CNS News – by Terence P. Jeffrey

With the additional $231,327,000,000 in taxes that the U.S. Treasury collected in August, according to the Monthly Treasury Statement released today, President Barack Obama has now presided over more than $20,000,000,000,000 in federal tax collections during the 91 full months he has served in the Oval Office.

From February 2009 through August 2016, the Treasury collected approximately $20,197,437,000,000 in tax revenues (in non-inflation-adjusted dollars), according to the Monthly Treasury Statements.   Continue reading “Obama’s Tax Collections Surpass $20,000,000,000,000; Still Runs Up Debt by $8,878,290,996,028”

RT

Robots are poised to replace interns as the unrewarded and unpaid worker ants of industry. A study by Forrester Research has projected that by 2021, artificial intelligence will be sophisticated enough to push many out of the job market as we know it.

The future of technology growing bright could signal lights out for taxi drivers, bankers and customer service agents. In a report released by Forrester Research, six percent of jobs could be taken by “early-stage intelligent agents,” as soon as 2021. The study cites Facebook, Amazon and Apple as being at the forefront of developing nuanced bots that rely on algorithms like Siri, and that they could eventually replace truck drivers.   Continue reading “Make way for our future overlords: Robots to take 6 percent of jobs by 2021”

Mail.com

JEFFERON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature was poised to significantly relax the state’s gun laws and tighten its voting requirements as it prepared to convene Wednesday for a short session devoted to overriding vetoes made by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon.

The sweeping guns legislation would allow most adults to carry concealed weapons without needing a permit while also expanding people’s right to defend themselves both in public and private places. The elections law change would require people to show a government-issued photo ID at the polls, if voters also approve a proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot.   Continue reading “Gun rights, voting restrictions up for overrides in Missouri”

Mail.com

CHICAGO (AP) — The biggest street-gang trial in recent Chicago history starts in earnest Wednesday, with months of testimony expected to provide a rare look inside the gangland activity fueling deadly gun violence in the nation’s third-largest city.

On trial for federal racketeering charges are six purported leaders of the Hobos gang who prosecutors say murdered, maimed and tortured their way into controlling the most lucrative drug markets on the city’s South Side.   Continue reading “Openings set in major Chicago gang trial focused on killings”

Mail.com

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man and his girlfriend accused of intentionally running down a black teen after an altercation in a convenience store parking lot face new hate crime charges alleging they targeted the victim because of his race.

Russell Orlando Courtier, 38, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of first- and second-degree intimidation in the death of Larnell Malik Bruce, court documents say. Colleen Hunt, 35, who was in the passenger seat, pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree intimidation.   Continue reading “Police: Death of black teen run down in Oregon hate crime”

Anti-Media – by Nick Bernabe

North Dakota — It didn’t take long after the National Guard was activated in North Dakota for militarized law enforcement to descend upon the site of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Today, mass arrests began as riot gear-clad police attempted to break up Native American opposition to the construction of the pipeline, which has been halted at one location but continues elsewhere.   Continue reading “Riot Police Begin Mass-Arrests at Dakota Access Pipeline, FB Censors Video”

Reuters

Bayer said on Wednesday it won over Monsanto’s management with a $128 per share offer in cash, worth about $66 billion including debt, to take over the global seed market leader.

The companies have agreed on an antitrust break fee of $2 billion and the deal is expected to be closed by the end of 2017, the German group said in a statement.   Continue reading “Bayer says clinches $66 billion Monsanto takeover”

True Activist – by Whitney Webb

In a stunning and horrifying decision, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), an agency of the US Dept. of the Interior, voted last Friday to slaughter over 65% of the wild horses left in the United States. There is currently an online petition to stop the slaughter. The decision was reached after a congressional hearing in June where beef industry representatives asserted that the wild horses were overpopulated and unhealthy. They maintained that the only way to solve this population crisis humanely was the slaughter of 44,000 horses currently corralled by the BLM and to surgically sterilize all remaining wild horses, effectively eliminating the entire country’s population of wild horses. The horses will not be slaughtered by the BLM but will instead be sold to middlemen who then sell them to slaughterhouses in Mexico and Canada where they will be sold for meat as is custom in the BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro program.   Continue reading “Federal Agency Votes To Slaughter 44,000 Of The 67,000 Wild Horses In The U.S.”

Underground Reporter – by Christina Sarich

United States — An illegal pesticide prone to drift has contaminated Monsanto’s RoundUp Ready soy and cotton farms across ten states.

Pesticide drift from Dicamba has hurt many thousands of crops along America’s farm belt already. Larry Steckel, University of Tennessee weed specialist, says,   Continue reading “Illegal Spraying of Monsanto’s New Pesticide Has Damaged Crops in 10 States”

The Daily Sheeple

While everyone is talking about Creepy Uncle Joe Biden taking over for Hillary if she’s too unfit (or dead) to continue in the presidential race, here’s someone most people probably didn’t consider: Michelle Obama.   Continue reading “OH HELL NO! Roger Stone: ‘If Hillary’s Too Sick, the DNC Will Replace Her with Michelle Obama’”

BBC News

The rise in popularity of e-cigarettes in the UK may have resulted in more successful attempts to quit smoking, according to UK researchers.

The British Medical Journal work looked at trends in quit rates and support in England from 2006 to 2015.

E-cigarettes seem to have had no effect on the number of people trying to quit, but more have actually managed to stop.   Continue reading “E-cigarettes ‘help more smokers quit’”

Fox 10

PHOENIX (KSAZ) – Shocking video: a driver targeting Phoenix Police officers — running them down outside a valley Quik Trip gas station near 25th Avenue and Camelback Road on Tuesday morning.

It’s hard to watch — the surveillance video shows the moment a man drove his car towards three police officers at the QT. You can see his car speeding through the parking lot — one of the officers went flying through the air.   Continue reading “3 Phoenix police officers injured after car hits them, crashes into gas station”

The Daily Caller – by Ethan Barton

More than $9 million of Department of State money has been funneled through the Peace Corps to a nonprofit foundation started and run by Secretary of State John Kerry’s daughter, documents obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation show.

The Department of State funded a Peace Corps program created by Dr. Vanessa Kerry and officials from both agencies, records show. The Peace Corps then awarded the money without competition to a nonprofit Kerry created for the program.   Continue reading “John Kerry’s State Department Funneled MILLIONS To His Daughter’s Nonprofit”

WGME

BOOTHBAY HARBOR (WGME) — A sign in Boothbay Harbor is raising some eyebrows. Seemingly a play on the Black Lives Matter slogan, it reads “Black Rifles Matter: Yes, we have ’em. No, you can’t take ’em.”

Some local businesses are worried the sign sends the wrong message and could make some tourists feel unwelcome.   Continue reading “‘Black Rifles Matter’ sign causes controversy in Boothbay Harbor”