Bearing Arms – by Tom Knighton

The internet is an amazing technological marvel. I still remember it being described as the “information superhighway” back in the day, and it is. As a general rule, we tend to have the accumulated knowledge of mankind at our fingertips at any given time. It’s an amazing thing.

However, there’s a certain amount of stupid that comes from the internet too. That includes some of these idiotic “challenges” that come about.  Continue reading “Teen Shot In Dangerous New Internet Challenge”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

The Physicians for Informed Consent is a group of doctors dedicated educate their patients and the public on infectious disease, the immune system, and informed consent. The group was founded in response to mandatory vaccination laws across the country which remove the rights of parents to informed consent. The group is not anti-vaccine, they are pro-freedom.

It is no question that the subject of vaccines is profoundly controversial. On both sides of the argument exists truth and lies that can hinder the ability of some to make rational decisions.   Continue reading “Doctors Show Common Vaccine Likely Worse than Getting the Disease It’s Suppose to Stop”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

While America’s nationwide economy is reportedly firing on all cylinders, the picture is very different from 10s of 1000s of Alaskans dealing with a state-wide recession forced to turn to the government for healthcare and food prompting questions from state lawmakers about the sustainability of those ‘safety-net’ programs.

Some states are more equal than others…   Continue reading “Desperate Alaskans Turn To Government For Food, Healthcare As Recession Deepens”

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will resume admissions for refugees from 11 countries identified as presenting a high security risk, but with extra vetting for these mostly Middle Eastern and African nations, senior U.S. officials said on Monday.

The changes came after a 90-day review of refugee admissions from Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Mali, North Korea, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria and Yemen by the State Department, Department of Homeland Security and intelligence agencies.   Continue reading “U.S. to resume refugee admissions from 11 ‘high-risk’ countries”

The Missing Money

What’s going on? Where is the money? How could this happen? How much has really gone missing? What would happen if a corporation failed to pass an audit like this? Or a taxpayer?

This means the Fed and their member banks are transacting government money outside the law. So are the corporate contractors that run the payment systems. So are the Wall Street firms who are selling government securities without full disclosure. Would your banks continue to handle your bank account if you behaved like this? Would your investors continue to buy your securities if you behaved like this? Would your accountant be silent?   Continue reading “$21 Trillion dollars is missing from the US government. That is $65,000 for every person in America. That is more than our entire national debt!”

The Electronic Intifada – by Nora Barrows-Friedman

The New Orleans city council unanimously voted to rescind a resolution it passed just two weeks ago, following heavy pressure from pro-Israel Jewish communal organizations and right-wing lawmakers.

Dozens of civic and human rights groups, including Amnesty International, had urged city leaders to uphold the resolution that called on the city to start screening investments and contracts and to divest from corporations that profit from human rights abuses.   Continue reading “New Orleans repeals human rights resolution to shield Israel”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is expected, according to Fox News, to take a vote Monday afternoon on whether to release a classified memo that top congressional Republicans say details government surveillance abuses — and has emerged at the center of a power struggle in Washington.

Those who have seen the document suggest it reveals what role the unverified anti-Trump “dossier” played in the application for a surveillance warrant on at least one President Trump associate.   Continue reading “House Committee Expected To Vote ‘Yes’ To #ReleaseTheMemo This Afternoon, Report”

LIST OF RIFLE TARGETS

Quartz

The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, begins on Jan. 23. While the full roster of attendees was closely guarded in the past, organizers now makes a list of participants public ahead of the forum. Released last week, we used that document to create the search tool.      Continue reading “The list of Davos attendees for 2018”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

On Monday morning we reported that a number of traders – currently or formerly employed by UBS, HSBC and Deutsche Bank (as usual, no JPMorgan US banks were touched) – would be perp-walked and charged in an unprecedented cross-agency crackdown between the CFTC, DOJ and FBI seeking to punish spoofers of futures. This was confirmed moments ago by a CFTC press release which announced criminal and civil enforcement actions against three banks and six individuals involved in commodities fraud and spoofing schemes.   Continue reading “These Are The 6 Traders Who Were Just Arrested For Manipulating The Gold Market”

The JC – by Lee Harpin

Former US President Barack Obama has said that he is “basically a liberal Jew.”

Mr Obama made the remark while speaking at a New York synagogue last week on his criticisms of Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

He also said: “To be a true friend of Israel it is important to be honest about it, and the politics of this country sometimes do not allow for it.   Continue reading “Former US President Obama says he is ‘basically a liberal Jew.’”

KQED – by Sam Harnett

Wage stagnation. Rising housing prices. Loss of middle-class jobs. The looming threat of automation. These are some of the problems facing Stockton and its residents, but the city’s mayor, Michael Tubbs, says his city is far from unique.

“I think Stockton is absolutely ground zero for a lot of the issues we are facing as a nation,” Tubbs said.

Stockton is one of many Bay Area cities on the fringe of the wealth accumulating in Silicon Valley and San Francisco. The Central Valley city went bankrupt in 2012, and for decades it has been trying to diversify its agriculture-based economy.   Continue reading “Stockton Gets Ready to Experiment With Universal Basic Income”

WGN 9 News

WASHINGTON — FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has told FBI staff he is stepping down effective Monday, sources tell CNN.

The news comes amid President Donald Trump’s criticism of McCabe and the FBI over its involvement in the investigation into potential collusion between his campaign and Russia during the 2016 election.   Continue reading “FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe stepping down, sources say”

The Syrian National Dialogue Congress has begun in Russia’s Sochi today. It is expected that about 1,600 representatives of various political and ethnic groups from Syria will be gathered. The major meetings are scheduled for January 30, 2018.

Despite the fact that the Syrian Negotiation Commission (SNC) announced it would boycott the Congress, many opposition groups have already arrived in Sochi. There are the representatives of the Movement for a Pluralistic Society, Syrian National Council, National Blog, and Syria’s Tomorrow Movement among them. Syrian Kurds also participate in the Sochi talks.   Continue reading “Syrian National Dialogue Congress in Sochi. Kurds Conduct Closed-Door Negotiations with Iran”