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Obama admin stonewalling on big ammo buildup

Obama admin stonewalling on big ammo buildup

Garth Kant Members of Congress are demanding the Obama administration explain why it is stockpiling a huge arsenal of ammunition and weapons. The Department of Homeland Security bought more than 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition over the last year, as well as thousands of armored vehicles. Rep. Timothy Huelscamp, R-Kan., wants to know what DHS plans to do with all that firepower, but he can’t get an answer. A reporter for We Are Change asked Huelscamp at the Conservative Political Action Conference last week why DHS needs weapons of war. “They have no answer for that question. They refuse to…

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Ayalon: Israelis won’t need visas for US within two years

Ayalon: Israelis won’t need visas for US within two years

Photo credit: Shmulik Almani By Yoni Hirsch and Israel Hayom Staff Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon: Within two years there won't be any more lines at the U.S. Embassy [in Israel] • Past efforts to add Israel to the visa-exemption list did not succeed. The United States Congress began reviewing a proposal on Tuesday to add Israel to the list of countries where citizens do not require a visa to enter the United States. Speaking at a press conference Tuesday night, Sherman and Poe said that they believed the bill could be passed in the current Congress, which began its…

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Feinstein’s Gun Control Bill will trigger the next American Revolution

By Tyler Durden All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The communist party must command all the guns, that way, no guns can ever be used to command the party - Mao Tse Tung After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military - William Burroughs Revolution? Yes, it all sounds rather “extreme”, but the cold hard reality of our era is not going…

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U.S. life ‘unsustainable’ after EMP

by F. Michael Maloof Member warns worst case 'so bad we must prevent it at all costs' WASHINGTON – Congress today was told that the Department of Homeland Security hasn’t identified an electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, event as a serious national security threat to the nation’s grid system even though testimony revealed it could making living in the United States “unsustainable” for 70 to 90 percent of the population. And the few billion dollars it would cost to harden systems against such an occurrence is hardly the tens of billions or hundreds of billions it could cost to repair the…

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Congressional leaders call for investigations of Muslim Brotherhood penetration of the Obama administration

Congressional leaders call for investigations of Muslim Brotherhood penetration of the Obama administration

Five influential Members of Congress called yesterday for the inspectors general (IGs) of government departments with national security responsibilities to investigate whether their agencies are being subjected to influence operations mounted as part of what the Muslim Brotherhood calls its “civilization jihad.” This initiative holds out hope that a grave, and largely unremarked, threat may thus be recognized and thwarted in time. The authors of letters sent to the IGs for the Departments of State, Justice, Defense andHomeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence are: Rep. Michele Bachman, a member of the House Intelligence Committee and…

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NYC public school makes Arabic study mandatory for 2nd to 5th graders

NYC public school makes Arabic study mandatory for 2nd to 5th graders

An upper Manhattan public elementary school will be the first in the city to require that students study Arabic, officials said yesterday. Beginning next semester, all 200 second- through fifth-graders at PS 368 in Hamilton Heights will be taught the language twice a week for 45 minutes — putting it on equal footing with science and music courses. “It means they can spin the globe and decide where they want to work and live.” And the pinkos running NYC’s government school system no longer teach the sufferings of our founding fathers under an oppressive King which finally resulted in the…

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Drones over U.S. get OK by Congress

Drones over U.S. get OK by Congress

By Shaun Waterman Look! Up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It's ... a drone, and it's watching you. That's what privacy advocates fear from a bill Congress passed this week to make it easier for the government to fly unmanned spy planes in U.S. airspace. The FAA Reauthorization Act, which President Obama is expected to sign, also orders the Federal Aviation Administration to develop regulations for the testing and licensing of commercial drones by 2015. Privacy advocates say the measure will lead to widespread use of drones for electronic surveillance by police agencies across…

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Obama defies Congress

Obama defies Congress

Nominations could provoke constitutional fight By Stephen Dinan and Susan Crabtree Pushing the limits of his recess appointment powers, President Obama on Wednesday bypassed the Senate to install three members of the National Labor Relations Board and a director for the controversial new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — moves Republicans said amounted to unconstitutional power grabs. Mr. Obama said the appointments, which he previewed during a campaign-style speech in Ohio, were necessary because Senate Republicans have blocked him at every turn. But in making the move, he rejected three precedents, including two in which he played a part, that would…

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EU bank failures will crash Wall Street â

EU bank failures will crash Wall Street â

By Paul B. Farrell Worst-case scenario’s closing fast: Occupy Wall Street growing. But no political power or allies yet. Feared yes, attacked by GOP proxy tea party. Soon the Occupation will explode into a new American Revolution. When? A string of European bank collapses is dead ahead. And like the Arab Spring, they will trigger an economic disaster for American banks. Click to Play The big picture for global banks Andrew Milligan, head of Global Strategy at Standard Life Investments, discusses the implications for banks as European officials try to hammer out a solution to the sovereign debt crisis. Yes,…

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It’s not yours to give

It’s not yours to give

Col. David Crockett US Representative from Tennessee One day in the House of Representatives a bill was taken up appropriating money for the benefit of a widow of a distinguished naval officer. Several beautiful speeches had been made in its support. The Speaker was just about to put the question when Crockett arose: "Mr. Speaker--I have as much respect for the memory of the deceased, and as much sympathy for the sufferings of the living, if suffering there be, as any man in this House, but we must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for a…

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