Month: August 2019

Ammo.com

The Siege at Ruby Ridge is often considered a pivotal date in American history. The shootout between Randy Weaver and his family and federal agents on August 21, 1992, is one that kicked off the Constitutional Militia Movement and left America with a deep distrust of its leadership – in particular then-President Bill Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno.  Continue reading “Siege at Ruby Ridge: The Forgotten History of the ATF Shootout That Started a Militia Movement”

North Jersey

More than 700 undocumented students received more than $3.8 million in college financial aid for the first year during which New Jersey made the aid available to those without legal status.

The figures, provided by the state Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, show that 749 students in total received the aid during both the fall and spring semesters of the 2018-19 school year. Most of the aid, more than $3.5 million, was awarded under the New Jersey Tuition Aid Grant, or TAG, program.  Continue reading “NJ gave more than $3.8 million in financial aid to undocumented college students last year”

The Electronic Intifada

Israel is actively encouraging and ready to facilitate mass emigration of Palestinians from Gaza, according to a senior government official.

“Israel is ready to carry the costs of helping Gazans emigrate,” and would potentially use air force bases in Israel for that purpose, The Times of Israel reported on Monday.  Continue reading “Israel pushing Palestinians to leave Gaza”

NPR – by Bill Chappel

Police officers in California will be required to use lethal force only as a “necessary” response to a threat — not merely as an “objectively reasonable” one — under legislation that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Monday. Under the tighter standard, deadly force is legal only in instances where there are no other options.

“I’m ready to sign this damn thing,” Newsom told the crowd at a ceremony in Sacramento. But before he did so, he invited the family members and loved ones of people who advocated for the measure to stand alongside him. Continue reading “New California Law Says Police Should Kill Only When ‘Necessary’”

Breitbart – by John Binder

Nearly two weeks after the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency raided five food processing plants in Mississippi for their hiring of hundreds of illegal aliens, no employers have yet been charged, federal records reveal.

This month, ICE agents conducted the largest workplace raid in more than a decade across five food processing plants in Mississippi, netting the arrests of 680 illegal aliens. That same day, however, ICE officials said they released about 300 of the illegal workers back into the U.S. on “humanitarian grounds.” More than 200 of the illegal workers had prior criminal records. The raids have already resulted in job fairs at some of the plants seeking to hire locals.  Continue reading “Mississippi ICE Raids: No Employers Charged Yet for Hiring Illegal Aliens”

Breitbart – by Neil Munro

The scandal-plagued J-1 visa program annually imports 100,000 low-wage and low-tax seasonal workers for use by McDonald’s, Holiday Inn, Food Lion, Disney, and many other seasonal companies.

The huge shot of “Summer Work Travel” labor arrives each year to fill seasonal jobs in holiday resorts, hotels, and harvests, and it allows companies to reduce the recruitment of young Americans for seasonal jobs.  Continue reading “Gov’t Delivers 100,000 Cheap Visa-Workers to Disney, Hilton, Tourist Industry, for Summer Work”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Two days before his untimely death in a Manhattan jail, Jeffrey Epstein signed a will listing over $577 million in assets – around $18 million more than stated weeks ago in court filings.

The assets were transferred to a trust as of August 8, ensuring that the details of how his fortune will be distributed are kept private.  Continue reading “Epstein Created $577 Million Trust Days Before His Death”

RT

Beijing has accused Twitter and Facebook of censoring mainland Chinese people’s views on the Hong Kong protests, after the social networks disabled accounts allegedly linked to a state-backed media campaign.  Continue reading “China accuses Twitter & Facebook of censorship over Hong Kong protest criticism”

CNN

Continue reading “Marianne Williamson pledges to remove portrait of Andrew Jackson from the Oval Office”

Bloomberg – by Jennifer A Dlouhy

After protesters disrupted construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota by chaining themselves to construction equipment and pitching tents along the route, oil and chemical companies found a way to keep it from happening again.

They made it a crime. Continue reading “Oil Companies Persuade States to Make Pipeline Protests a Felony”

Capitol Hill Outsider – by J.W. Bryan

Before President Trump was elected, he made many disparaging remarks about NAFTA, and how disastrous it would be for Americans and would continue to be, and that if he was elected, he would renegotiate it to our benefit, or pull out of it.  Continue reading “Trump’s Promises Not Kept”

MassPrivateI

America’s fear of mass-shootings is about to take a truly bizarre turn. That’s because our law enforcement will soon be used as fortune tellers to spy on future criminals.

How will law enforcement be used as fortune tellers?  Continue reading “Law Enforcement To Flag & Spy On Future Criminals”

The Great Recession

Let me help remove the rose-colored glasses for anyone who still thinks GDP this year is good.

First, GDP growth in the first quarter was not “great” as I’ve heard some claiming. It was, by US historical standards, mediocre. Second, the biggest tax cuts in history only got us down to 2.9% GDP growth for 2018. GDP had been pegged originally around 3.1%, but that was revised down, as is usually the case. Every administration tends to estimate GDP on the rosy side because bad news is swallowed easier the further back in time it lies. So, estimate high and revise lower seems to be the government’s perennial approach. Continue reading “GDP Ain’t What it Used to Be!”