WXMI) — Obamacare has survived — again.

In a major win for the Obama administration, the Supreme Court held in a 6-3 decision that the Affordable Care Act authorized federal tax credits for eligible Americans living not only in states with their own exchanges but also in the 34 states with federal exchanges.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for himself, Justice Anthony Kennedy and the four liberal justices. Justice Antonin Scalia wrote the dissent, joined by Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.   Continue reading “Supreme Court rules in favor of Obamacare”

Sent to us by Mary in North Carolina.

Baltimore Sun – by Yvonne Wenger

Gov. Larry Hogan will pursue action to stop the state from issuing license plates bearing images of the Confederate battle flag, aides said Tuesday, as momentum seemed to swing decisively against the controversial symbol of a divided America.

Hogan, a Republican, joined the Democratic governor of Virginia in taking steps toward ridding their states of the Sons of Confederate Veterans plates on a day that retail giants Amazon, eBay and Sears followed Wal-Mart in banning Confederate flag merchandise. A major U.S. flag maker said Tuesday it would stop manufacturing and selling the flags.   Continue reading “Hogan wants to recall Confederate plates in Maryland”

Fox 13 Now – by Zach Whitney

PANGUITCH, Utah – Commissioners in Garfield County have declared a state of emergency, saying a decline in school enrollment in rural communities has put the future of those cities at risk.

Commissioners unanimously approved the declaration, which commissioner Leland Pollock said is meant to raise awareness to the fact that the county has been put in a situation where the federal government is eliminating jobs in the area, forcing families to relocate.   Continue reading “Garfield County declares state of emergency with decline in student enrollment”

WHAS 11

CLARKSVILLE, Ind. (WHAS11) – A local member of law enforcement is now facing multiple charges, including pepper spraying an infant.

Charles Edelen is now charged with aggravated battery, criminal recklessness and domestic battery.

Edelen is a reserve police officer for the city of Clarksville and is also a Clarksville firefighter.   Continue reading “Ind. law enforcer pepper sprayed infant, faces multiple charges”

RT

The federal government is considering filing federal hate crime charges against the man suspected of the deadly shooting at a black church in South Carolina. The suspect already faces nine counts of murder and could face the death penalty in state court.

Law enforcement officials said the crimes committed by Dylann Roof, 21, during the shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston on June 17 were “so horrific and racially motivated” that the FBI and the Justice Department were “obligated to address the incident as a hate crime,” according to The New York Times.   Continue reading “South Carolina church shooter could face federal hate crime charges”

Ocala Post

Ocala, Florida — On Monday, Community Technical & Adult Education (CTAE) spokeswoman Janie Gunnell said that Marion County citizens should not worry about the 600 to 700 military personal that have recently occupied Ocala.

The military has taken over the Westport High School parking lot and it is currently filled with military vehicles.

According to reports, the military is in Ocala for “Operation Guardian,” and it will culminate on June 25, 2015.   Continue reading “Military occupy Ocala by the hundreds”

Reuters – by SCOTT MALONE AND RICHARD VALDMANIS

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Wednesday apologized for the deadly 2013 attack at a hearing before a U.S. judge formally sentenced him to death for killing four people and injuring 264 in the bombing and its aftermath.

The 21-year-old ethnic Chechen, who had not testified during his trial, referred to Allah and admitted that he and his now-dead older brother carried out one of the highest-profile attacks on U.S. soil, in a courtroom packed with survivors of the April 15, 2013 bombing.   Continue reading “Boston bomber apologizes, admits guilt for deadly 2013 attack”

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Sierra Vista Herald – by Derek Jordan

SIERRA VISTA — Shortly before 9 p.m., two F-16 aircraft collided mid-air, crashing off of Leslie Canyon Road near the Cochise County Fairgrounds outside Douglas.

Cochise County Sheriff’s deputies responded and are securing the scene, where the wreckage has sparked a fire near a natural gas pipeline.   Continue reading “Two F-16 aircraft collide, crash near Douglas, Arizona”

Stripes – by Robert Burns

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army on Wednesday defended its past practice of naming forts and posts after Confederate Army generals, saying they memorialize historic figures, “not causes or ideologies.”

The issue arose following the deadly shooting at a historic black church in Charleston, S.C., and amid debate over Confederate flags and other Civil War-era symbols of the pro-slavery secessionist Confederacy. The white shooting suspect has been shown holding Confederate flags in widely-seen photos.   Continue reading “Army defends past use of Confederate soldiers in base names”

Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis

The NPR claims the most common job in 29 of 50 US states is truck driving. This seems a bit overboard, and depends on how jobs are categorized, but here is the chart.   Continue reading “The Most Common Job in 29 States to Nearly Vanish in 10 Years; Know What That Job Is?”

GeoEngineering Watch – by Dean Wigington

The weather warfare being waged against the US population continues to escalate. Due to the highly toxic fallout, weather warfare is also biological warfare against the entire web of life. How hot is it going to be under the completely engineered high pressure heat dome in the West? Record shattering. Is it any wonder the Western states are burning to the ground?   Continue reading “Engineered Western Meltdown To Cool The East”

US Crow – by David Black

Typically no one wants to read an article on what not to do. I shouldn’t have to write an article to tell you not to stick your hand down the garbage disposal. Yes, if your leftover hooters hot-wings clog up your garbage disposal there are ways to fix it. Doing something stupid and dangerous like sticking your hand down there to fix it is less than ideal.

Why do I mention this? I just read an article on how to remove a bullet on another prepper website. My impulse is to string together a buffet of swear words to describe how irresponsible this article was. Continue reading “How to Remove a Bullet”

Al.com – by Charles J Dean

On the order of Gov. Robert Bentley, the Confederate battle flag which stands at the foot of the confederate memorial on the state Capitol grounds was taken down this morning.

Two workers came out of the Capitol building about 8:20 a.m. and with no fanfare quickly and quietly took the flag down. They declined to answer questions.   Continue reading “Alabama Gov. Bentley removes Confederate flags from Capitol grounds”