The Washington Free Beacon – by Lachlan Markay

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi’s husband bought up to a quarter million dollars of stock in a now financially troubled green energy company just weeks before it announced a major 2014 acquisition that sent stock prices soaring, public records show.

SunEdison told regulators last week that it is eyeing bankruptcy under the weight of $11.7 million in debt. But in late 2014, investors were bullish on the company, which manufactures and operates solar and wind power facilities.   Continue reading “Pelosi’s Husband Invested in Solar Firm Weeks Before Lucrative Expansion”

BATR – by James Hall

There is not a single American alive that has a recollection of a time without a Federal Income Tax. Yet, the country existed and prospered greatly before the constitution was perverted to fleece the pockets of Americans. As with most deceptive schemes to defraud, the sales pitch seldom resembles the reality of the final outcome. The fact that the excessive growth, reach and scope of the District of Criminals government has developed into an oppressive empire during this time, is no accident.   Continue reading “Another Record Collection from Federal Taxes”

Oregon Live – by Maxine Bernstein

A federal grand jury has returned a new indictment against Hillsboro resident Winston Shrout, accusing him of defrauding U.S. financial institutions by issuing bogus documents and failing to file six years of income tax returns.

The grand jury returned an indictment charging Shrout with 13 counts of making, presenting and transmitting fictitious financial instruments and six counts of willfully failing to file income tax returns.   Continue reading “Man charged with issuing $100 trillion in fake finance documents”

The Daily Sheeple – by Piper McGowin

Come on, guys. What are they doing here? Obviously something showed up over the horizon of the planet just before NASA decided to cut the International Space Station’s live feed. What is this?

Better yet, what lame explanations are they going to make up to explain away what this is (like they always do)?   Continue reading “NASA Cuts Int’l Space Station Live Feed As Horseshoe UFO Appears Over Earth’s Horizon”

New Eastern Outlook – by F. William Engdahl

Deutsche Bank, Germany’s once-respected giant bank, has admitted being a party–together with a cartel of major Wall Street and select other international banks–in deliberately manipulating the price of gold over a period of years. As well, the German bank, in a court settlement with litigants in a US court, has agreed to name the names of other big banks involved in the criminal enterprise. As this drama unfolds in coming weeks and months, the world may well see the price of gold soar to new heights to reflect the true global market demand. This is huge.   Continue reading “Deutsche Bank Turns on the Gold-fix Cartel”

History.com

The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-83). Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts. On the night of April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. Paul Revere and other riders sounded the alarm, and colonial militiamen began mobilizing to intercept the Redcoat column. A confrontation on the Lexington town green started off the fighting, and soon the British were hastily retreating under intense fire. Many more battles followed, and in 1783 the colonists formally won their independence.   Continue reading “April 19, 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord”

Politico – by Nolan D. McCaskill

Chaos erupted at a Virgin Islands Republican Party Territorial Committee meeting regarding delegates over the weekend, and the pandemonium has been further muddled by wildly differing tales from the Virgin Islands’ GOP leadership that now include accusations of battery and defamation.

The Territorial Committee sought to correct the record Monday, issuing a “statement of facts to correct false representations.” In it, the committee charges Gwendolyn Hall Brady “physically attacked” its parliamentarian after Saturday’s meeting adjourned.   Continue reading “Virgin Islands GOP meeting descends into chaos”

NY Daily News – by VICTORIA BEKIEMPIS, REUVEN BLAU

A Brooklyn volunteer safety patrol member was charged Monday with bribing cops with $6,000 in cash and other goodies to expedite gun permit requests, and three officers were transferred out of the licensing unit as part of the far-reaching NYPD corruption probe.

Shaya (Alex) Lichtenstein, 44, was so cozy with cops in the License Division that he’d spent nearly every day inside the office in police headquarters since 2014, federal court papers say.   Continue reading “NYPD probe ensnares man offering to expedite gun permits”

Fox Sports

DENVER (AP) Colorado officials and tribal leaders are urging public schools to eliminate Native American mascots unless they partner with tribes, calling it a unique way to address a national debate over what many consider derogatory symbols in high schools and sports such as the National Football League.

A state commission on Monday recommended the partnerships to ensure mascots, nicknames and logos respect Native American history. A collaborative approach honors school traditions while educating the community about tribal culture, said Gov. John Hickenlooper, who appointed the panel.   Continue reading “Colorado panel urges schools to drop Native American mascots”

Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — The co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s have been arrested at the U.S. Capitol as part of ongoing protests in Washington about the role of money in politics. Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield were among approximately 300 people who were arrested Monday as part of protests by a group called Democracy Awakening.   Continue reading “Co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s arrested at US Capitol”

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban attackers in Afghanistan staged an assault on a government security agency in the capital, Kabul, on Tuesday morning, killing at least 28 people and wounding more than 320.

The assault, which include at least two attackers and a car rigged with explosives, came a week after the Taliban announced their annual spring offensive, vowing large-scale attacks” in the 15th year of their war against the U.S.-backed Afghan government.   Continue reading “Dozens killed in Taliban attack on Afghan security agency”

Mail.com

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When President Barack Obama arrives in the Saudi capital on Wednesday, he’ll face an increasingly assertive leadership still heavily dependent on U.S. weapons and military might that nonetheless has little trust in him and essentially believes it’s been thrown a curveball.

The president is expected to push Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter and biggest buyer of American-made arms, and other Gulf allies for greater cooperation and military backing in the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.   Continue reading “In Saudi visit, Obama faces ‘curveball’ in ties with kingdom”

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HOUSTON (AP) — As more than a foot of rain deluged the nation’s fourth-largest city, inundating homes, shutting down major highways and leaving at least five people dead, Houston’s mayor said there was no immediate solution.

Heavy flooding has become nearly an annual rite of passage in the practically sea-level city, where experts have long warned of the potential for catastrophe. “I regret anyone whose home is flooded again,” said Sylvester Turner, the city’s mayor, on Monday. “There’s nothing I can say that’s going to ease your frustration. We certainly can’t control the weather.”   Continue reading “Houston recovering from yet another deadly flood”

Mail.com

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The vast majority of immigrant children who arrive alone at the U.S. border are placed by the government with adults who are in the country illegally, federal data reviewed by The Associated Press show.

The government has long said that it places the children with family and friends regardless of immigration status. But since more children began arriving on the border in 2014, officials have not revealed how often those sponsors lack legal papers.   Continue reading “Immigrant kids placed with adults who are in US illegally”

The Tennessean – by Joel Ebert

The House of Representatives on Monday voted to let Tennessee become the first state in the nation to sue the federal government over refugee resettlement on the grounds of the 10th Amendment.

The 10th Amendment states that the federal government possesses powers only delegated to it by the U.S. Constitution and that all other powers are reserved for the states.

The move comes as a result of the chamber’s 69-25 vote on a resolution that directs the state’s attorney general to sue the feds.   Continue reading “Tennessee set to sue federal government over refugee resettlement”

. . . . But the people must elect good men. Examine the system – is it practicable for them to elect fit and proper representatives where the number is so small? But the people may choose whom they please. This is an observation, I believe, made without due attention to facts and the state of the community, To explain my meaning, I will consider the descriptions of men commonly presented to the people as candidates for the offices of representatives. We may rank them in three classes.   Continue reading “Anti-Federalist Paper No. 57 – Will The House Of Representatives Be Genuinely Representative? (Part 3)”

MassPrivateI

The Illinois Supreme court overruled an Appeals court that said making a U-turn to avoid a police checkpoint (roadblock) is not suspicious.

“A divided panel of the appellate court agreed and found that, absent any other suspicious activity, the U-turn itself did not provide specific, articulable facts that a criminal offense had been or was about to be committed.”    Continue reading “Police are allowed to stop motorists who avoid checkpoints”