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Is the U.S. on the way to becoming a failed state?

Losing control of borders is one of the primary characteristics of failed states.

See the Wikipedia page for failed states and compare the following criteria to what’s happening in the U.S. right now:   Continue reading “Thousands of Illegal Immigrants Being Housed in FEMA Facilities and Military Bases; Hundreds of Unaccompanied Children Arriving in U.S. Daily”

Wake Up From Your Slumber – by Tom Sullivan

“It is no longer plausible to argue that ISIS was a result of unintentional screw ups by the US. It is a clear part of a US strategy to break up the Iran-Iraq-Syria-Hezbollah alliance. Now that strategy may prove to be a total failure and end up backfiring, but make no mistake, ISIS IS the strategy.”

– Lysander, Comments line, Moon of Alabama Continue reading “Splitting up Iraq – It’s all for Israel”

Electric Intifada – by Ali Abunimah

Just when it appeared that the United Nations could not be more ineffective in protecting Palestinian rights and holding Israel accountable for violating them, here comes the news that Israel has been elected as vice-chair of the UN Special Commitee on Decolonization – which deals among other things with matters related to Palestinian refugees.

According to UN minutes, the representative of Israel, the world’s last settler-colonial power, received 74 votes for the post, despite strong opposition from the Arab Group of UN member states.   Continue reading “Israel elected to leadership of UN committee on “Decolonization””

KFOX 14 – by Patrick Hayes

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Hundreds of immigrant families caught crossing the border may be coming to New Mexico.

Deacon Thomas Baca is the executive director of Catholic Charities and told KFOX14 that nearly 300 immigrant families are in need of housing.

“And most of the people so far have provided an address of family members they can go see or go stay with,” said Baca.  “So then there’s the process of getting them their itineraries and getting them on buses to go to those destinations.”   Continue reading “Immigrant families heading to New Mexico”

americanflagFox News

A Texas man is standing defiant after he claims he was told by his apartment complex that  he had to remove an American flag from his balcony because it was a “threat towards the Muslim community.”

Duy Tran told KHOU that he has friends who died for the country, so he decided to hang one from his balcony after moving into a new apartment in Webster, Texas. However, he said that soon after he hung the flag, he was told by his apartment complex manager he had to remove it.   Continue reading “Texas man claims he was told to remove American flag over ‘threat’ toward Muslims”

RINF – by Gerald Pechenuk

In his latest column, former U.S. Treasury official Paul Craig Roberts says that George W. Bush and Barack Obama have established the precedent that impeachment is a “dead letter law,” with both Congress and the Judiciary accepting their impotence in the face of a tyrannical executive. As an illustration of how this state of affairs came about, Roberts cites a communication he received from Professor Francis A. Boyle of the University of Illinois Law School.

Boyle relates how, on the eve of the Iraq War in March 2003, Rep. John Conyers, the senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, convened an emergency meeting of 40 or more of his top advisors, mostly lawyers. Boyle continues:

Continue reading “Treasonous Democrats Blocked Impeachment of Bush & Cheney for Political Reasons, Says Prof. Francis Boyle; and Today?”

716f7b56606fad59d63bedbed0f261cb_XLThe New American – by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.

Some people are so determined to disarm Americans that they are willing to interfere with the electoral process and the republican principle of representative government.

St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson and Rebecca Morgan, a member of the Missouri chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, have filed suit asking a judge to prevent Missouri election officials from sending out absentee ballots that include a constitutional amendment protecting the right to keep and bear arms in the Show Me State.    Continue reading “Judge Considers Rewrite of Missouri Gun Rights Amendment Summary”

In this photo released on June 14, 2014 militants of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) execute dozens of captured Iraqi security forces members at an unknown location in the Salaheddin Province. Press TV

Even the most cursory reading of history immediately reveals that imperial powers are free, if not uniquely entitled, to engage in massive crimes against humanity without fear of retribution or legal punishment. 

Examples of this essential truth abound. So Belgian killers likely were not deterred from expanding their genocidal campaign in the Congo out of fear of legal action from the Congolese. British imperialists gave no thought to the idea of Indians bringing English generals to trial for their acts of mass murder and French colonialists intensified their economic exploitation of Haiti, secure in the belief that their brutal deeds would go unpunished. In fact, in the case of Haiti the only “crime” punished was when Haiti’s slave population liberated themselves, an act of disobedience for which the island’s inhabitants were subjected to harsh indemnity payments.

Continue reading “Beyond ISIL: Washington, Iraq and legacy of elite immunity”

food sauerkraut fermented 263x164 Eating Fermented Foods to Boost the Immune & Digestive SystemNatural Society – by Elizabeth Renter

Most people recognize the many health benefits of eating vegetables. From clearing your plate of green beans at the dinner table as a child to loading up on raw veggies at a salad bar, the benefits are well-known and widely accepted. But fewer people know how fermented vegetables can improve their health – and improve your health they can!

Commonly known fermented veggies include sauerkraut and miso. But you can ferment a wide variety of vegetables for health.   Continue reading “Eating Fermented Foods to Boost the Immune & Digestive System”

Reason – by Peter Suderman

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said it can’t provide emails sent between 2009 and 2011 that were requested by congressional investigators because of hard drive crashes.

The agency said that emails stored on dead drives were lost forever because its email backup tapes were recycled every six months, and employees were responsible for keeping their own long-term archives.    Continue reading “The IRS Had a Contract With an Email Backup Company”

New York Times – by Ashley Parker

WASHINGTON — The House Ethics Committee on Friday ordered Representative Don Young, Republican of Alaska, to pay a fine of almost $60,000 for using campaign money for personal purposes and for accepting “impermissible gifts.”

After a 14-month investigation that examined 25 trips that Mr. Young took between 2001 and 2013, the committee found that 15 of those trips — to hunting lodges with his family and staff — were “inappropriate.” It also found that Mr. Young, 81, had failed to report certain gifts on his financial disclosure forms.   Continue reading “House Ethics Panel Orders Alaska Republican to Pay Fine”

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As per observations in the third month of the year 2013, Forbes magazine reports that the number of billionaires has reached a high of 1,426 individuals worth a sum total of $5.4 trillion, with USA carrying the lion’s share of 442 and Asia following closely with 386 rich men and women.

The top five in the list of the very rich include the 73 year old $73 billion Mexican telecoms mogul, Carlos Slim Helu. Carlos is followed by the 57 year old $67 billion Microsoft computer philanthropist American, Bill Gates. The 76 year old Amancio Ortega in Spain comes third with his $57 billion Zara empire. Continue reading “The World’s Richest People and How They Spend Their Money”

00z0z_ha8Fa6vPniP_600x450I sent this in to Henry, but in the few hours meantime the Craigslist ad had been removed. Is it a false, false flag, with the ad intended for diversion? I cannot know, but since the ad has been removed in such a timely manner, it deserves a heads up to all in Houston, particularly Trenchers, and especially to those intending to attend the July 4th downtown (Eleanor Tinsley Park) celebration with its expected attendance of 100,000.

I did not save the ad from http://houston.craigslist.org/tlg/4501039849.html, but cathinfo.com did:   Continue reading “Government Emergency Drill Houston July 4th”

Reposted as a reminder.

Craigslist Atlanta

Compensation: $100/day

Government contractor is seeking several individuals to act as role players in the simulation of a “mass casualty exercise”. Role players will participate in an exercise that will replicate civilians in the area that have been injured during a large scale disaster. Role players will be medically treated at one of many triage centers setup for the simulation as a training exercise for medical units to evaluate civilians who have been injured during a disaster. Continue reading “Role Players for Military Mock Simulated Disaster (Atlanta)”