Enforce our Bill of Rights
I posted previously about ‘Tactical Mobility – How it might affect you’ and I have also written about realistic PT for light infantry style operations. The Tactical Mobility post led onto another discussion, carried on a little in comments, about realistic times for ruck marching and similar. I am writing now to clarify that a little.
There are several elements to consider here: Continue reading “More Detail on Rucking Fitness”
Wall Street Journal – by Mort Zuckerman
In recent months, Americans have heard reports out of Washington and in the media that the economy is looking up—that recovery from the Great Recession is gathering steam. If only it were true. The longest and worst recession since the end of World War II has been marked by the weakest recovery from any U.S. recession in that same period.
The jobless nature of the recovery is particularly unsettling. In June, the government’s Household Survey reported that since the start of the year, the number of people with jobs increased by 753,000—but there are jobs and then there are “jobs.” No fewer than 557,000 of these positions were only part-time. The survey also reported that in June full-time jobs declined by 240,000, while part-time jobs soared by 360,000 and have now reached an all-time high of 28,059,000—three million more part-time positions than when the recession began at the end of 2007. Continue reading “A Jobless Recovery Is a Phony Recovery”
This ridiculously condescending budget put out by McDonald’s in partnership with Visa has been making the rounds today. I’ll allow excerpts from the Gothamist article on it and their corresponding video do most of the explaining, but the key point I want to hammer into people is that food stamps are corporate welfare. They actually are not welfare for the workers themselves, who undoubtably don’t have wonderful lives. What ends up happening is that because the government comes in and supplements egregiously low wages with benefits like food stamps, the companies don’t have to pay living wages. So in effect, your tax money is being used to support corporate margins.Even better, many of these folks who get the food stamp benefits then turn around and spend them at the very companies which refuse to pay them decent wages. Who benefits? CEOs and shareholders. Who loses? Society. Continue reading “McDonald’s Math: You Can’t Survive Working for Us”
Century Link – by RUSSELL CONTRERAS – Associated Press
BERNALILLO, N.M. (AP) — The month long criminal trial and all its salacious stories of law officer affairs and a blundering investigation are over, but a civil trial looms for a former Albuquerque policeman acquitted of killing his depressed wife with his department-issued gun.
After more than 10 hours of deliberations, a jury acquitted Levi Chavez, 32, of murdering of his wife, 26-year-old Tera Chavez, in 2007 and trying to make the hairdresser’s death look like a suicide. Continue reading “Ex-police officer acquitted of murder of wife”
The Daily Caller – by Neil Munro
Americans’ after-inflation wages have dropped by almost 3 percent since President Barack Obama’s inauguration, according to a new analysis by a left-wing advocacy group.
The biggest drop was felt by lower-income workers, while upper-income professionals were hit by a 2 percent drop. The study was released by the National Employment Law Project, which is headed by left-wing employment lawyers, union officials and a former economist in Obama’s White House, Jared Bernstein. Continue reading “Left-wing group: Americans’ wages down during Obama’s term”
Panama has detained a North Korean-flagged ship coming from Cuba as it approached the Panama Canal with undeclared weapons, President Ricardo Martinelli said.
The weapons, hidden in containers of brown sugar, were detected after Panamanian authorities stopped the ship, suspecting it was carrying drugs. The vessel was pulled over near the port of Manzanillo on the Atlantic side of the canal. Continue reading “Panama finds ‘undeclared weapons’ on North Korean ship”
Information Clearinghouse – by Brandon Toy
I have served the post-911 Military Industrial complex for 10 years, first as a soldier in Baghdad, and now as a defense contractor.
At the time of my enlistment, I believed in the cause. I was ignorant, naïve, and misled. The narrative, professed by the state, and echoed by the mainstream press, has proven false and criminal. We have become what I thought we were fighting against. Continue reading “I Hereby Resign in Protest Effective Immediately”
The Alaskan HAARP Facility Website has been down for quite sometime, having many ask the question on what is going on with it. An announcement was made that the resources to fund the project have been spent and the project has shutdown. But that isn’t the case.
As it stated in their official release, the facility is being bought by the highest bidder. HaarpStatus updates at TheWeatherSpace.com are continuing so either the facility is still on, run by another group of scientists, or other facilities with the same technology are continuing to affect the atmosphere. There are many facilities like HAARP across the world, with smaller ones said to be in the United States as well. Continue reading “HAARP Has Not Shutdown, Only Bought By The Highest Bidder Group”
Tea Party Tribune – by Rachel Alexander
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano suddenly announced last week that she was resigning her position at the embattled agency in order to take a $750,000-a-year job as president of the University of California system. This will more than triple her salary, which was $200,000 at DHS.
The timing of her resignation is highly unusual for a member of the president’s cabinet. Most cabinet members who leave after a president’s first term don’t wait an extra six months into the second term. Many believe she abruptly left DHS because of some sordid dealings that are about to be discovered. Her tenure at DHS has been characterized by back-to-back lawsuits and multiple controversies regarding the agencies DHS oversees, which include the TSA, ICE, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services and FEMA. Continue reading “Napolitano Leaving DHS Under Cloud of Suspicion”
IntelliHub – by Shepard Ambellas
In a mind control-like fashion, the First Lady, Michelle Obama, has been pushing a new program called “Walking School Buses” because “studies show” kids nowadays are lazy.
Americans have become lazier and more docile in recent years as their government and masters have brutally whipped them into submission incrementally. Now it has become one of Michelle Obama’s priorities to promote “Walking School Buses”, whatever those are. Continue reading “Michelle Obama Pushes ‘Walking School Buses’ In America”
President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly would be “very well-qualified” to lead the Department of Homeland Security, but added that there would be numerous strong candidates for the job.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has announced she is stepping down to lead the University of California. Continue reading “Obama: New York’s police chief ‘well-qualified’ to lead Homeland Security”
Personal responsibility is the beginning and end of reasonable and lawful behavior in a society. But I could write a thousand pages on all the factorsinduced to create violence in this country.
The chemical (drug) factors and heavy metals alone would fill a book. The covert political, psychological, and economic ops would fill another book. Continue reading “Problem: violence. Solution: Minority Report”
CNN News -by- Patrick Goodenough
(CNSNews.com) – The Rev. Jesse Jackson, founder and president of the Rainbow Push Coalition, wants the United Nations’ human rights watchdog brought into the debate over the shooting of Trayvon Martin.
Various parts of the U.N. human rights system have in the past weighed in on the Feb. 2012 shooting of the 17-year-old, criticizing Florida’s “stand your ground” law and, in one case, calling for “reparation for the victims.” Continue reading “Jesse Jackson Urges U.N. Human Rights Council to Investigate Trayvon Martin Shooting”
World Socialist Web Site – by Chris Marsden
US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns arrived in Cairo for two days of talks with the leaders of Egypt’s new military-backed government, amid reports that the US Navy has despatched ships and Marines to the Red Sea Coast.
Burns met interim President Adly Mansour and Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi. His visit was marked by mass protests by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and deposed President Mohamed Mursi, chanting “Down with the military regime! Down with the dictator! President Mursi, no one else!” Continue reading “Washington asserts its authority in Egypt”
Since Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the NSA’s mass surveillance of Americans, interest in cryptography has been piqued. That’s fine if you’re a nerd, but what about Grandma’s privacy? Luckily there are fairly simple ways to communicate privately.
Just be warned, if you use encryption, the NSA has reportedly decided it can hold on to your data indefinitely, whether you’re American or not. Continue reading “Five Ways to Have a Chat Behind Big Brother’s Back”
How Much Do Americans Despise Congress?
Business Insider notes today:
A June Gallup poll [showed that Congress] had a 10% approval rating [while] and one in March that showed North Korea with a 12% favorability rating among Americans. Continue reading “Congress Is Less Popular than North Korea, Cockroaches, Lice, Root Canals, Colonoscopies, Traffic Jams, Used Car Salesmen, Genghis Khan, Communism, BP during the Gulf Oil Spill, Nixon During Watergate or King George During the American Revolution”
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