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The Money Masters

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If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their  currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks…will deprive the people of  all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered…. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs. – Thomas Jefferson in the debate over the Re-charter of the Bank Bill (1809)

“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.” – Thomas Jefferson

Continue reading “Famous Quotations on Banking”

CBC

A Saint John man who filled in some potholes with gravel has been ordered by the city to undo the work and has been told he could be fined.

Mike Defazio, who owns Defazio Autobody, says he recently blew a tire on one of several large potholes on Broadway Avenue at Simpson Drive.

“Some of them were eight or 10 inches wide and two feet long and almost a foot deep,” he told CBC News.   Continue reading “Pothole vigilante ordered to remove gravel, could face fine”

Fox News – by Barnini Chakraborty

WASHINGTON –  Motel owner Russell Caswell wasn’t expecting to find himself at the center of a national controversy when FBI agents came knocking on his door.

They said they wanted his Tewksbury, Mass., business – and the land it was on – because they suspected it was a hotbed for drug-dealing and prostitution. The agents, who were working with state and local authorities, told a disbelieving Caswell they had the right to take the property, valued at as much as $1.5 million, through a legal process known as civil forfeiture.   Continue reading “Policing for Profit? Lawmakers, advocates raise alarm at growing gov’t power to seize property”

Yahoo News – The Daily Beast

The Pentagon has awarded a contract to begin development of the most expensive helicopters ever made.

Each helicopter will probably cost at least $400 million. The entire project, to build at least 23 helicopters, has been estimated to eventually cost between $10 billion to $17 billion. By comparison, the project could pay the combined defense budgets of Finland, Norway, and Sweden for one year ($16.9 billion).   Continue reading “White House’s $17 billion helicopter fleet”

Yahoo Shine – by Lauren Tuck

When Amanda Keown got a call at work from her son last week, the news she received made her furious. Dominic Gant, a junior at Dowagiac Union High School in Dowagiac, Michigan, told his mother that he had not received his hot lunch that day because of an outstanding balance. But instead of just fixing her son’s situation, she decided to help the rest of the students dealing with the same situation.   Continue reading “Mom Pays Off Every Student’s Balance Following Denial of School Lunch to Son”

The Eagle – by Maggie Kiely

HEARNE — For many of the 150 Hearne residents who showed up for a march and rally following the fatal shooting of a 93-year-old woman by a police officer, Thursday was about putting an end to years of accepting what they call unfair and unequal treatment by police.

“We can’t bring Ms. Golden back, but we can turn a tragic murder into a positive message to Hearne police — ‘We won’t stand for it any longer,'” said Hearne native Dewayne Jones.   Continue reading “Protesters call for justice to be served in the shooting of 93-year-old woman by Hearne police officer”

KBTX News

HEARNE, Texas – The nephew of Pearlie Golden says his aunt fired two shots before she was shot and killed by a Hearne police officer.

Roy Jones said he took his 93-year-old aunt to the Department of Public Safety on Tuesday to renew her driver’s license, but was denied after failing her test. Jones tells News 3 he took her home and could tell she was upset.   Continue reading “Nephew: Pearlie Golden Fired Two Shots”

RT News

When a teenager called the police to say he didn’t want to live at his house anymore, a local police officer jumped into action. But instead of bringing Child Protective Services, he brought friendship and a bed.

Cameron Simmons, a 13-year-old in Sumter, SC, called police after fighting with his mom and said he was upset and that he didn’t want to live with his family anymore, WIS-TV reports.    Continue reading “Cop’s act of kindness goes viral on the internet”

RT News

A new breakthrough in “self-healing” plastics has scientists looking forward to a future in which broken smartphones, utility pipes, and even satellites can repair themselves.

Developed by researchers at the University of Illinois, the new polymer is 100 times stronger then previously designed self-repairing plastics, making it capable of fixing holes as wide as 3 cm.   Continue reading “Scientists create ‘self-healing’ plastic inspired by human vascular system”

Mail.com

HOMS, Syria (AP) — Hundreds of Syrians, some snapping photographs with their cell phones, wandered down paths carved out of rubble in the old quarters of Homs on Friday, getting their first glimpse of the horrendous destruction that two years of fighting inflicted on rebel-held parts of the city.

The scenes that greeted them were devastating: City blocks pounded into an apocalyptic vista of hollow facades of blown-out buildings. Dust everywhere. Streets strewn with rebar, shattered concrete bricks, toppled telephone poles and the occasional charred, crumpled carcasses of cars.   Continue reading “Syrians return to damaged homes after rebels leave”

Mail.com

FOLSOM, Calif. (AP) — “Hi, baby,” Catherine La France cooed as she swept granddaughter Arianna into her arms and danced around the prison yard with the 3-year-old.

She pulled her two daughters into a bear hug, and the girls burst into tears. La France hadn’t seen Arianna’s mother, 18-year-old Samantha La France, in six months, and she last saw Summer La France, 14, nearly three years ago.   Continue reading “Kids reunite with locked-up moms near Mother’s Day”

Mail.com

CINCINNATI (AP) — A man in Iraqi custody has confessed to killing a U.S. soldier whose remains were found in 2008, four years after he was kidnapped by insurgents and a video showed him surrounded by armed captors, an Army spokeswoman told The Associated Press on Friday.

A hearing in the case is set for Tuesday in an Iraqi court, though it’s unclear if the man who confessed to killing Sgt. Matt Maupin will attend. Maupin, of Batavia in southwestern Ohio, was captured when insurgents with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms ambushed his fuel convoy near Baghdad on April 9, 2004.   Continue reading “Man confesses to killing US soldier in Iraq”

News 8 Now – by George Knapp, April 8, 2014

LAS VEGAS — Tensions have subsided and the crowds of armed militia around rancher Cliven Bundy have largely dispersed, but the situation is far from resolved.

Federal officials are exploring their legal options, and Metro Police confirm that an investigation is ongoing. What has not been made public is just how close things came to an all-out gun battle. Some of those who were on the front lines spoke exclusively to the I-Team’s George Knapp.
Continue reading “More Bullshit Propaganda From News 8 Now: Police faced possible ‘bloodbath’ at Bundy protest”

Roll Call – by Daniel Newhauser

Updated 3 p.m. | An Indiana man has been arrested by the FBI for allegedly threatening to kill Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio over his refusal to pass an unemployment extension, according to court filings.

Brandon J. Thompson, 32, of New Castle, Ind., faces federal charges for allegedly making email and telephone threats to an elected official, according to a press release. FBI agents arrested Thompson at his home Thursday night, where he admitted to the charges, according to a criminal complaint. He faced a U.S. Magistrate Judge Friday morning.    Continue reading “Man Accused of Threatening to Kill Boehner Over Unemployment Extension”