Year: 2018

“Gentlemen, I have had men watching you for a long time and I am convinced that you have used the funds of the bank to speculate in the breadstuffs of the country. When you won, you divided the profits amongst you, and when you lost, you charged it to the bank. You tell me that if I take the deposits from the bank and annul its charter, I shall ruin ten thousand families. That may be true, gentlemen, but that is your sin! Should I let you go on, you will ruin fifty thousand families, and that would be my sin! You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the Eternal God, I will rout you out.”
– Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)

Bloomberg

The sullen teenager grinding through a restaurant shift after school was once a pop culture cliche—as American as curly fries.

Nowadays, Brad Hamilton, the teen played by Judge Reinhold in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” would probably be too young to work at the fictional Captain Hook Fish and Chips. That’s because senior citizens are taking his place—donning polyester, flipping patties and taking orders. They’re showing up at casual dining chains such as Bob Evans and fast-food operators like McDonald’s Corp., which says it plans to make senior citizens one hiring focus in the coming year.   Continue reading “Senior Citizens Are Replacing Teenagers as Fast-Food Workers”

The Daily Caller – by Luke Rosiak

The suspect in the vandalism of a New York synagogue was a Democratic activist and former City Hall intern who worked on anti-hate crime issues, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned.

He is a “queer” black man informally adopted by a Jewish couple, and The New York Times’ charity, the Neediest Cases, helped pay for him to go to college where his focus was African American studies, according to a 2017 New York Times profile.   Continue reading “NYC Synagogue Vandalism Suspect Is Former City Hall Anti-Hate Crime Intern”

EcoWatch

Of all the genetic engineers who have renounced the technology—Arpad Pusztai, Belinda Martineau, Thierry Vrain, John Fagan and Michael Antoniou, among others—because of its shortsighted approach and ability to produce unintended and potentially toxic consequences, Caius Rommens’ story may be the most compelling.

Rommens was director of research at Simplot Plant Sciences from 2000 to 2013 where he led development of the company’s genetically engineered Innate potato. But over time, Rommens started to have serious doubts about his work and worried about potential health risks from eating the GMO potatoes, which are now sold in 4,000 supermarkets in the U.S.   Continue reading “GMO Potato Creator Now Fears Its Impact on Human Health”

RT

The US-led coalition has reportedly targeted a Syrian town in the province of Deir ez-Zor with white phosphorus bombs. The coalition has been repeatedly accused of deploying banned munitions, yet it denies its involvement.

The coalition attacked the town of Hajin in the province of Deir ez-Zor with white phosphorus incendiary munitions, which are banned under the Geneva Convention, SANA news agency reported on Monday. No information on casualties or damage was immediately available.   Continue reading “US-led coalition bombs Syrian town with banned white phosphorus munitions – state media”

Daily Mail

Pope Francis has called for global efforts to ensure that anti-Semitism is ‘banned from the human community’.

The pontiff lamented current anti-Semitic attitudes and said it is vital to preserve the memory of the Holocaust, as he greeted visiting rabbis at the Vatican on Monday.

His comments came just over a week after 11 people were killed in an attack on a synagogue in Pittsburgh, United States.  Continue reading “The Pope calls for anti-semitism to be ‘banned from the human community’ as he greets rabbis at the Vatican”

RT

Twitter has wiped thousands of ‘automated accounts’ that sought to discourage midterm voting, after Democrats raised concerns the electorate might fall for bogus appeals, like urging men not to vote to let women’s voices be heard.

Thousands of accounts have been removed from Twitter as they were deemed to have been engaged in “attempts to share disinformation in an automated fashion,” the social media company confirmed on Friday. Twitter did not name the exact number of suspended accounts but several reports suggested that it might amount to over 10,000.   Continue reading “Twitter deletes 10,000+ bot accounts that ‘discouraged US midterm voting’”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused a request by the Trump administration and the telecommunications industry to wipe away a lower court decision that had upheld Obama-era net neutrality rules aimed at ensuring a free and open internet, though the justices’ action does not undo the 2017 repeal of the policy.

The high court decision not to throw out the 2016 U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruling leaves a legal precedent in place that could help net neutrality supporters in any future legal battle if that policy is ever re-introduced.   Continue reading “U.S. Supreme Court ends fight over Obama-era net neutrality rules”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

It’s election time again and that means that roughly 40 percent of eligible voters will rush to the polls to vote for the lesser of two evils who they think will implement their political will for the benefit of the citizenry. Politicians will be waving signs on street corners as Americans line up in elementary schools across the country to cast their vote—for freedom, or something like that.   Continue reading “Dear America, If Voting Made Any Real Difference, They Wouldn’t Let Us Do It”

BATR – by SARTRE

Are you intellectually and emotionally prepared to confront a new twist to Israeli claims for identity and a political homeland? If you are, test to what extent you have an open mind. The article, Leaked report: Israel acknowledges Jews in fact Khazars; Secret plan for reverse migration to Ukraine, will present a position that is difficult to imagine. When political necessity confronts hallowed claims, what will a determined Zionist do to sacrifice their fundamental assertion for legitimacy? Ponder the significance and full extent of the implications.   Continue reading “Israeli Report admits they are Descendants of Khazars”

The Hill – by Lydia Wheeler

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a case challenging the constitutionality of California’s concealed carry laws, which give locally elected sheriffs discretion over issuing licenses for good cause.

Sacramento County residents James Rothery and Andrea Hoffman, who were denied licenses more than 10 years ago, argue the law deprives them of their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for protection outside the home and violated the clause of the Constitution that affords everyone equal protection under the law.   Continue reading “Supreme Court refuses to hear case challenging California conceal carry law”

ABC News

With a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue still fresh in America’s memory, some of the nation’s leading gun control advocates took their campaigns this weekend to Texas, a deep-red state with more registered guns than any U.S. state, according to a 2016 report by the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

“We must do something — we must stop gun violence,” Gabby Giffords — the former Arizona congresswoman who survived a gunshot to the head during a mass shooting in 2011, said during back-to-back campaign events on Saturday for Democratic candidate Lizzie Pannill Fletcher in Texas’ 7th Congressional District.   Continue reading “Gun control advocates take their campaign to the state with more registered guns than any in the US”

Overdrive – by Todd Dills

A Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) team, in cooperation with Customs and Border Protection agents, is investigating violation of cabotage rules by U.S. companies and foreign drivers otherwise engaged in cross-border trucking operations. Those rules prevent foreign nationals in the U.S. on B-1 business-visitor visas from competing with U.S. truckers on loads moving point to point in the United States.

Last week in Nogales, Ariz., HSI agents took along local reporters from ABC television affiliate KGUN 9 during an operation in an effort to shine a light on the issue. Deputy Special Agent in Charge Francisco Burrola of HSI out of Tuscon told Overdrive he hopes their enforcement work “sends shockwaves through the trucking industry, particularly along the Southwest border.”   Continue reading “Cabotage rules enforcement spike ongoing from Southern border areas”

Gov’t Slaves

A recent article on MSN is headlined: “10 Myths About the U.S. Constitution Most Americans Believe.” Here are the ten myths:   Continue reading “10 Myths About the U.S. Constitution Most Congressmen Believe”