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Tax Revolution Institute – by Alejandro Vidal

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Tax Revolution Institute (TRI), whose mission includes promoting transparency, accountability, and integrity in our tax system, has been educating legislators on Capitol Hill for several weeks and is now alerting the public: The only oversight organization identified by the IRS as “independent,” the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board (IRSOB), does not have a quorum, and as a result has suspended operations.
Continue reading “The IRS Has No Independent Oversight This Tax Season”

Plata – by Hugo Salinas Price

I. Russia: Leadership Through Better Ideas

A presentation by Hugo Salinas-Price, President of the Mexican Civic Association, A.C., offered to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, June 16-18, 2016, at the generous invitation of Mr. Sergei Prikhodko, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.   Continue reading “The Silver Ruble Coin for Russia”

Liberty Fight

Six months ago today, I drove over 700 miles one way from Virginia to Grand Rapids, Michigan and stood in the rain for over ten hours to get a front row spot to see Donald Trump and confront him over the fact that it was indeed dancing Israelis, not cheering Muslims, who were celebrating and cheering as the twin towers blew up on September 11, 2001.   Continue reading “Six Months Ago Today Trump Learned That They Were Israelis, Not Muslims, Cheering In New Jersey On 9/11”

Breitbart – by Charlie Spiering

President Barack Obama again failed to push through additional gun control efforts in Congress — even after blaming the terrorist attack in Florida on Republicans and supporters of the Second Amendment.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest revealed that Obama was “profoundly frustrated” after Senate Republicans again blocked anti-gun legislation.   Continue reading “White House: Obama ‘Profoundly Frustrated’ — Ready For More Executive Action On Gun Control”

Bloomberg – by Sam Grobart

A lot of people like meat. But the world’s appetite for animals comes with significant costs, both moral and environmental. From animal welfare to greenhouse gases, our history of large-scale, industrial animal farming just isn’t sustainable.

That’s why researchers are working on new meat alternatives. No, not Tofurky. Insects. Deep-fried and eaten whole or ground up into a versatile powder, this protein source eaten in other parts of the world for millennia may find its way onto American menus in the next decade.   Continue reading “Making a Steak Without the Cow”

RT

Three people were arrested with several loaded pistols, rifles and bullet-resistant vests in a the Holland Tunnel that connects New Jersey to New York City, NBC 4 New York reported. Police initially stopped them for driving with a cracked windshield.   Continue reading “3 arrested in New York’s Holland Tunnel with loaded rifles, body armor – report”

Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — Routine commercial use of small drones was cleared for takeoff by the Obama administration Tuesday, after years of struggling to write rules that would both protect public safety and free the benefits of a new technology.

The Federal Aviation Administration announced the creation of a new category of rules for drones weighing less than 55 pounds. The long-anticipated rules would mean drone operators would be able to fly without special permission.   Continue reading “White House clears small, commercial drones for takeoff”

Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — Among the Senate’s most vulnerable Republicans, Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey stood firmly with the powerful National Rifle Association on the latest ill-fated attempts at gun control. So did Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson.   Continue reading “Vulnerable GOP senators side with NRA on gun votes”

Mail.com

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Boeing Co. said Tuesday it signed an agreement with Iran Air “expressing the airline’s intent” to buy its aircraft, setting up the biggest business deal between the Islamic Republic and America since the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran.

Already, one Iranian official has said the deal could involve 100 aircraft while another has suggested Iranian airlines may purchase airplanes worth $25 billion from Chicago-based Boeing, welcome news to workers on its massive assembly plants around Seattle and company stockholders. Boeing shares were up 25 cents Tuesday to $132.75 on the New York Stock Exchange.   Continue reading “Boeing says it signs historic sales agreement with Iran Air”

Mail.com

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s Rikers Island jail has entrenched problems dealing with sexual abuse, including emergency hotlines that don’t work, confidential complaints read by fellow inmates and investigations that don’t interview alleged attackers, according to an internal review obtained by The Associated Press.

The report, conducted last year by an outside consultant, also revealed that guards dangerously underestimated the problem, felt helpless to do anything about it and showed “poor professional boundaries” themselves by inappropriately hugging and kissing one another and hanging racy postings in common areas.   Continue reading “APNewsBreak: Report assails NYC jail’s sex abuse response”

The Organic Prepper

With all that is being written about the economic collapses of nations around the globe, people in America seem to be waiting for some huge event.

But what if it isn’t a huge event like  a stock market crash or a currency collapse that you actually need to be concerned about? What if our disaster starts out looking nothing like the economic crises in Argentina, Venezuela or Greece? What if the real financial disaster in the future is more personal?  What, if that financial disaster has already happened?   Continue reading “How to Survive a Personal Economic Collapse”

Reuters

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell set up a vote late on Monday to expand the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s authority to use a secretive surveillance order without a warrant to include email metadata and some browsing history information.

The move, made via an amendment to a criminal justice appropriations bill, is an effort by Senate Republicans to respond to last week’s mass shooting in an Orlando nightclub after a series of measures to restrict guns offered by both parties failed on Monday.   Continue reading “Invoking Orlando, Senate Republicans set up vote to expand FBI spying”

The Newspaper

Smith County, Texas Judge Joel Patrick Baker was arrested Friday for arranging a deal with American Traffic Solutions (ATS) to install speed cameras during a meeting held in violation of the Texas Open Meetings Act. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured the indictment on Thursday.

Without the knowledge of county commissioners, Judge Baker on August 12, 2014 signed a ten-year contract with ATS that included an “exclusivity” clause prohibiting the county from doing business with any firm that competes with ATS. The group Grassroots America last year filed the open meetings complaint that landed Baker in hot water.   Continue reading “Texas Judge Arrested Over Illegal Speed Camera Contract”