Month: June 2019

Healthy Holistic Living – by Emilyn Gil

Some of my favorite childhood memories take place in the empty lot behind my old house. It was about two acres of land filled with dirt, sagebrush, and tumbleweeds. And as unpleasant and unsanitary as it sounds to me now, it was a dream for my siblings and me. We dug holes, made hideouts, played kick-the-can, and had many other grand adventures that I will always cherish. What I don’t cherish were the ticks. I probably spent just as many hours playing in the field as I did on the bathroom floor while my mom combed through my hair looking for the little critters. There’s no doubt about it, ticks are nasty. The only thing worse than a tick is a tick with a deadly virus. Continue reading “Tick Carrying Deadly Brain Swelling Virus Found In New York”

The New Orleans Advocate – by Keith Spera

Malcolm John Rebennack Jr., known around the world as Dr. John, initially aspired to be a professional songwriter, producer, session musician and sideman, like the utilitarian New Orleanians who forged his creative worldview in the 1950s. He wanted to work behind the scenes, not out front.

But after assuming the persona of Dr. John the Night Tripper in the late 1960s, Rebennack was behind the scenes no more. His idiosyncratic style and sound – the gravelly growl, the sly, deceptively leisurely phrasing, the hipster patois, the hybrid Big Easy piano – embodied both New Orleans and its music.  Continue reading “Pianist, singer Mac “Dr. John” Rebennack, an icon of New Orleans music, has died”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

A bloated backlog of Class 8 orders as a result of a euphoric mid-2018 continues to weigh on heavy duty truck orders in 2019.

Preliminary North America Class 8 net order data from ACT Research shows that the industry booked just 10,800 units in May, down 27% sequentially, but also lower by an astonishing 70% year-over-year. YTD orders are down 64% compared to the first five months of 2018.  Continue reading “Heavy Duty Truck Orders Collapse To Worst Numbers Since July 2016, Down 70% In May”

IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR OKLAHOMA CITY AND ARE PRAYING FOR RAIN, PLEASE STOP.

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Washington Examiner – by Anna Giaritelli

EL PASO, Texas — The federal agency tasked with overseeing security at transportation hubs has been violating its own policy by allowing migrants who have been released from federal custody onto flights despite not having required documents, according to several Department of Homeland Security officials.

For the past six months, the Transportation Security Administration has allowed migrants released from the custody of other Homeland Security agencies to board flights to other parts of the country despite the passengers lacking any of the 15 documents it states are the only acceptable forms of identification.  Continue reading “TSA allowing illegal migrants to fly without proper documents”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

One day after US and Mexican negotiators failed to reach a deal to prevent punitive US tariffs from going into effect over border security, Mexican soldiers, armed police and migration officials blocked hundreds of migrants after they crossed into Mexico from Guatemala in a caravan on Wednesday.  Continue reading “Armed Mexican Troops Block Migrants At Southern Border After Tariff Talks Tank”

The Weather Channel

It’s hard to imagine a city running out of water, but it could happen. Cape Town, South Africa, came perilously close to running out in early 2018.

Aggressive conservation and efficiency efforts got the city through April 12, the day taps were going to be cut off, CityLab reported. Then in June, the area saw average rainfall for the first time in four years and reservoirs rose.  Continue reading “5 U.S. Cities That Potentially Could Run Out of Water”

The Weather Channel

Storms in Louisiana on Thursday killed at least one person and left homes and other buildings damaged, cars overturned and streets flooded.

“We unfortunately had a confirmed fatality associated with the weather we’ve experienced today,” Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome said in a press conference late Thursday morning.  Continue reading “One Person Killed as Louisiana Storms Flip Cars, Damage Buildings and Flood Dozens of Streets”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

In March, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the “first tranche” in a number of moves to restrict the rights of New Zealand citizens to protect themselves with firearms. This move was in direct response to the horrific murders that unfolded on March 15. Coincidentally, this is the exact move the terrorist who carried out these attacks had hoped for and predicted. The good news is, however, that most citizens are refusing to turn in their guns.  Continue reading “Citizens Disobey New Zealand Gun Ban, Only 530 of 300,000 People Turned Guns In”

New York Post – by Larry Celona and Natalie Musumeci

A West Point cadet was killed and 22 others were wounded when an armored military personnel vehicle overturned and plummeted at least 15 feet down a hill near a training site at the prestigious military academy Thursday morning, officials and sources said.

The chaotic incident unfolded at about 6:45 a.m. when a 2.5-ton capacity Light Medium Tactical Vehicle carrying the crew for summer training flipped over on a dirt road off Route 293 near the Camp Natural Bridge training site, the US Military Academy tweeted.  Continue reading “Cadet killed, 22 injured in military vehicle accident at West Point”

Liberty Nation – by Laura Valkovic

Such a benign and banal part of the urban landscape that city-dwellers may not even notice them, street lights are useful for brightening up a road and not much else – or so you might think. People these days are used to the idea of CCTV cameras, even hidden ones, but street lights tend to blend in to the background. Perhaps that is why they are finding new functions in the modern world, with its zealotry for surveillance. These seemingly innocuous devices can host anything from microphones and cameras to facial recognition and de facto compulsory 5G wifi transmission.  Continue reading “Frightening Stuff Hidden in Your Street Light?”