If Americans Knew – by Alison Weir

The U.S. State Department is offering to pay up to a million dollars each for two projects “that counter the rise of anti-Semitism” in Europe and Central Asia. The State Department uses a new definition of anti-Semitism that includes criticisms of Israel.

The projects will be funded through two State Department offices: the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor and the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism. The anti-Semitism envoy position was created through 2004 legislation over the objection of the State Department. All four such envoys have been Israel partisans.  Continue reading “State Department to spend $2 million against “anti-Semitism” abroad”

ABC News

In a stunning about-face, State Department officials said that President Donald Trump is cutting off all direct assistance to the so-called Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.

“At the Secretary’s instruction, we are carrying out the President’s direction and ending FY [fiscal year] 2017 and FY 2018 foreign assistance programs for the Northern Triangle,” a State Department spokesperson told ABC News, referring to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “We will be engaging Congress as part of this process.”  Continue reading “Trump cuts all direct assistance to Northern Triangle countries Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Avon Protection Systems Inc., Cadillac, Michigan, a $245,961,250 firm-fixed-price contract for production of M53A1 Chemical Biological Protective Mask systems, according to the DoD contract website.

The Army estimates M53A1 gas masks will start delivery in the second half of this financial year ending September. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, will oversee the purchase order.  Continue reading “DoD Orders $250 Million Of Gas Masks – What Do They Know?”

Overdrive

The U.S. Department of Transportation intends to propose a rule that would change federal hours of service regulations for truck drivers. Nearly seven months to the day after DOT’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration began soliciting feedback for a potential overhaul to hours regs, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao took to a stage before a packed crowd at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville to make the announcement.  Continue reading “It’s official: DOT intends to propose hours of service reforms”

The Great Recession

For brick and mortar stores, the Retail Apocalypse is closing stores down like a slow-motion video of the asteroid event that took out dinosaurs 66 million years ago. While it may seem to drag on as we watch various species of retail collapse, I originally said this event would take, at least, three years (through the end of 2019) for the bulk of the impact to play out.

It was two years ago that I started writing about the damage that was to come and all the collateral damage that would ensue. I said that ultimately, it would take out malls all over the nation, nearby restaurants and eventually gas stations.  Continue reading “Retail Apocalypse Closing Stores Down Like Death of Dinosaurs”

Global Research – by David DeGraw

According to United States government documents, since 1998, the Office of the Inspector General has reported $21 Trillion in unaccounted for money.

As unbelievable and absurd as that sounds, the actual total of unaccounted for money at the Pentagon is most likely significantly more than $21 trillion.  Continue reading “Pentagon Audit: Evidence Proving $21 Trillion Unaccounted For – Opening Statement”

Yahoo News

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones blamed the various claims he’s made over the years, including that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre was a hoax, on “psychosis,” according to a deposition the “Infowars” host has given as part of a Texas lawsuit.

Jones described his conspiracy thinking as a kind of mental disorder during the deposition taken earlier this month for the lawsuit filed against him by the family of a 6-year-old who was among the 20 children and six adults killed in the Newtown, Connecticut, attack, the Austin American-Statesman reported .  Continue reading “Alex Jones blames conspiracy claims on ‘psychosis’”

KWCH 12

HOUSTON, Texas. (KWCH/KHOU) The Drug Enforcement Agency is looking for a Houston-area contractor to burn a 1,000 pounds of marijuana.

KHOU reports the contractor must be able to incinerate various items like papers, cassette tapes, pharmaceuticals, and other incidental controlled substances.  Continue reading “DEA looking for a contractor who can burn 1,000 pounds of marijuana per hour”

AZ Central – by Rafael Carranza

U.S. Border Patrol officials in Arizona said they have started releasing migrant families from their custody into the streets of Yuma because processing centers can’t cope with the large numbers of arriving families and minors.

Community groups in the Yuma area have set up temporary facilities to house the families and to provide food and shelter while they assist migrants with travel plans to leave the border city.  Continue reading “Border Patrol begins releasing migrant families on the streets of Yuma”

The Truth About Guns – by Dan Zimmerman

Now someone at Salon — a sixth generation grandson of Thomas Jefferson— is falling on his fainting couch after learning that some Americans like to shoot at long distances. The horror…the horror….

Maybe he’s never heard of PRS. In any case, it’s clearly time to do away with these “military-grade killing machines.”  Continue reading “Salon: Now No One Needs Bolt Action Rifles Either”

The Guardian

United Nations officials described the killing of sleeping children as a disgrace to the world and accused Israel of a serious violation of international law after a school in Gaza being used to shelter Palestinian families was shelled on Wednesday.

At least 15 people, mostly children and women, died when the school in Jabaliya refugee camp was hit by five shells during a night of relentless bombardment across Gaza. More than 100 people were injured.  Continue reading “‘The world stands disgraced’ – Israeli shelling of school kills at least 15”

AP News

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A California man was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for making bogus emergency calls to authorities across the U.S., including one that led police to fatally shoot a Kansas man following a dispute between two online players over $1.50 bet in the “Call of Duty: WWII” video game.

U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren sentenced Tyler R. Barriss, 26, under a deal in which he pleaded guilty in November to a total of 51 federal charges related to fake calls and threats.  Continue reading “20 years for man behind hoax call that led to fatal shooting”

Gateway Pundit – by Christina Laila

Chicago Police Union, Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) just announced they will be holding a protest of corrupt Cook Country State’s Attorney Kim Foxx on Monday.

Chicago Police are furious after Kim Foxx’s office abruptly dropped all 16 felony charges against hate hoaxer Jussie Smollett in a stunning display of lawlessness on Tuesday. Continue reading “Chicago Police Union Announces Protest of Corrupt State’s Attorney Kim Foxx Monday”