So in a sense, the U.S. is taking a lot
Posted on 22. Jan, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Feedback, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Politics
The Obama administration is preparing to handle applications from as many as 200,000 undocumented Haitian immigrants who want to live and work legally in the United States under a new immigration program unveiled last week in the aftermath of Haiti’s destructive earthquake.
The federal government will begin accepting Temporary Protected Status (TPS) applications on Thursday, [...]
Envoy: Moscow won’t sacrifice Iran for US ties
Posted on 17. Jan, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Politics, Shera Crossan
Iran’s Ambassador to Moscow says it is unlikely for the Kremlin to give up its friendly ties with Tehran in order to establish closer relations with Washington.
“Russia sees Iran as a regional power. So, it is not likely that Moscow will sacrifice its friendly ties with a trusty neighbor for costly short-term relations with Washington,” [...]
One Sided Nuclear Reality In The Middle East
Posted on 12. Jan, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Editorials, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Israel & Jewish Issues, Politics, Shera Crossan
By Karen Nakamura
Neo-conservatives in Israel are hypocritically stoking the flames of public option to make sure the world stays focused on Iran’s nuclear program. Simultaneously, the Israelis refuse to allow the world to examine their own atomic stockpiles.
Marin’s Anna Rogers of the prestigious Jewish Voice for Peace stated in a missive in December: “AIPAC [the [...]
First Case of Highly Drug-Resistant TB Found in US/FL.
Posted on 27. Dec, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Health, Immigration, Shera Crossan, Top Stories
It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away.
Then came the fevers. They bathed and chilled the skinny frame of Oswaldo Juarez, a 19-year-old Peruvian visiting to study English. His lungs clattered, his chest tightened and he ached with every gasp. During a wheezing fit at 4 a.m., Juarez felt a [...]
Millions in U.S. Drink Dirty Water
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Education, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Health, Shera Crossan
More than 20 percent of the nation’s water treatment systems have violated key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act over the last five years, That law requires communities to deliver safe tap water to local residents. But since 2004, the water provided to more than 49 million people has contained illegal concentrations of chemicals [...]
Ohio is Only State to Adopt Sex Offender Rules
Posted on 02. Dec, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Hidden Crimes, Opinion, Politics
More than three years after Congress ordered stepped-up monitoring of sex offenders, only one state has adopted the government’s strict new requirements, and some others are weighing whether to ignore the law and just pay a penalty. So far, Ohio is the lone state to meet the new federal standards. Elsewhere, efforts have been [...]
Food-stamp use, poverty up in the region
Posted on 29. Sep, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Business & Finance, Economy, Events, Feedback, Health, Immigration, Shera Crossan
The percentage of households receiving food stamps in Philadelphia increased by nearly 3 percentage points between 2007 and 2008 – the period of time marking the start of the recession – according to figures released yesterday by the U.S. Census Bureau. And that number is only expected to rise, according to Rachel Meeks, food-stamp [...]
Tag team propaganda blitzkrieg on Sweden
Posted on 11. Sep, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Education, Events, Feedback, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Israel & Jewish Issues, Opinion, Politics, Shera Crossan, Top Stories
Our sources in Finland report that Finnish television is stating that Israel�s Mossad was behind the hijacking of the Maltese-flagged, Russian-crewed, and Russo-Finnish chartered �Arctic Sea� in Swedish territorial waters. The charter firm is Solchart Arkhangelsk Ltd. of Helsinki. The Russian Prosecutor General�s Office Investigation Committee says it is cooperating with authorities in Malta, Estonia, Latvia, Finland, and [...]
Officials see rise in militia groups across U.S.
Posted on 12. Aug, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Audio-Video, Commentary, Events, Feedback, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Free Speech, Gun Control, Opinion, Politics, Real History, Shera Crossan, Top Stories, Tradition
Militia groups with gripes against the government are regrouping across the country and could grow rapidly, according to an organization that tracks such trends.
The stress of a poor economy and a liberal administration led by a black president are among the causes for the recent rise, the report from the Southern Poverty Law Center says. [...]
Israel ignores US, international concern again
Posted on 11. Aug, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Commentary, Events, Feedback, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Hidden Crimes, Israel & Jewish Issues, Shera Crossan, War Coverage
“You cannot tell us we must not build within the settlement blocs,” said Yishai — also one of Israel’s four Deputy Prime Ministers — during a Monday visit to a settlement. Yishai also expressed hope that Israel would persuade US President Barack Obama that Tel Aviv’s long-disputed settlement activity near Jerusalem (al-Quds) was vital for [...]
US ‘to be blamed’ anyways
Posted on 07. Aug, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Commentary, Events, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Israel & Jewish Issues, Opinion, Politics, Shera Crossan, Top Stories
The former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton says that Washington should support Tel Aviv if it decides to attack Iran, since it will be ‘blamed for it anyway’. The worst outcome of an Israeli attack on Iran would be its failure to halt Tehran’s nuclear program, Bolton said in an interview with Russia [...]
. . . bedbugs becoming a national epidemic
Posted on 31. Jul, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Events, Feedback, Health, Immigration, Real History
Monina Finklea wasn’t concerned when she spotted a lone bug – about the size of an apple seed – on her bed in the Naperville hotel where her family is staying while waiting to move into their new home.But that next morning, the Woodridge woman said she awoke to find about 100 bite marks across [...]
Sotomayor assails WWII Japanese-American internment
Posted on 15. Jul, 2009 by Shera Crossan in 9/11, Events, Opinion, Politics, Shera Crossan, Top Stories, War Coverage
Sonia Sotomayor denounced the World War II-era jailing of Japanese-Americans. Sotomayor, due back before the Senate Judiciary Committee at 9:30 am (1330 GMT) on Wednesday, said that the high court erred by rejecting a 1944 legal challenge to the 1942 presidential order for the notorious detentions
“It is inconceivable to me today that a decision permitting [...]
Somali ‘islands of peace’ plagued by mass exodus
Posted on 09. Jul, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Commentary, Economy, Events, Feedback, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Hidden Crimes, Politics, Shera Crossan, Tradition, War Coverage
Some 204,000 Somalis have been forced to flee the devastating militia war against government forces in Mogadishu since May alone, the UN reports.
Ron Redmond, a spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said Tuesday that the eight-week long offensive by al-Shabaab and Hizb-ul-Islam militias has triggered “the biggest exodus from the troubled Somali [...]
Switzerland Threatens to Seize UBS Client Info
Posted on 08. Jul, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Business & Finance, Events, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Israel & Jewish Issues, Shera Crossan, Top Stories
The Swiss government said it is ready to confiscate UBS client information to prevent the bank from violating secrecy laws by handing documents over to the U.S. government.
The IRS is battling in a Miami court to force UBS to provide information on the accounts of 52,000 U.S.-based taxpayers. However, UBS contends that doing so would [...]
9 Israelis suspected of scamming millions from U.S. pensioners
Posted on 08. Jul, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Events, Hidden Crimes, Israel & Jewish Issues, Shera Crossan
The Tel Aviv police fraud squad arrested on Sunday nine Israelis on suspicion of netting millions of dollars from U.S. pensioners in a so-called Nigerian scam.
Police raided an office in the city, which is suspected to have been the nerve center of the dodgy enterprise. The defendants, all in their 20s and 30s, allegedly phoned [...]
‘Rogue broker’ blamed for oil spike
Posted on 03. Jul, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Audio-Video, Business & Finance, Commentary, Economy, Feedback, Shera Crossan, Top Stories
PVM Oil Associates, the world’s largest over-the-counter oil brokerage, said on Thursday it had been the “victim of unauthorised trading”. The privately owned company said that as a result of the unauthorised trades it had been forced to close substantial volumes of futures contracts at a loss.
Oil traders in London and New York said the [...]
The Socialization of America
Posted on 02. Jul, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Commentary, Events, Feedback, Free Speech, Opinion, Politics, Shera Crossan, Top Stories
By Dr. David Noebel
March 27, 2009
In retrospect, we might discover that 1883 was a most significant year. We’re familiar with 1848 giving us The Communist Manifesto and 1859 giving us The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. But 1883 gave us three [...]
Journalist Files Charges On Lies, Lies, Lies;
Posted on 02. Jul, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Business & Finance, Economy, Events, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Health, Hidden Crimes, Politics, Shera Crossan, Top Stories
In her charges, Burgermeister presents evidence of acts of bioterrorism that is in violation of U.S. law by a group operating within the U.S. under the direction of international bankers who control the Federal Reserve, as well as WHO, UN and NATO. This bioterrorism is for the purpose of carrying out a mass genocide against [...]
Sharia OK with Obama’s Top Lawyer
Posted on 04. Jun, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Feedback, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Immigration, Politics, Race, Shera Crossan, Top Stories, Tradition
President Obama has tabbed the former dean of Yale Law School, Harold Koh, to become the legal adviser for the State Department. Among numerous questionable and controversial statements, Koh has said that the “war on terror” — a term which the Obama Administration has already quietly abandoned, was “obsessive.” And in a 2007 speech, according [...]
US raises terrorism alert on Canada border
Posted on 10. May, 2009 by Shera Crossan in 9/11, Events, Feedback, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Immigration, Politics, Shera Crossan, Top Stories
In a bid to block the influx of terrorists to the country the US is taking tough measures along the Canada border, similar to those taken along the southern frontiers.
Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks the US launched a campaign to safeguard its borders — mainly the southern borders with Mexico.
However, now the security [...]
Exclusive: Ethiopia/USA/Somali pirates� cover-up
Posted on 04. May, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Events, Feedback, Hidden Crimes, Israel & Jewish Issues, Politics, Shera Crossan, South Afrika
ASMARA, Eritrea — One of the best kept secrets in the international media these days is the link between the USA, Ethiopia and the Somali pirates. First, a little reliable background from someone on the ground in the Horn of Africa.
The Somali pirates operate out of the Ethiopian and USA created enclaves in Somalia calling [...]
Somali Islamist leader ends exile
Posted on 24. Apr, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Events, Feedback, Politics, Religion, Top Stories, War Coverage
Somalia’s Islamist opposition leader has returned to the Horn of Africa nation after spending two years in neighbouring Eritrea, an Islamist group has said.
Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, who is on the US list of terrorism suspects for his alleged links to al-Qaeda, arrived in Somalia on Thursday, according to Hizbul Islam, an umbrella group of four [...]
Mexico swine flu deaths spur global epidemic fears
Posted on 24. Apr, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Commentary, Education, Events, Feedback, Free Speech, Health, Hidden Crimes, Politics, Real History, Science and Technology, Shera Crossan, Top Stories
The worrisome new virus — which combines genetic material from pigs, birds and humans in a way researchers have not seen before — also sickened at least eight people in Texas and California, though there have been no deaths in the U.S.
“We are very, very concerned,” World Health Organization spokesman Thomas Abraham said. “We have [...]
Law and justice first, Mr Mitchell. Peace comes later
Posted on 21. Apr, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Commentary, Feedback, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Hidden Crimes, Israel & Jewish Issues, Opinion, Politics, Real History, Shera Crossan, Top Stories
Stuart Littlewood* argues that, before talking about peace, President Obama’s envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, must first get Israel to end its violations of Palestinian human rights, abide by international law and stop its nuclear blackmail of the world.
So they sent you to the Holy Land, Mr Mitchell, for talks. So many before [...]
Tons of released drugs taint US water
Posted on 19. Apr, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Events, Feedback, Health, Hidden Crimes, Shera Crossan, Top Stories
U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide drinking water — contamination the federal government has consistently overlooked, according to an Associated Press investigation.
Hundreds of active pharmaceutical ingredients are used in a variety of manufacturing, including drugmaking: For example, lithium is used to [...]
Freedom of speech in the age of jihad?
Posted on 15. Apr, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Events, Feedback, Free Speech, Hidden Crimes, Israel & Jewish Issues, Opinion, Politics, Race, Shera Crossan, Top Stories
Freedom of speech in the age of jihad? Co-conspirator CAIR will have none of it.
Not 24 hours after I announced the historic FREE SPEECH SUMMIT with Geert Wilders, un-indicted co-conspirator CAIR continued, in typical KKK fashion, to shut down free speech. The Muslim Brotherhood front, in its relentless pursuit to islamize the USA and impose [...]
Muslim Brotherhood. . : “We consider this an apology from the American people”
Posted on 15. Apr, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Commentary, Events, Feedback, Immigration, Politics, Religion, Shera Crossan
The Muslim Brotherhood “must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and ‘sabotaging’ its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and Allah’s religion is made victorious over all other religions.”
That’s from [...]
THE AVF:AN ECONOMICS PERSPECTIVE 2000
Posted on 30. Mar, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Business & Finance, Economy, Education, Events, Feedback, Politics, Shera Crossan, War Coverage
Unlike the UK, economists in the USA contributed to the relative merits of the draft versus an AVF.
Analysis of the draft involved the application of standard micro-economic theory comparing marketprice systems with the draft system (cf. capitalist and central planning systems).
Abolition of the draft changed the relative costs of military personnel, making personnel relatively more [...]
The Forked-Tongue Eunuchs and Israel
Posted on 24. Mar, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Audio-Video, Events, Feedback, Israel & Jewish Issues, Shera Crossan, War Coverage
If rhetoric is the first step toward action, then one of the rhetorical trends of our time indicating a giant step backward toward inaction is the American and European tendency to describe Israel’s aggressive and illegal actions in the occupied Palestinian territories in increasingly soft and imprecise terms.
For years, US administrations called Israeli settlements “illegal” [...]
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