A Chinese Military Chief Makes The Case For Smog

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqoRoPMFbuDn7T3K6x4DguwtiEEUTAXGWZHhrUu_y4r2dEMzK8jpJS5p2c9uhncHnCAkhJENd9f4yTHyw-z1dC6lgPiWbCSCBsMg51iX9xzv-TB8sCEV63hc80-4cp52paURapW1h1AIk1/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqoRoPMFbuDn7T3K6x4DguwtiEEUTAXGWZHhrUu_y4r2dEMzK8jpJS5p2c9uhncHnCAkhJENd9f4yTHyw-z1dC6lgPiWbCSCBsMg51iX9xzv-TB8sCEV63hc80-4cp52paURapW1h1AIk1/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Zhang Zhaozhong's comments on thick smog is best defence against US laser weaponry</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>China's Naval Chief Says Smog Is Best Defence Against US Laser Weapons -- IBTimes</b></span></div><br />Thick smog is the best defence against US laser weapons, a Chinese military chief has declared on national television.<br /><br />Zhang Zhaozhong, the Navy Major General for the People's Liberation Army drew massive criticism when he made the statement on CCTV's Haixia Liang'an (Cross-Straits) current affairs programme, adding that lasers were "most afraid of smog".<br /><br />He said: "Under conditions where there is no smog, a laser weapon can fire [at a range of] 10 kilometres. When there's smog, it's only one kilometre. What's the point of making this kind of weapon?<br /><br />"It only works when the weather is good. The enemy will target you when the weather is bad.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/chinas-naval-chief-says-smog-best-defence-against-us-laser-weapons-1437650">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment: </b>I am not in China right now .... but I know that none of my Chinese friends are going to buy this story.

A Chinese Military Chief Makes The Case For Smog

Zhang Zhaozhong's comments on thick smog is best defence against US laser weaponry China's Naval Chief Says Smog Is Best Defence Aga...

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Pentagon To Shrink U.S. Army Troop Numbers To 1940 Levels. A-10 And U-2 To Be Canceled

<object data="http://www.bloomberg.com/video/embed/Vyn1Qye6RBiWtyCl4_Vn0A?height=395&width=640" height="430" style="overflow: hidden;" width="640"></object><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pentagon Wants To Cut Troops To 1940 Levels, Ditch A-10 and U-2 -- NBC</b></span></div><br />Firing the opening salvo in a bloody budget battle, the U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is set to recommend drastic cuts of billions of dollars that would take U.S military forces to levels not seen since before World War II.<br /><br />The cuts in military spending, forces and weapons programs address the stark reality of growing budget pressures at home and point to improbability that the United States will ever again engage in a large ground war.<br /><br />The plan, to be unveiled Monday afternoon, is likely to face stiff opposition on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers will battle for every troop, weapons program and dollar.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/pentagon-wants-cut-troops-1940-levels-ditch-10-u-2-n37086">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More News On Pentagon Plans To Shrink The U.S. Army To Pre-World War II Levels</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/hagel-propose-big-cuts-army-2015-budget-22645816">Hagel to Propose Big Cuts in Army in 2015 Budget</a> -- ABC News/AP<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/24/us/politics/pentagon-plans-to-shrink-army-to-pre-world-war-ii-level.html?hpw&rref=us&_r=0&gwh=FB46CD16272D0EDA20BE0BA213A22D4D&gwt=pay">Pentagon Plans to Shrink Army to Pre-World War II Level</a> -- New York Times<br /><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/defense-secretary-chuck-hagel-to-recommend-deep-budget-cuts-targeting-pay-benefits/">Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to recommend deep budget cuts targeting pay, benefits</a> -- CBS<br /><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-military-cuts-20140223,0,5535019.story">Pentagon plans to shrink Army to Pre-World War II level</a> -- Reuters<br /><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/report-us-army-to-shrink-to-preworld-war-two-levels/1857855.html">Report: US Army to Shrink to Pre-World War Two Levels</a> -- Voice of America<br /><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/army/199012-hagel-plans-to-reduce-size-of-army-to-pre-wwii-levels">Report: Hagel plans to reduce size of Army to pre-WWII levels</a> -- The Hill<br /><a href="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2014/02/24/Defense-budget-said-to-shrink-Army-to-pre-World-War-II-low/UPI-59511393223884/?spt=rln&or=1">Defense budget said to shrink Army to pre-World War II low </a>-- UPI<br /><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/02/24/hagel-proposed-budget-will-reportedly-shrink-army-to-pre-wwii-numbers/">Proposed budget will reportedly shrink Army to pre-WWII numbers</a> -- FOX News<br /><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2014/02/pentagon-propose-shrinking-us-army-201422442137937459.html">Pentagon to propose shrinking US Army </a>-- Al Jazeera<br /><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/24/chuck-hagel-shrink-army-pre-wwii-levels-report/">Chuck Hagel to shrink Army to pre-World War II levels, report says</a> -- Washington Times

Pentagon To Shrink U.S. Army Troop Numbers To 1940 Levels. A-10 And U-2 To Be Canceled

Pentagon Wants To Cut Troops To 1940 Levels, Ditch A-10 and U-2 -- NBC Firing the opening salvo in a bloody budget battle, the U.S. Secretar...

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The Capture Of Drug Cartel Lord Joaquin Guzman Sparks Extradition Fight Between The U.S. And Mexico

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/50IMgxAMI68" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>U.S. And Mexican Authorities Detail Coordinated Effort To Capture Drug Lord -- Washington Post</b></span></div><br />MEXICO CITY — The half-dozen Mexican commandos who burst into Room 401 of the Miramar condominium building in the beach town of Mazatlan found the world’s most-wanted drug lord not armed to the teeth, but shirtless and curled up in bed with his beauty-queen wife. An assault rifle was at his side, but he didn’t try to grab it.<br /><br />The arrival of the elite troops at this seaside condo tower on Saturday morning marked the culmination of nine days of rapid-fire military raids and detective work across the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa.<br /><br />Mexican and U.S. authorities involved in the investigation offered new details on Sunday about how they put together a jigsaw puzzle that was 13 years in the making. They were helped by U.S.-supplied wiretaps and surveillance technology that allowed them to track the cellphone locations of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán and his crew as they tried everything to avoid capture — even fleeing through sewer tunnels.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/safe-houses-key-to-drug-king-capture/2014/02/23/ab218a9a-9cc3-11e3-8112-52fdf646027b_story.html">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More News On The Arrest Of Mexican Drug Lord Joaquin Guzman</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26308203">Mexico's top drug lord Joaquin 'Shorty' Guzman arrested</a> -- BBC<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/24/nyregion/federal-prosecutors-seek-return-of-mexican-drug-kingpin-to-us.html?gwh=F91573A23F69A9765EDE5FDBF70BBAA0&gwt=pay">Federal Prosecutors Seek Return of Mexican Drug Kingpin to US</a> -- New York Times<br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-26320180">US to seek 'Shorty' Guzman's extradition from Mexico</a> -- BBC<br /><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i_iRqntlgkiFbHgT5FfURDIfp13g?docId=2c5f0244-719b-4b68-ba9f-2887c1fa0a16">US prosecutors to seek Mexican drug lord's extradition</a> -- AFP<br /><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/02/24/legal-battle-begins-on-where-to-try-mexican-drug-lord-el-chapo-guzman/">Capture of Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' Guzman ignites fight over trial location </a>-- FOX News<br /><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/captured-mexican-druglord-hid-basic-apartment-article-1.1699016">SEE IT: Billionaire Mexican drug lord hid out in basic apartment prior to his capture</a> -- New York Daily News<br /><a href="http://www.sundayworld.com/top-stories/crime-desk/donal-macintyre-s-crime-cafe/u-s-to-put-cartel-boss-on-trial-and-claim-his-11-billion-fortune">U.S. want cartel boss on trial to claim his €11 billion fortune</a> -- Sunday World<br /><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/23/world/americas/el-chapo-capture/">'El Chapo' Guzman: How the world's most wanted drug lord was finally busted </a>-- CNN<br /><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2566470/Capture-El-Chapo-Guzman-wont-stop-29-billion-worth-drugs-coming-US-year-warn-experts.html">Capture of 'El Chapo' Guzman won't stop $29 billion worth of drugs coming into the US each year OR violence, experts warn</a> -- Daily Mail<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/drug-kingpins-arrest-shows-mexican-authorities-making-progress/2014/02/23/16f83d2e-9ca9-11e3-ad71-e03637a299c0_story.html">Drug kingpin’s arrest shows Mexican authorities making progress</a> -- Eduardo Medina Mora, Washington Post<br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-26320182">Guzman arrest: A coup for Mexican President Pena Nieto?</a> -- BBC<br /><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/23/opinion/meacham-cartel-boss-arrest/?hpt=hp_c4">Capturing 'Public Enemy No. 1'</a> -- Carl Meacham, CNN<br /><a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/2/24/chapo-guzman.html">Guzman's arrest unlikely to ease violence in Mexico</a> -- Alfonso Serrano, Al Jazeera

The Capture Of Drug Cartel Lord Joaquin Guzman Sparks Extradition Fight Between The U.S. And Mexico

U.S. And Mexican Authorities Detail Coordinated Effort To Capture Drug Lord -- Washington Post MEXICO CITY — The half-dozen Mexican commando...

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The End Of The U.S. Air Force's F-18?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiimsT-ESgLh4jcfzizId84PfG-ZrXFvUTqgpXrQRoHcjiX-X1-05uHwHZ4l_5nkzAvJtGoWSkp1nFEVMHPVePqshZrisdDz8kcSS9zI3_FiJnQSU9ZuOBgh4KkTKgfX3X1hR3eDxR332a1/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiimsT-ESgLh4jcfzizId84PfG-ZrXFvUTqgpXrQRoHcjiX-X1-05uHwHZ4l_5nkzAvJtGoWSkp1nFEVMHPVePqshZrisdDz8kcSS9zI3_FiJnQSU9ZuOBgh4KkTKgfX3X1hR3eDxR332a1/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sources: Source: Boeing Co. F/A-18 Hornet program</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Credits: Javier Zarracina/Los Angeles Times Programming by Anthony Pesce. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>For F/A-18 Super Hornet, The End May Be On The Horizon -- L.A. Times</b></span></div><br />Workers at Northrop Grumman Corp.'s 1-million-square-foot El Segundo facility on Aviation Boulevard have been cranking out fuselage sections for the Navy's F/A-18 fighter jet for decades.<br /><br />But now, the end may be near.<br /><br />Since entering service in 1983, the lithe twin-engine fighter-bomber has been a symbol of U.S. military might, catapulting from aircraft carrier decks and obliterating targets in the sky and on the ground.<br /><br />Today there are increasing fears that the F/A-18 Super Hornet assembly line may be shut down because of dwindling orders, as the Navy prepares for a new generation of warplane — the controversial F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hornet-fighter-future-20140222,0,217379.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fbusiness+%28L.A.+Times+-+Business%29#axzz2u1hGpUbG">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment</b>: After 30 years ... i guess it's time is up. <br /><br /><br />

The End Of The U.S. Air Force's F-18?

Sources: Source: Boeing Co. F/A-18 Hornet program Credits: Javier Zarracina/Los Angeles Times Programming by Anthony Pesce. For F/A-18 Super...

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The New Russian Air Force

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/CZXLsrAZMjA" width="420"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Russia’s New Air Force Is A Mystery -- Thomas Newdick, War Is Boring</b></span></div><br />Why is Moscow buying three very similar jet fighters?<br /><br />The Russian air force has just introduced three new jet fighters. Not the much-publicized Sukhoi T-50 stealth fighter—which isn’t ready yet—but three slightly different versions of the classic Su-27, all originating from the same Sukhoi design bureau but built by two separate manufacturers.<br /><br />Yes, that’s a bit odd—and potentially wasteful. The U.S. Air Force, for one, is buying just a single new fighter type, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The American air arm wants as many as 1,763 copies of the F-35A to replace most of its existing fighters and, in theory, maximize efficiency.<br /><br />By contrast, Russia is acquiring just a few dozen each of the Su-30M2, Su-30SM and Su-35S—each a different upgrade of the 1970s-vintage Sukhoi Su-27, known to NATO as the “Flanker.” Moscow hasn’t officially explained its jet fighter strategy, but it appears the purchases are meant to keep two factories in business amid a slump in warplane exports.<br /><br /><b><a href="https://medium.com/war-is-boring/af28abb0be7d">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> I am not an aviation expert .... but from where I am standing it appears that (unlike the US Air-Force putting all of it's eggs in the F-35) the Russians are banking on different versions of aircraft .... as well as keeping their industrial manufacturing base for military jets operating.

The New Russian Air Force

Russia’s New Air Force Is A Mystery -- Thomas Newdick, War Is Boring Why is Moscow buying three very similar jet fighters? The Russian air f...

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Report: NSA Is Eavesdropping On Hundreds Of Key German Figures

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVqhNQ6V4S-iAcYUaKMKvd88IfCJoiY3fm-VY1rk38JSOyQRxACjgoQD2ivliCfZ4JXG7DRcjk3NyCslXj0eeLTzZ-F-pMVpTxgT_UclStFkdLgcWwL3SISakuSFXfcgU0q-Ff1hTb-5W3/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVqhNQ6V4S-iAcYUaKMKvd88IfCJoiY3fm-VY1rk38JSOyQRxACjgoQD2ivliCfZ4JXG7DRcjk3NyCslXj0eeLTzZ-F-pMVpTxgT_UclStFkdLgcWwL3SISakuSFXfcgU0q-Ff1hTb-5W3/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A mobile phone simulating a call to German Chancellor Angela Merkel next to a tablet computer showing the logo of the United Staes' National Security Agency (NSA) is seen in this multiple exposure picture illustration taken in Frankfurt October 28, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>No Spying On Friends: NSA Bugs Merkel Aides Instead Of Chancellor -- RT</b></span></div><br />In the wake of President Obama's promise to stop spying on German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the US intelligence has switched its attention to her top government officials, a German newspaper reported.<br /><br />Washington's relations with Germany were strained last year after revelations that the US National Security Agency (NSA) was conducting mass surveillance in Germany and even tapped the mobile phone of Chancellor Merkel.<br /><br />Facing the German outrage, President Barack Obama pledged that the US would stop spying on the leader of the European country, which is among the closest and most powerful allies of America. <br /><br /><b><a href="http://rt.com/news/nsa-germany-spying-switch-384/">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More News On Reports That The NSA Is Eavesdropping On Hundreds Of Key German Figures</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/23/us-germany-usa-spying-idUSBREA1M0IK20140223">U.S. now bugging German ministers in place of Merkel: report</a> -- Reuters<br /><a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/02/nsa-moves-from-bugging-german-chancellor-to-bugging-german-ministers/">NSA moves from bugging German Chancellor to bugging German ministers </a>-- Ars Technica<br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-eavesdropping-hundreds-key-german-figures-185340926.html;_ylt=AwrTWf3zfQpTrHQATEfQtDMD">US eavesdropping on hundreds of key German figures</a> -- AFP<br /><a href="http://www.bustle.com/articles/16324-why-nsa-spying-on-the-german-chancellors-aides-matters">Why NSA Spying On The German Chancellor's Aides Matters </a>-- Seth Millstein, Bustle<br /><a href="http://qz.com/180313/the-us-wont-spy-on-angela-merkel-but-everyone-around-her-is-fair-game/">The US won’t spy on Angela Merkel—but everyone around her is fair game</a> -- Quartz<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> The NSA is not spying on Merkel .... but they are spying on the people who talk to Merkel. Something tells me that the Germans are going to have a problem in seeing the difference.

Report: NSA Is Eavesdropping On Hundreds Of Key German Figures

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For by grace are ye saved through faith...

<div style="text-align: left;"><i><b>Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.</b></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b>But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.</b></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b>--ROMANS 4.4-5</b></i> </div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/a0ctKXVud-M?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe>

For by grace are ye saved through faith...

Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth ...

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The News UNIT visits Hammering Truth LIVE

<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">SUBSCRIBE to Hammering Truth on YOU TUBE</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>The News UNIT called into Hammering Truth LIVE to chat with Jim about current events.  Please subscribe to his channel as Jim is one of those old fashioned Americans that actually care about our present dying nation:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/XrrB9PDBPjs?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><b>...developing...</b></div>

The News UNIT visits Hammering Truth LIVE

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Another Monday

Have some coffee and get your heart beating again.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36P54YtuMyipaTQJ-t2CBWoMitG4GlWbzU5EI-ydEZNI3D_qj_oCuWKrSAVYrUBTcA09kVsbncviltcKC07_3xSwnkCduD1DLN_-VsZyVgQnJMrhi5De2q0d2yOuIqAMmD5_r0z_b9sD-/s1600/th.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36P54YtuMyipaTQJ-t2CBWoMitG4GlWbzU5EI-ydEZNI3D_qj_oCuWKrSAVYrUBTcA09kVsbncviltcKC07_3xSwnkCduD1DLN_-VsZyVgQnJMrhi5De2q0d2yOuIqAMmD5_r0z_b9sD-/s640/th.jpg" /></a></div><br />From the bang it like a screen door in a hurricane department,<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqw2TDpo9ckXIvDKXSQglJU9M9T_6iUwxGSigh5RHTTEFknr97gQHWrp2B4K38lP54kupuok5wjZRNPB3nOpbuK5znyX0fa1IuU47cJd5UCKI9lcNlwC9I4JsjpyvVFuQExC2r8M-3XVqU/s1600/JLH.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqw2TDpo9ckXIvDKXSQglJU9M9T_6iUwxGSigh5RHTTEFknr97gQHWrp2B4K38lP54kupuok5wjZRNPB3nOpbuK5znyX0fa1IuU47cJd5UCKI9lcNlwC9I4JsjpyvVFuQExC2r8M-3XVqU/s640/JLH.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />Something tells me Jennifer Love Hewitt can be a nasty girl.

Another Monday

Have some coffee and get your heart beating again. From the bang it like a screen door in a hurricane department, Something tells me Jennif...

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Caught With His Hand In The Cookie Jar

Ooooh, I'm sure the Federales will not be pleased to see this one. A former police chief selling off those military freebies for fun and profit.<br />He must have seen the ATF get away with Fast and Furious and figured he was one of "The Ones" and could get away with it too.<br /><br />Bad former cop, no doughnut.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.grahamleader.com/texasnews/ci_25143404/ex-police-chief-indicted-fraudulent-4m-scheme"><blockquote><b>Ex-police chief indicted in fraudulent $4M scheme</b></blockquote></a><br /><br /><br /><blockquote>LUBBOCK, Texas—A former Central Texas police chief has been indicted by federal prosecutors, who say he sold and pawned $4 million worth of equipment, including a machine gun, he fraudulently obtained through a federal program.<br /><br />Federal prosecutors said Friday in a news release that former Rising Star police Chief William Jason Kelcy was indicted Wednesday by a grand jury in Lubbock on charges that include theft of government property. He is also accused of trying to sell a Thompson Ramo Wooldridge M14 machine gun.<br /><br />Kelcy, 41, served as chief in Rising Star, about 50 miles southeast of Abilene, from 2009 to 2013. His department participated in a program that transferred excess Department of Defense property to local law enforcement agencies.<br /><br />The program, administered throughout the state by the Texas Department of Public Safety, was designed to increase the quality and quantity of equipment for law enforcement agencies.<br /><br />Authorities say Kelcy forwarded the equipment to other law enforcement agencies, officers and private citizens with no law enforcement responsibilities.<br /><br />Kathy Colvin, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office in Dallas, said she could not release information on how federal authorities discovered the alleged activity by Kelcy. </blockquote><br />I'm thinking he wasn't so good at math and the numbers didn't add up.<br /><br />Either that or they popped someone with some of the illicit gear and they ratted his ass out.<br />That would be awesome in my book.<br /><br />Either way this guy is going up the river.

Caught With His Hand In The Cookie Jar

Ooooh, I'm sure the Federales will not be pleased to see this one. A former police chief selling off those military freebies for fun and...

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Are you better off on WELFARE?

<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Check your STATE:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>In many cases WELFARE BENEFITS exceed that of the POVERTY LEVEL and those who are on RETIREMENT INCOME or WORKING may find themselves better off transitioning to WELFARE BENEFITS.  Even many entry level positions are below the level of income for WELFARE RECIPIENTS.</b><br /><br /><b>In many cases there's no reason to work hard and get SCREWED rather than to LIVE ON WELFARE DEPENDENCY:   </b></div><br /><b><a href="http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/the_work_versus_welfare_trade-off_2013_wp.pdf" style="color: red;">http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/the_work_versus_welfare_trade-off_2013_wp.pdf</a></b><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/hh42s0FOO28?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe>

Are you better off on WELFARE?

Check your STATE: In many cases WELFARE BENEFITS exceed that of the POVERTY LEVEL and those who are on RETIREMENT INCOME or WORKING may find...

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Greg Mannarino warns of STOCK MARKET CRASH

<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>STOCK MARKET CRASH coming soon!</b></span></div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/TezhXekKFZo?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe>

Greg Mannarino warns of STOCK MARKET CRASH

STOCK MARKET CRASH coming soon!

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Some Very Welcome Good News

<a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/23/cnn-axing-piers-morgans-show-because-of-sagging-ratings/">That miserable bastard Piers Morgan is about to become unemployed</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />Good riddance pal, I hope you go somewhere far, far away where ignorant people are in need of a new jerk to kick around.<br /><br /> <blockquote>Morgan frankly conceded that the ratings for his show made the end inevitable, in a conversation with the Times’ media critic, David Carr. “It’s been a painful period and lately we have taken a bath in the ratings,” he said, adding that although there had been times when the show connected in terms of audience, slow news days were problematic.<br /><br />“Look, I am a British guy debating American cultural issues, including guns, which has been very polarizing, and there is no doubt that there are many in the audience who are tired of me banging on about it,” he said. “That’s run its course and Jeff and I have been talking for some time about different ways of using me.”</blockquote><br />Fill material in a swamp works for me.<br /><br />

Some Very Welcome Good News

That miserable bastard Piers Morgan is about to become unemployed . Good riddance pal, I hope you go somewhere far, far away where ignorant ...

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MASSIVE OIL SPILL Shuts Down Mississippi River New Orleans Areas

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">*****BREAKING NEWS***** </span></b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Port of New Orleans CLOSED</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>65 MILE STRETCH of Mississippi River CLOSED</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Public Drinking Water Intakes CLOSED</b></span></div><br /><b><a href="http://www.weather.com/news/science/environment/oil-spill-mississippi-river-port-new-orleans-20140223" style="color: red;">http://www.weather.com/news/science/environment/oil-spill-mississippi-river-port-new-orleans-20140223</a></b><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/8gVNODXe5xA?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/yU3w_-5rG50?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe>

MASSIVE OIL SPILL Shuts Down Mississippi River New Orleans Areas

*****BREAKING NEWS***** Port of New Orleans CLOSED 65 MILE STRETCH of Mississippi River CLOSED Public Drinking Water Intakes CLOSED http://w...

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Zoomie Has Outdone Himself. Problem With Tyranny? There's An App For That.

Damn that guy is good.<br /><br />I'll give ya a teaser but then you have to go see the rest over at <a href="http://walterzoomiesworld.blogspot.com/">Zoomie's place</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNKcE_-v570qjR0vXMPdeemsNdyOcBY_NGNxgAHhxEfsFlCiO01576jOfrMAbNPX6BCstwiDlq8KE7-3Iq8um_qEg7SssdeJeUizWEUcT5g6BsnLwVgSMd_G7wnYypmowfC_2dEPrifuWq/s1600/Copy+of+tyranny+app+gun.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNKcE_-v570qjR0vXMPdeemsNdyOcBY_NGNxgAHhxEfsFlCiO01576jOfrMAbNPX6BCstwiDlq8KE7-3Iq8um_qEg7SssdeJeUizWEUcT5g6BsnLwVgSMd_G7wnYypmowfC_2dEPrifuWq/s640/Copy+of+tyranny+app+gun.png" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://walterzoomiesworld.blogspot.com/2014/02/apps.html">See the rest of the goodies here</a>.

Zoomie Has Outdone Himself. Problem With Tyranny? There's An App For That.

Damn that guy is good. I'll give ya a teaser but then you have to go see the rest over at Zoomie's place . See the rest of the goodi...

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Piers Morgan reported to be leaving CNN

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Good riddance!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kMw8o8ep6XMFrR3a8lCUo4q0KJ3l2OYjBxVHgwVw7t5FmrrugwJUwru_J2FsIB6Sitz3uXtaD46y_KZlPiSRVqzDk8PpKin6dw7iXEIRLtV6geXauM7ZSX1Ef5DyrU4GWhLFwFXUdy0/s1600/PiersMorganMUGSHOT02.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kMw8o8ep6XMFrR3a8lCUo4q0KJ3l2OYjBxVHgwVw7t5FmrrugwJUwru_J2FsIB6Sitz3uXtaD46y_KZlPiSRVqzDk8PpKin6dw7iXEIRLtV6geXauM7ZSX1Ef5DyrU4GWhLFwFXUdy0/s1600/PiersMorganMUGSHOT02.JPG" width="192" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Go live in Dubai</b></span></div><br /><b>Perhaps Alex Jones was instrumental in getting a small fraction of America to wake up.  I hope Piers Morgan takes the majority of Hollywood with him and moves somewhere else.  Hopefully go to Dubai or somewhere and live where there's Sharia law.  How about Dearborn, Michigan? </b><br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/24/business/media/piers-morgan-and-cnn-plan-end-to-his-prime-time-show.html" style="color: red;">http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/24/business/media/piers-morgan-and-cnn-plan-end-to-his-prime-time-show.html</a></b><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/EzxxeJNr19E?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/pdZAckDYgdQ?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/fjFpDFxU2V8?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe> <b><br /></b><b> </b><br /><b>...developing...</b>

Piers Morgan reported to be leaving CNN

Good riddance! Go live in Dubai Perhaps Alex Jones was instrumental in getting a small fraction of America to wake up.  I hope Piers Morgan ...

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The Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership

<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Obama constructing a larger corporate government</span></b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"></div><b>Big incentives being given for those in the private sector of big business to join the Federal Government: </b><br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2014/02/trans-pacific-partnership" style="color: red;">http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2014/02/trans-pacific-partnership</a></b><br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-trans-pacific-partnership-20140219,0,6747764.story#axzz2uC7thLg2" style="color: red;">http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-trans-pacific-partnership-20140219,0,6747764.story#axzz2uC7thLg2</a> </b><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/PhK42QBQUvo?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe>

The Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership

Obama constructing a larger corporate government Big incentives being given for those in the private sector of big business to join the Fede...

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Dead Bankers tell no tales. Or do they?

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Why all the dead bankers?</b></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The truth behind America's coming economic debacle... </b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/7H80JLOU8Do?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/7lnU3cNOkTo?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>What is this all about?</b></span><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/HSVwnpm9H3s?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>...developing...</b></div>

Dead Bankers tell no tales. Or do they?

Why all the dead bankers? The truth behind America's coming economic debacle... What is this all about? ...developing...

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John Wayne Is My Hero!

Nice shootin' there Pard, he needed killin'.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUVdTylVRqjUxNv3Qir-Ac13Itah8k33r4Y7Biy73j-5CP72oe6AHyxUYVb4YfuHggCevVzN8OGEVk5OgivIBYIcvx5JZHk23VwhGQ2CphY5hvArV8bPIk5VkuR8oMhg7KPJoLwu8F3-HO/s1600/waynebieber.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUVdTylVRqjUxNv3Qir-Ac13Itah8k33r4Y7Biy73j-5CP72oe6AHyxUYVb4YfuHggCevVzN8OGEVk5OgivIBYIcvx5JZHk23VwhGQ2CphY5hvArV8bPIk5VkuR8oMhg7KPJoLwu8F3-HO/s640/waynebieber.gif" /></a></div>

John Wayne Is My Hero!

Nice shootin' there Pard, he needed killin'.

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An Employment Trend that Has Not Failed v.2

This is an update to a post I did several years ago.<br /><br /><b>September 23, 2011</b><br /><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/09/employment-trend-that-has-not-failed.html">An Employment Trend that Has Not Failed</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>I promised an exponential trend that has not failed. Here it comes!</i></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga0XobABGl8MPzjuTvoEV1MwDG-LpZc-jO3HXkIW1cVIV5yz7kABbqQpylfsyc6SyjnvL-3Q4PdwiRi44w3u1CUzp1sz8UKg2Hz_wldBZqj1-HNU6bvwkc5vftJZoW_MgPjgg2AkxXADSM/s1600/Financial+Activities+to+Manufacturing+Employment+Ratio.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655662885548350674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga0XobABGl8MPzjuTvoEV1MwDG-LpZc-jO3HXkIW1cVIV5yz7kABbqQpylfsyc6SyjnvL-3Q4PdwiRi44w3u1CUzp1sz8UKg2Hz_wldBZqj1-HNU6bvwkc5vftJZoW_MgPjgg2AkxXADSM/s400/Financial+Activities+to+Manufacturing+Employment+Ratio.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 277px; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>We can get this ratio to infinity simply by continuing to shed manufacturing jobs faster than we shed financial activities jobs. It might not be as easy as it looks though.</i></div><br />In hindsight, it has not been easy.<br /><br />The following chart shows the natural log of financial activities employment divided by manufacturing employment. When using logs, constant exponential growth is seen as a straight line.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUb1OW7lT4XOB6M6JItCliAt-iq_zOXb0C8AX3HtXbUCxC9599Gt0N6BZpngJOHA7_gRHSRh0Bd_3Y9UUHGuJCvnjqG8ko7H2eXAhP69fyS_G67t9h0r8pc0nTNOHP5xvTiqIQs5s1gcM/s1600/Financial+Activities+to+Manufacturing+Employment+Ratio+-+Natural+Log.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUb1OW7lT4XOB6M6JItCliAt-iq_zOXb0C8AX3HtXbUCxC9599Gt0N6BZpngJOHA7_gRHSRh0Bd_3Y9UUHGuJCvnjqG8ko7H2eXAhP69fyS_G67t9h0r8pc0nTNOHP5xvTiqIQs5s1gcM/s320/Financial+Activities+to+Manufacturing+Employment+Ratio+-+Natural+Log.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />This trend is in serious danger of failing. We're at the very bottom of the channel again. <span style="color: red;">We last saw this heading into the dotcom bust.</span> Before that we were heading into several recessions in the late 1970s. We also saw it as we were putting a man on the moon in 1969. Have we colonized the moon yet thanks to our ever growing prosperity? Or are we planning to put that off a few more years?<br /><br />Do not lose hope. When Mr. FIRE Economy was asked about his recent under-performance relative to manufacturing (relative to the long-term trend) he exclaimed, "Give me recession or give me death!" To which Mr. Manufacturing Economy laughed with great hubris, "Don't be silly! Our new and improved Fed has permanently put an end to all recessions! It's common knowledge. Everyone knows it. It really is different this time!"<br /><br />In all seriousness, note that <a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=soP">the ratio tends to rise most during recessions</a> as manufacturing employment plummets more than financial activities employment. Being at the very bottom of the channel therefore puts us in "great" position for another legendary rise in the ratio. If the trend holds over the long-term (think fully automated manufacturing employment), then it is only a matter of time.<br /><br />This is not investment advice.<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=soM">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>

An Employment Trend that Has Not Failed v.2

This is an update to a post I did several years ago. September 23, 2011 An Employment Trend that Has Not Failed I promised an exponential tr...

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