How the Federal Reserve Is Killing America
The Federal Reserve, America’s central bank, exists to serve big banks and Wall Street. There is no other reason for the existence of the Fed. None.
Calgary struggles with late summer snowfall
The Canadian city of Calgary, Alberta, home to much of the country’s oil and gas industry, suffered through a late-summer snowfall on Wednesday that snarled traffic, downed trees and cut power to dozens of neighborhoods. Nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, the city of 1.2 million is used to bizarre weather and heavy snowfalls are common in the winter months.
The number of Ebola evacuations to the U.S. is significantly larger than we have been told
An undisclosed number of people who’ve been exposed to the Ebola virus — not just the four patients publicly identified with diagnosed cases — have been evacuated to the U.S. by an air ambulance company contracted by the State Department.
No More Places To Put Ebola Patients In Liberia But Cases Are Growing Exponentially
There is not a single empty bed available for an Ebola patient in Liberia right now, but thousands more cases are expected in the coming weeks. Entire families have been driving around in taxis looking for some place that will take their sick family members, but every treatment facility is already full. According to the World Health Organization, many of those potential Ebola patients end up returning to their homes where there will inevitably spread the virus to even more people.
More than half of Americans believe Barack Obama’s presidency has been a failure
WASHINGTON – Americans overwhelmingly view the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham as a serious threat to vital U.S. interests and, in a significant shift, widely support airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
The Era Of Widespread Biometric Indentification And Microchip Implants Is Here
Are you ready to have your veins scanned every time you use your bank account? Are you ready to use a “digital tattoo” or a microchip implant to unlock your telephone? Once upon a time we read about such technologies in science fiction novels, but now they are here.
Get your money out of Britain: Global banks warn investors ‘Yes’ vote would be ‘cataclysmic’ for UK economy
International investors have been warned to pull their cash out of Britain to protect themselves against the ‘cataclysmic’ impact of Scottish independence. Japan’s biggest bank, Nomura, warned sterling could plunge by 15 per cent in the event of a ‘Yes’ vote – amid warnings over a ‘run on UK assets’ threatening savings and pensions of ordinary families. It came as it emerged David Cameron has pleaded with business chiefs to publicly warn against Scottish independence.
Single Americans Now Compose More Than Half the U.S. Population
Single Americans make up more than half of the adult population for the first time since the government began compiling such statistics in 1976. Some 124.6 million Americans were single in August, 50.
Price Of Milk Soars To Brand New Record High
Milk futures rose to a record as exports by the U.S. climbed amid shrinking inventories of cheese and butter, signaling higher costs for pizza and pastries.
East Jerusalem riots continue after funeral of Arab teen
Hundreds of people attended the Monday funeral of 16-year-old Mohammed Sinokrot, who died of his wounds sustained during a protest over a week ago in the Wadi Joz neighborhood of East Jerusalem. His death sparked street violence in the area and masked rioters threw stones at police during the funeral as well, leading to the arrest of three. The even that wounded and eventually led to the death of Sinokrot occurred on the 31st of August.
Will Mexico become the top exporter of automobiles to the United States?
Mexico is on track to become the top exporter of automobiles to the United States, and it’s the Japanese automakers like Mazda, which has all but pulled the plug on U.S. production, making that happen.
Planned Parenthood Sex Ed Website Now Takes Teens to Porn Site
The main web site behind Planned Parenthood’s attempt to lure students with a sex educational campaign that leads to abortion now points those teenagers to a web site promoting pornography. The pro-life group Iowa Right to Life discovered the change and how the Planned Parenthood Teenwire web site — which is linked to by thousands of web sites across the country and whose URL is printed on sex ed literature distributed in schools nationwide — now points to a porn site. “Over the holiday weekend, we became aware of a new danger for Iowa children and teenagers,” Iowa Right to Life told LifeNews.
Thousands March on Jerusalem in Support of Islamic State
A recent gathering consisting of thousands of supporters of the Islamic State (IS) took place at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, Israel’s Channel 10 News reported on Wednesday. The report was part of a story set to broadcast in full next week, which details how the Islamic State has zeroed in on Israel as its premier target in the near future. The rally, reportedly held on a recent Friday, was organized by the Tahrir (Liberation) party, an organization that seeks to unify all Muslim countries to create one massive Islamic state that is ruled by the barbaric, extreme rules of sharia law.
Ebola Spreading ‘Exponentially’ as Patients Seek Beds in Liberia
WHO and other groups have been warning that the situation in Liberia and Sierra Leone and Guinea is dire. It’s especially bad in Liberia, WHO said Monday. “Transmission of the Ebola virus in Liberia is already intense and the number of new cases is increasing exponentially,” WHO said in a statement.
McDonald’s Monthly Sales Slump Worst Since 2003
McDonald’s Corp. (MCD), the world’s largest restaurant chain, posted the worst same-store sales decline in more than a decade, hurt by sluggish demand in the U.S.
Hospital sets patient record as mystery respiratory virus spreads
Medical officials admitted a record number of children to a local hospital over the weekend because of what they believe to be a rare respiratory virus spreading throughout the country. Although there’s been no confirmed cases of the enterovirus at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, officials admitted 540 patients Friday, said Dr. Derek Wheeler, associate chief of staff at the hospital.