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Update: The MTA is closing all above ground subway service, Long Island Railroad Service and all Metro-North Service at 4 pm EST.
US railway operator Amtrak is running on a reduced schedule, and interstate buses are also being cancelled, according to the BBC. Continue reading “NY Declares State Of Emergency: JFK, La Guardia Close Due To Huge Winter Storm”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Thursday proposed opening nearly all U.S. offshore waters to oil and gas drilling, reversing protections in the Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific.
The bid to expand American energy production faces objections from environmentalists, state officials and some business groups worried about spills and the potential impact on coastal tourism. Continue reading “Trump administration aims to open nearly all U.S. offshore waters to drilling”
WINDY!! wind gusts at Vista House in the Columbia River Gorge were over 90 MPH at times this morning! Really hard to walk, knocked me down several times #LiveOnK2 #pdxtst #EquinoxLiveDrive pic.twitter.com/dBRcP0VcLq
— Mike Warner (@MikeKATU) January 2, 2018
Breitbart – by Robert Kraychik
“The President of the United States is a great man,” said Breitbart News’s Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon on Wednesday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight.
Bannon’s comments came in response to Justin from California, a caller-in to Breitbart News Tonight noting President Donald Trump’s recent criticisms of Bannon. Continue reading “Bannon Praises Trump: POTUS ‘Is a Great Man… I Support Him Day In and Day Out’”
Breitbart – by Charlie Spearing
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders announced a ban on personal cellphones and devices in the West Wing, in an apparent attempt to block leaks from the White House.
“[S]tarting next week the use of all personal devices for both guests and staff will no longer be allowed in the West Wing,” Sanders said in a statement to reporters. “Staff will be able to conduct business on their government-issued devices and continue working hard on behalf of the American people.” Continue reading “Sarah Sanders Announces Ban on Personal Cell Phones at the White House”
Top White House officials and heavyweight confidants including Rupert Murdoch scoffed at President Donald Trump‘s intellect, according to an explosive new book containing shocking allegations about his first year in office.
In one of the many passages of Michael Wolff’s book, ‘Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,’ being circulated online in advance of it’s January 9 release, Wolff writes: ‘There was now a fair amount of back-of-the-classroom giggling about who had called Trump what.’ Continue reading “Trump’s top officials, confidants called him ‘dumb, idiot’”
The millionaire socialite daughter of a former Washington Redskins owner has been arrested for allegedly bashing a stranger in the head with her $300 glass purse after spewing anti-Semitic slurs.
Jacqueline Kent Cooke, 29, was charged with assault on Wednesday in New York following the shocking confrontation on New Year’s Eve in the swanky Upper East Side restaurant Caravaggio. Continue reading “New York socialite charged with assault in purse attack”
Washington’s attorney general sued Motel 6 on Wednesday, alleging the national budget chain disclosed the private information of thousands of its guests to U.S. immigration authorities in violation of the state consumer-protection law.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson said motel employees divulged the names, birth dates, driver’s license numbers, license-plate numbers and room numbers of at least 9,150 guests to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents without a warrant. At least six people were detained on or near motel property during a two-year period. Continue reading “Washington state AG sues Motel 6 over giving ICE info on 9,000 guests”
Oil prices started the year on a high note as some geopolitical tension pushed aside bearish concerns. Both WTI and Brent opened above $60 per barrel for the first time in years.
The protests in Iran were the main driver of the bullish sentiment in the oil market. Anti-government demonstrations swept across the country in recent days, and unlike the widespread protests in 2009, the current rallies are related to economic woes and are also taking place in more cities than just Tehran. “Growing unrest in Iran set the table for a bullish start to 2018,” the Schork Report said in a note to clients on January 2. Continue reading “Iranian crisis could send oil to $100”
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — There’s no winner yet in Virginia’s hotly contested race for a House seat despite a general election, a recount and a legal battle. Now election officials are turning to a ceramic bowl.
But even that may not be enough. Although a drawing of names is scheduled for Thursday morning to determine who will occupy the seat in the 94th District, the loser could push for a second recount or ask the House to step in and pick a winner. Continue reading “Officials to draw name from bowl to decide election winner”
HONOLULU (AP) — The deputy city prosecutor wife of a Honolulu police chief convinced a man whose trust she allegedly stole from when he was a child to lie for her before a grand jury looking into corruption allegations against the couple, according to court documents filed Wednesday.
The documents charge Ransen Taito with conspiracy, alleging that he lied to a grand jury about what happened to this trust fund. A grand jury indicted Louis and Katherine Kealoha in October, accusing them and current and former officers of framing her uncle to discredit him in a family financial dispute. The indictment also included allegations that while Katherine Kealoha was in private practice, she stole $150,000 from trusts of two children under her guardianship. Continue reading “New charges brought in Honolulu corruption case”
As America is dealing with a record-breaking cold snap and a weird storm hitting the East Coast, some folks are having to handle the whole thing with the power out also. But we all know that at least this time, our situation is temporary. Most of us have power, and those who don’t will have it restored within a few days. But what if you had to stay warm during a long-term SHTF situation?
After your warm response to Selco’s story about Christmas during the SHTF in Bosnia, I hired him to start writing for us more often. Today, he shares with us what it was like to try and stay warm during an entire year in a war zone without any type of utilities. It’s a lot of information, and we can apply this to our preps. Continue reading “Selco: How to Stay Warm During a Long-Term SHTF Situation”
The next round in the WFW saga.
A lawyer for President Donald Trump has sought to halt the publication of an explosive new book claiming to have insider information on the Trump White House.
Attorney Charles J Harder instructed the book’s publisher to “immediately cease and desist from any further publication, release or dissemination of the book,” in a letter seen by the Washington Post. The attorney says he is pursuing possible libel charges against the author. Continue reading “Donald Trump’s lawyers seek to stop Michael Wolff’s book on the White House”
A retired California sheriff’s deputy was shot twice early Thursday morning after he heard a knock at his front door and went to see who was there, police said.
The former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy, believed to be in his 70s, was at his home in Redondo Beach when the shooting happened around midnight, FOX11 LA reported. He reportedly had heard a knock at the door and saw the shooter through the screen door. Continue reading “Retired California sheriff’s deputy shot while answering door, police say”
Attorney General Jeff Sessions plans to roll back an Obama-era policy that had allowed legal marijuana to thrive without federal intervention, Fox News confirmed Thursday.
The Obama administration back in 2013 announced via a memo from then-Deputy Attorney General James Cole that it would not obstruct states that legalized marijuana, on the condition the drug was not allowed to move to states where it was illegal and it was kept away from children and gangs. Continue reading “Attorney General Sessions to end Obama-era policy that let legal pot flourish”
Waking Times – by Pao L. Chang
During the past decade, people’s interest in freedom and sovereignty has increased significantly. Today, everywhere you go you often see in people’s eyes that they are tired of being controlled and usurped by the government. This shift in consciousness is causing a large number of people to seek knowledge related to freedom and sovereignty. It is exciting to see more people taking charge of their lives, however, when people do not ‘innerstand’ what freedom and sovereignty are, it can cause them to live in a state of delusion. Continue reading “What is a Sovereign Being?”
Disobedient Media – by William Craddick, January 25, 2017
Contrary to reports in the media, the crowd sourced investigation labeled by some as “Pizzagate” did not begin with internet sleuths digging through the Wikileaks Podesta Files releases looking for pizza parlors and encoded language discussing human trafficking. It began with the shocking discovery that Hillary and Bill Clinton provided assistance to convicted child trafficker, Laura Silsby, resulting in a reduced sentence for child trafficking. Continue reading “The Clinton-Silsby Trafficking Scandal And How The Media Covered It Up”
Freedom Outpost – by Tim Brown
There was a time in our country when men acted like men and that sodomy was dealt with severely as a crime against nature. Yep, all those great founding fathers we applaud dealt with it seriously.
Today, it’s “brave” and “cool” to engage in sodomy and lesbianism, even to the point that you can start your own gun confiscation group called “Gays Against Guns.” Continue reading “Homosexual Gun Confiscation Group Protests AR-556 At Ruger Headquarters”