Archive for August 12th, 2011

By Russell D. Longcore DumpDC.com DumpDC.com exists for only one reason…to promote the orderly secession of states from the United States of America to sovereign nationhood. Actually, there is a second reason…because I need a place to vent my spleen and through writing, make a life-changing difference in the lives of others. So, today... »

By Greg Jaffe WashingtonPost.com 08/12/2011 The U.S. Army suffered a record 32 suicides in July, the most since it began releasing monthly figures in 2009. The high number of deaths represents a setback for the Army, which has put a heavy focus on reducing suicides in recent years. The number includes 22 active duty... »

by Bruce Krasting ZeroHedge.com 08/12/2011 The date will be on or about September 30th. The issue will be the need to pass a Continuing Resolution by the House. For more than 850 days the US has gone without a budget. The House passed one not long ago; the Senate tabled it. The Administration has... »

Proposed rule on farms called ‘absurd’ Sonny Riddle Gazettevirginian.com August 12, 2011 A new rule being proposed by the federal Department of Transportation would require farmers to get commercial drivers licenses. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which is a part of DOT, wants to adopt standards that would reclassify all farm vehicles and... »

BushStole04.com I wrote Arrogance Of A Banker. I thought that would stir someone up enough to do something, but it didn’t. This is how my friends and I stole 2.2 trillion dollars of your money in the 1990s and more since. The Treasury sells bonds to pay the deficit using the New York branch... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 08/12/2011 Another constitutional slap in the face for the constitutional scholar. Just out from Reuters: the 11th Circuit Court of “Appeals court rules that Obama’s healthcare law’s individual mandate to own health insurance unconstitutional.” It has thus found in favor of the 26 states that challeneged a requirement that Americans... »

Mac Slavo August 12th, 2011 SHTFplan.com Insiders may be buying stocks at the fastest pace in two years, but consumers’ wallets aren’t convinced that the recovery has taken hold (because, of course, it hasn’t): Confidence among U.S. consumers plunged in August to the lowest level since May 1980, adding to concern that weak employment... »

Federal government allowed Mexican drug cartel to import tons of cocaine into United States Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Friday, August 12, 2011 Washington Times journalists Robert Farago and Ralph Dixon cite a “CIA insider” to make the claim that Operation Fast and Furious was a Central Intelligence Agency-orchestrated program to arm the Sinaloa... »

by Bill Ruppert Cop Block Friday, August 12, 2011 “I said to (Haynes) that if we come up short and there are some acquittals in our cases, it will at least validate the process.” “At which point, his eyes got wide and he said, ‘Wait a minute, we can’t have acquittals. If we’ve been... »

Christopher Soghoian FederalJack.com According to an official DOJ report, the use of “emergency”, warrantless requests to ISPs for customer communications content has skyrocketed over 400% in a single year. The 2009 report (pdf), which I recently obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request (it took DOJ 11 months (pdf) to give me the... »