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  • Birth of the Bill of Rights 1776-1791: $20 Jim
  • The Great Holocaust Trial: $16 Christine
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  • 1993 US Mint Bill of Rights Commemorative Coin and Stamp Set: $35 Mary
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Archive: TWFTT 5-17-19

The Great Recession

In my January Premium Post, “An Interesting Interest Conundrum,” I laid out how the Federal Reserve was losing control over the Fed funds rate — a loss of control over its bedrock interest rate that indicates financial stresses are building in the banking system that increase the risks from runs on the banks:  Continue reading “Liquidity Stress Fractures Begin to Show in the Federal Reserve System”

Breitbart – by Kristina Wong

Gene Simmons, bassist and co-lead singer for the rock band KISS, made news when he visited the Pentagon on Thursday as part of an initiative to connect the American public to the United States military.

But it was his emotional remarks about what America meant to him and his late mother that were remarkable.  Continue reading “Gene Simmons of KISS Gives Emotional Tribute to America During Pentagon Visit”

Fox News

The Trump administration is looking to hire a private contractor that will be responsible for transporting approximately 225,000 migrant children and families to shelters across the country over the next five years as they wait for their asylum claims to be processed.

ICE (the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency) is seeking the services of a “highly responsible” contractor that “fully embraces the philosophy” of treating all unaccompanied minors (UACs) and family units (FAMUs) with “dignity and respect,” according to a federal procurement document dated May 13.  Continue reading “ICE to hire contractor to transport 225,000 migrants to shelters across the US”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

In the latest provocation against Tehran by the US, two Navy destroyers have entered the Persian Gulf as the American military continues to add to its assets in the region to head off any planned ‘aggression’, USNI reports.

The USS McFaul and USS Gonzalez traveled through the Strait of Hormuz Thursday afternoon without being challenged by IRGC forces in the are. They join the USS Abraham Lincoln, which is stationed in the Gulf of Oman, as well as a strike force that includes several B-52 bombers, as the US continues to build up its military presence in the region. Another Aircraft Carrier, the USS Kearsarge, is anchored off the coast of the UAE.  Continue reading “Two More US Warships Travel To Persian Gulf As Tensions With Iran Escalate”

Russia Insider – by Mark Becker

This doesn’t look like extremist hate speech to us. Judging from these blurbs and titles, it looks like pretty balanced and fair discussion of a very serious, and vehemently disputed, allegation.

The first one in the list below even presents both sides of the argument in an attempt to get to the bottom of who is telling the truth.  Continue reading “Amazon Banned These 9 Academic Books Questioning Certain Aspects of the ‘Holocaust’. Why?”

NBC News

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is going to provide and build tents to house 7,500 migrants at six locations near the border.

A Department of Defense spokesperson confirmed that the Department of Homeland Security made the request, and a Defense official said acting Secretary Patrick Shanahan is expected to sign the request.  Continue reading “U.S. military to build 6 tent cities near border for migrants”

Think Progress – by Zack Ford

White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley downplayed reports Friday that the Trump administration was considering invoking the Insurrection Act to remove immigrants from the country — but he didn’t rule out that it was still on the table.

“There are lots of tools at [President Donald Trump’s] disposal,” Gidley said, speaking with Fox & Friends. “We haven’t used them all and we’re looking at ways to protect the American people.”  Continue reading “White House confirms Trump is considering using the military to remove immigrants”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

For the last several decades, the US government has openly funded, supported, and armed various terrorist networks throughout the world to forward an agenda of destabilization and proxy war. It is not a secret, nor a conspiracy theory—America arms bad guys. The situation has gotten so overtly corrupt that the government just admitted the Pentagon asked Congress for funding to reimburse terrorists for their transportation and other expenses. Seriously.  Continue reading “US Gov’t Now Openly Admits Pentagon Asks for Money to Directly Fund Terrorists”

Breitbart – AP

DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas man previously arrested in the death of an 81-year-old woman has been charged with killing at least 11 more elderly women whose jewelry and other valuables he stole, authorities said Thursday.

Kim Leach, a spokeswoman for the Dallas County district attorney’s office, said 46-year-old Billy Chemirmir was indicted Tuesday on six more counts of capital murder in the deaths of women ranging in age from 76 to 94.  Continue reading “Alleged serial killer charged in deaths of 11 elderly women”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

A homeowner in Seattle’s White Center neighborhood opened fire on a home intrusion suspect while talking to a police dispatcher on a 911 call.

Seattle PI reported that the homeowner could be heard opening fire about 4 minutes into the 911 call.  Continue reading “Homeowner Shoots Intruder During 911 Call”

CNN

A town in Canada is welcoming four new police officers but their personalities are a little flat.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment in Lloydminster, Alberta, is deploying four lifelike cutouts of officers into the field to catch speeders, decrease car collisions and improve overall traffic safety.  Continue reading “‘Constable Scarecrow:’ Police in Canadian town use cutouts of officers to catch speeders”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

In the latest sign of Beijing’s frustration with the US, the Chinese leadership have reiterated their opposition to American sanctions against Iran. After a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, Chinese Foregin Minister Wang Yi reiterated Beijing’s ‘firm opposition’ to unilateral US sanctions against Iran. Continue reading “Beijing Backs Iran, “Firmly Opposes” Unilateral US Sanctions”

The Newspaper

Neither the cities that have traffic cameras nor the private companies that operate them are the biggest financial beneficiaries of photo enforcement. In states like Arizona and California where automated citations carry points against the recipient’s driver’s license, insurance companies are generating four times more revenue from photo tickets than California and Arizona cities.  Continue reading “Insurance Companies Make $1000 For Each Speed Camera Ticket”