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Deception and Distraction

By Tammy Derouin

Have we truly become a nation of blind followers?  We are creating tyranny out of liberty and enslavement out of freedom.  Recent history provides a very good example of what can happen when the wrong man, party and philosophy are voted into office.  Because the masses refused to remove their blinders, they were manipulated.  When it becomes easier to believe lies rather than to search out the truth, a people, a nation willingly became dependent and the enslavement begins.

Tools of the tyrannical trade include limiting information, taking over the media, removing guns and weapons from the people, blaming others for your problems, taking over the educational system, indoctrinating the youth, creating chaos, taking advantage of the chaos so the people will rise up and beg for help.  Enter the tyrant.

History provides us with a very good example of what can happen if certain signs are ignored.  Because such a dark and destructive time took place during the modern era, we actually have books, pictures and films of the evidence.  Right now, such crimes against a nation, a people, and the world are still available.

American schools once taught the horrific effects of ignoring the signs of tyranny.  If government infiltrates the educational system, government will remove or reconstruct history to advance their political agenda.  This never ends well... 

Ben Carson Just Dropped A Bombshell About Black People That Everyone Needs To See

Ben Carson Just Dropped A Bombshell About Black People That Everyone Needs To See:

“Maybe I am not objective when it comes to Planned Parenthood, but you know, I know who Margaret Sanger is and I know that she believed in eugenics, and one of the reasons you find most of their clinics in black neighborhoods is so that you can find a way to control that population,” Carson said. “I think people should go back and read about Margaret Sanger who founded this place – a woman Hillary Clinton by the way says that she admires. Look and see what many people in Nazi Germany said about her.”

Carson said that amid all the emotion on abortion and Planned Parenthood, Americans should investigate the organization and its history for themselves."

Budget deficit smallest of Obama presidency, but economy still sluggish: CBO

Budget deficit smallest of Obama presidency, but economy still sluggish: CBO - Washington Times
The economy is sluggish but growing and inflation remains low, painting a decidedly mixed picture for the federal government, the Congressional Budget Office reported Tuesday, saying the fiscal situation is improving this year but will snap back by 2018 to swelling deficits and unsustainable debt.
The inflation rate is so low that Social Security beneficiaries probably won’t get a cost-of-living raise after this year, the CBO said.
But tax revenue is up and spending has stayed pat, which is helping reduce the pool of red ink in the federal budget.
Combined, those numbers mean the government will run a deficit of $426 billion in fiscal year 2015, down about $60 billion from 2014 and marking the smallest deficit of President Obama’s tenure.

WARNING: Obama Admin Exposed in Shocking International Gun Control Plot... They Meet TODAY

WARNING: Obama Admin Exposed in Shocking International Gun Control Plot... They Meet TODAY:

"When Barack Obama cannot bypass either Congress or the U.S. Constitution, there’s one place that’s his go-to for extra-constitutional action: the United Nations.

Obama administration officials plan to attend the Aug. 24 conference of signatories to the United Nations’ Arms Trade Treaty in Mexico City, in spite of the fact that the United States is not a member of the ATT."

Liberal madness!!!-----Muskegon investing in middle income housing

Muskegon investing in middle income housing:
"MUSKEGON, Mich. (WZZM) – Leaders in Muskegon say they are putting their money where their mouth is.
Tuesday night, the city commission agreed to buy nine vacant lots at the corner of Fifth Street and Houston Avenue.
They plan to build and sell some new middle-income homes on the land.
Commissioners say they are getting into the home building business because private builders aren't willing to risk putting up houses on vacant city lots.
"They seem to think that building in cornfields makes a little more financial sense," explained Muskegon city manager Frank Peterson.
 "But we don't have time for them to come along and agree with us that Muskegon is a good place to build. 
What we would like to do is prove to them it's a good place to build and let them come in on their own after we have blazed a trail for them."
The city set aside $1 million for what they call their "market rate housing initiative." 
They agreed to pay $45,000 to get all nine lots at Fifth & Houston.
The hope to sell the houses for between $135,000 and $175,000.
..."I have no doubt there is demand for market-rate housing in near downtown neighborhoods," said Muskegon Mayor Stephen Gawron. 
"We are going to show them.""

Read the Scathing Open-Letter Charlie Daniels Just Penned to Congress Over Iran Deal: ‘Pathetic Excuses for Public Servants’ | TheBlaze.com

Read the Scathing Open-Letter Charlie Daniels Just Penned to Congress Over Iran Deal: ‘Pathetic Excuses for Public Servants’ | TheBlaze.com:

"Famed country musician Charlie Daniels posted a blistering open-letter to Congress on his band’s Facebook page Monday, blasting the legislative body for what he said was a lack of courage to “face down” an “out of control” president.

“The courageous politicians that once championed this nation have been replaced, for the most part, by a breed of milksop, politically correct, scared of their own shadow, pushover, pathetic excuses for public servants who are supposed to be representing a constituency of citizens who have to live with the circumstances of their timid folly,” Daniels wrote on the official Facebook page of The Charlie Daniels Band."

Focus on Anchor Babies Misses Broader Immigration Problems

Focus on Anchor Babies Misses Broader Immigration Problems | Economics21:
"The United States and Canada are the only two industrialized countries that confer automatic citizenship on babies born within the countries’ borders, even if their parents are not citizens. 
In the United States, this is a constitutional right.
The Fourteenth Amendment states that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States …”
...One answer is to go back to the basic immigration plans agreed upon by the congressional leaders in 2007 and 2013.  
This would allow undocumented workers without criminal convictions to pay a fine, receive a special visa allowing them to work legally, and place them in line for a green card behind existing applicants.
This approach did not pass because members from both parties objected. 
Some Democrats said it was too tough because recipients of the new visas would not be able to receive welfare payments for five years and family preferences for future immigration were restricted.
Some Republicans thought it was too easy, equivalent to "amnesty," a code word for opposition to immigrants, because it opened a path for undocumented workers to stay here legally—and did not fully address security problems at the Mexican border..."

Before Her Message to Black Lives Matter Went Viral, Black Mom’s Convictions Were Tested When Her Son Broke the Law | TheBlaze.com

Before Her Message to Black Lives Matter Went Viral, Black Mom’s Convictions Were Tested When Her Son Broke the Law | TheBlaze.com:

"So far, she said, she’s received a lot of positive feedback from her video but also a lot of negative feedback which has come from mostly black people of a younger generation.

“This isn’t about race. This is about right and wrong,” she told TheBlaze.

“If they’re saying black lives matters, then in the black community, if black lives matter, it has to matter to the black community first. Right now, we are at a critical mass where we are killing each other, and it is not at the hands of police. If black lives matter, then everybody’s lives have to matter.”

Another interesting (but totally bullsh!t) list-----The 32 WORST Colleges In America

The 32 WORST Colleges In America | The Daily Caller:
A few are here because students regard the academics as mediocre, for example, or because the schools can’t seem to graduate students in four years, or because they’ll admit pretty much anyone with a pulse.
While some of these schools are relatively affordable, others are ridiculously expensive.
The cost of a college education in the United States today is utterly out of hand. Colleges and universities have bloated their administrative staffs with entirely too many useless bureaucrats.
They have built palatial dorms and gleaming athletic facilities — passing the cost right along to you, the education consumer.
As a result, America’s college graduates are in debt to America’s bankers to the tune of $1.2 trillion.
Many of the schools on this list have landed here because the social life is dreadful.
The ability to have a good time around cool people is critical.
Don’t let anybody tell you otherwise. College has become a four-year (or five-year, of six-year) party. You may as well join the fun.
And you should consider the local quality of life.
If there’s nothing to do but go to Walmart or you are likely to get mugged, that matters.
...Note also that several schools here — almost 30 percent — generally emphasize science and engineering. 
That’s no coincidence.
Students at engineering schools are notoriously unhappy with their heavy workloads and sometimes frustrated with their social lives. 
If they are unhappy, the odds are you’ll also be unhappy.
...This year’s list also captures return on investment, which is another big deal.
You want to get a job when you get out of college, and you want to have a successful career that pays the bills and makes you happy.
Return on investment is especially important to consider given the perpetually sluggish economy and weak job market.
It’s a problem now.
It could very well be a problem a few years from now.

Flashback 1976: California Drought Caused By Global Cooling

Flashback 1976: California Drought Caused By Global Cooling | The Daily Caller
California was stuck in a deep drought during Gov. Jerry Brown’s first term, much like the one the state is currently going through.
The only difference is that global cooling, not warming, was blamed for causing drought in the late 1970s.
In 1976, the New York Times reported that California was “so dry, brush fires have started several weeks early” and that “water is being rationed.”
But in the 1970s, scientists blamed this drought on global cooling.
The Times reported that climatologists “believe that the climate has moved into a cooling cycle, which means highly erratic weather for decades to come.”
Scientists worried that the world’s population had gotten so high that minor “shifts in climate could be catastrophic.”
During the 1970s, some climate scientists were warning that the world was undergoing a cooling phase which could plummet the globe into another ice age. 
At the first Earth Day in 1970, ecologist Kenneth Watt warned that another ice age was on the way.
“The world has been chilling sharply for about twenty years,” Watt said.
“If present trends continue, the world will be about four degrees colder for the global mean temperature in 1990, but eleven degrees colder in the year 2000.
This is about twice what it would take to put us into an ice age.”
...California’s Gov. Brown, who is serving out his fourth term, is once again presiding over a state mired in drought.
Brown’s response to todays drought is almost identical to policies he pushed in the 1970s. 
During the 1970s, Brown said “this is an era of limits and there are very hard choices to make.”
Brown hasn’t changed his mind much since then.
This time though, he’s worried that global warming could deplete California’s water supplies.
The Democratic Governor has imposed severe water restrictions on households, businesses and local governments.
Drought fines could be as high as $10,000 under Brown’s water use rules.
The governor wants cities to cut water use by 25 percent over the next nine months.
While California’s drought is hurting the state, scientists have said it’s not being caused by global warming.

Leaked emails show the heat on sponsor of Ramadan party on 9/11; ‘you’ll have to live with it’

Leaked emails show the heat on sponsor of Ramadan party on 9/11; ‘you’ll have to live with it’ | BizPac Review:
A Ramadan “unity” dinner in Michigan that outraged Americans because it was set for Sept. 11 has been rescheduled, but the sponsors of the outrage can’t hide.
And at least one company looking for good publicity found itself instead being associated with grisly scenes of Americans dying horrible deaths at the hands of Islamist terrorists.
For reasons that remain baffling, the cities of Lansing and East Lansing, Mich., decided to hold a feast celebrating a Muslim holiday that was to take place not only long after the actual holiday was over, but on the anniversary of the very day Islamist terrorists murdered thousands of Americans in New York City and Washington 14 years ago.
(Snopes.com Monday reported that the cities have generally held the dinner on a Friday in August or September because Ramadan most commonly falls in those months, but that doesn’t change how stupid the decision was to hold it on Sept. 11 this year — or any other year.)
...My name is Lori Adams Simon and I am the Diversity/Inclusion Community Advocate for Sparrow Health System. Sparrow’s Marketing team received your email below in regard to The City of Lansing Ramadan Dinner.
Please note:
Under NO circumstances can you use the Sparrow logo or any Sparrow “iconography” for other purposes including this art project.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you for your time and consideration!
The protesters were having none of it.
"Under the fair use doctrine for protests as defined by Supreme Court cases, we will use your logos in our protest. 
You cannot stop us by any kind of prior restraint. 
If you try to take us to court the judge there will let you know that we have the right to use your logo in protest of your sponsorship.
Your logo will be on one of the twin towers that we will have being hit by one of the other sponsor’s planes. 
You wanted to sponsor a 911 Ramadan dinner. 
That was your choice. 
Now you’re going to live with it."
At least they’ll be able to “live with it.
That’s something thousands of Americans couldn’t do on Sept. 11, 2001."

IRS Admits Who Really Used Mysterious ‘Toby Miles’ Email Account — Watchdog Group Says It Proves the Scandal Is ‘Not Over’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

IRS Admits Who Really Used Mysterious ‘Toby Miles’ Email Account — Watchdog Group Says It Proves the Scandal Is ‘Not Over’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"The IRS made the big admission on Monday in response to an open-records lawsuit filed by conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, according to The Washington Times.

While an IRS attorney said it’s unclear who “Toby Miles” is, he said it’s been determined that the account set up under the name was a “personal email account used by Lerner.

More from The Washington Times:"

When markets tank, they take pension funds with them

When markets tank, they take pension funds with them | Smart Remarks:
"And speaking of things that are gonna cost you money…
As you are probably aware, the stock market ain’t doing so hot.
...It could hammer the pension funds of your local municipality and the state, which includes schoolteachers.
And that could cost you money directly, in the form of more taxes.
Here’s how:
In theory, a fiscally-sound pension system rests on a “three-legged stool” made up of investment returns, contributions from employees and contributions from employers (in the case of a public pension system, those contributions come from taxpayers via the federal, state or local government).
Though the exact math varies from state to state and system to system, the basic model is the same, whether you’re looking at Rhode Island or California or anywhere in between.
If the investment returns come up short of expectations, that shortfall has to be made up with higher contributions from the other two “legs” on the stool.
Ultimately, your wallet is one of the “legs.”
The stock market decline of 2008 is one of the big reasons the Pennsylvania State Employee Retirement System, or PSERS, remains in the hole even though it made just under 15 percent (!) last year.
But it was still in the hole, by $35 billion; and the system was assuming a 7.5 percent rate of return this year.
Sure, that could still happen.
Theoretically.
But if it doesn’t – what then?
And how about municipal pension plans?
For example, Lititz’s non-uniformed pension plan has been “severely distressed” for years:"

History for August 26

History for August 26 - On-This-Day.com:
Albert Sabin 1906, Mother Teresa (Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu) 1910, Tom Ridge 1945 - First Director of the Office of Homeland Security 


Bob Cowsill (The Cowsills) 1949, Branford Marsalis 1960 - Jazz saxophonist, Macaulay Culkin 1980 - Actor ("Home Alone") 


55 B.C. - Britain was invaded by Roman forces under Julius Caesar. 


1498 - Michelangelo was commissioned to make the "Pieta." 


1873 - The school board of St. Louis, MO, authorized the first U.S. public kindergarten. 


1920 - The 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect. The amendment prohibited discrimination on the basis of sex in the voting booth. 


1934 - Adolf Hitler demanded that France turn over their Saar region to Germany. 


1937 - All Chinese shipping was blockaded by Japan. 


1945 - The Japanese were given surrender instructions on the U.S. battleship Missouri at the end of World War II. 


1947 - Don Bankhead became the first black pitcher in major league baseball. 


1957 - It was announced that an intercontinental ballistic missile was successfully tested by the Soviet Union. 


1957 - The first Edsel made by the Ford Motor Company rolled of the assembly line. 

Obama Says Harry Reid Has Helped Him ‘Deal With the Crazies’ | TheBlaze.com

Obama Says Harry Reid Has Helped Him ‘Deal With the Crazies’ | TheBlaze.com:

"President Barack Obama told Democratic donors Monday night that Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has helped him  “deal with the crazies.”

“It’s hard for me to express how much I love Harry Reid, but it’s easier to do it in a room of people who love Harry Reid,” Obama said at the fundraiser, according to the official White House transcript. “Harry and I drove over here together and we were doing a little reminiscing, and then figuring out how we’re going to deal with the crazies in terms of managing some problems. And "

The Left’s Plot to Impoverish America’s Middle Class and Enrich Left-Wing Billionaires

The Left’s Plot to Impoverish America’s Middle Class and Enrich Left-Wing Billionaires | Power Line
...Anthony Watts writes:
Today, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute, a 501 (c) (3) watchdog group, released an investigative report, Private Interests & Public Office:
Coordination Between Governors, the Obama White House and the Tom Steyer-“Founded and Funded” Network of Advocacy Groups to Advance the “Climate” Agenda (and an appendix of source documents), revealing a vast, coordinated, three-track effort by public officials and private interests to promote EPA’s expansive, overreaching and economically devastating greenhouse gas rules, specifically the section 111(d) regulation to shut the nation’s fleet of existing coal-fired power plants, as well as the December Paris climate treaty President Obama is expected to sign to replace the Kyoto Protocol.
“Our report pulls the curtain back on a carefully planned and heavily funded ‘orchestration’ by individuals who have placed their personal interests ahead of the public interest,” said Chris Horner, E&;E Legal’s Senior Legal Fellow and the report’s author.
We have been writing about this unholy left-wing cabal for a long time.
Nothing in American politics is more corrupt than the environmental movement.
...What’s it all about?
Money.
Money for the politically connected, at your expense:
“[W]hat is clear is that 1%-ers are using ‘climate’ policies to destroy politically disfavored industries in order to transfer wealth to the politically preferred,” said Craig Richardson, E&E Legal Executive Director.
“The campaign by self-serving individuals must be made known to the public as policymakers consider this plan that will destroy parts of our economy and ruin the most efficient, affordable, and clean energy system ever created.”
Destruction: that is what the Left leaves in its wake.

‘Little Green Steps’ Reflect Sustainability in Education

‘Little Green Steps’ Reflect Sustainability in Education (Part 2) | Somewhat Reasonable:
"...There is value in teaching our youth to respect our environment and explaining the importance of not polluting the Earth.  
However, teaching only one viewpoint about controversial issues, and claiming that only one viewpoint represents established science,  certainly silences any further discussion on the issue. 
That is not education, it is indoctrination (brain washing) and thus becomes a form of political pollution in the classroom.
Sustainable development is a “catch phrase” that students in most every American classroom are hearing way too often.
The biased education material presents students with a viewpoint claiming that the Earth is in dire peril due to mans’ irresponsible behavior, and that without an enforced program of sustainability, the Earth is doomed.
Parts of that curriculum are highly debatable, but students are rarely given opposing facts or viewpoints, even though they exist. 
Students are rarely taught that a growing number of credible scientists have studied the issue and arrived at different statistics and conclusions than the doomsday apologists...."

HS Marching Band Barred From Playing Halftime Hymn. But Fans in Stands Have an Answer for That Ruling. | Video | TheBlaze.com

HS Marching Band Barred From Playing Halftime Hymn. But Fans in Stands Have an Answer for That Ruling. | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"So when the district learned that Brandon High School’s marching band was planning to play the Christian hymn “How Great Thou Art” during halftime at Friday night’s football season opener, it was decided that was too close to the judge’s ban and the performance was cancelled.

But that didn’t stop dozens of parents and students and fans from performing ‘How Great Thou Art” on their own:"

Spun out of control-----Second-highest paid L.A. County employee in 2014 didn’t work a single day

Second-highest paid L.A. County employee in 2014 didn’t work a single day:
"The second-highest paid Los Angeles County employee made nearly $790,000 last year, but he didn’t show up to work a single day, newly released salary data show.
Dr. Gail V. Anderson Jr., the former chief medical officer of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, was paid $787,250.91 in pay and benefits in 2014, according to the salary data from L.A. County.
His pay included salary and benefits from portions of 2012, all of 2013 and about half of 2014 as part of a settlement Anderson reached with the county as a result of his termination in 2012, according to a county spokesman.
Anderson was fired in July 2012.
He challenged the termination to the Civil Service Commission and filed a defamation lawsuit against the county.
In settlement over the litigation, Anderson received back pay and was offered his old job back as head of the hospital in an unincorporated area of the county near Torrance.
Almost immediately after he was reinstated, he decided to retire, according to county spokesman Joel Sappell.
Anderson did not return to work at the hospital.
In August 2011, Anderson was placed on paid administrative leave and escorted out of the hospital amid an investigation, according to news reports. 
He was fired about a year later.
While Anderson was on administrative leave for about 11 months in 2011 and 2012, he was required to stay at home during work hours."

America's Highways Need That Trillion Dollars Congress Already Spent

America's Highways Need That Trillion Dollars Congress Already Spent - Reason.com:
""The whole interstate highway system over the next two decades is going to reach and exceed 50 years life and need to be replaced," says Bob Poole, who's the director of transportation policy at the Reason Foundation, the nonprofit that publishes Reason.com.
"It's the crown jewel of our transportation system and it's going to start falling apart."
In his June testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee, Poole argued that Congress should begin implementing a long-term plan to fund and reconstruct the interstate system.
The following month, lawmakers passed yet another stop-gap bill that extends transportation funding for a matter of months.
Ahead of that vote, Poole spoke with Reason magazine's Matt Welch, predicting just such an outcome:
"In a few months it'll be a year of temporary extensions."
While Congress is fiddling with general fund revenue to plug immediate transportation financing holes, it is ignoring the massive and inescapable highway project. 
In a 2013 study, Poole conservatively estimated a price tag of $1 trillion to rebuild the interstate system.
"Other estimates are higher, but there is no program, no identified funding source, and no possible way the current, as structured Highway Trust Fund could begin to do that project," Poole said.
He notes that politicians have been raiding the trust fund and toll financing revenue streams for decades to pay for programs completely unrelated to highways. 
Beyond that, the feds have made it illegal for states to create new toll financing.
They've also eroded the "user-pays" principle that ensures continued financing by charging people based on their road use (e.g., through a gas or mileage tax) and sequestering those funds, rather than relying on general fund revenue that is subject to budget cuts. "

The Biden Plot Thickens

The Biden Plot Thickens - WSJ:
"...On paper at least, Mr. Biden would still be a long shot to defeat the Clinton machine.
Which leads us to wonder what Mr. Biden and Mr. Obama know about Mrs. Clinton’s mishandling of classified information on her personal email server while running the State Department.
The FBI is now investigating, and it’s hard to believe the White House wouldn’t have some inkling about the seriousness of that probe.
The FBI pressed investigations that forced two CIA directors, David Petraeus and John Deutch, into pleading guilty to misdemeanors for lesser violations than Mrs. Clinton appears to have committed. 
FBI Director James Comey and Attorney General Loretta Lynch would be hard-pressed to block an FBI recommendation that sought a misdemeanor plea bargain if it were rooted in solid evidence and consistent enforcement under the law.
Such a plea would be devastating to Mrs. Clinton’s credibility even if it didn’t end her campaign.
All of which is to say that the possibility of a third Joe Biden candidacy is looking more appealing than we ever imagined."

Tennessee School District Tells Students They Will Be Kicked Out if They Bring an American Flag Onto School Property | Video | TheBlaze.com

Tennessee School District Tells Students They Will Be Kicked Out if They Bring an American Flag Onto School Property | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"A Tennessee school district has banned students from bringing American flags to campus because it doesn’t want to take a chance on students bringing any flags that could be seen as offensive by others.

If students violate the flag ban, they’ll be kicked out of school, students told WHBQ-TV."


The American flag should never be banned.  It is the symbol of our freedom.  Once we compromise the very symbol of our freedom, we are no longer free.  If anyone, within our borders is offended, I believe they will find the borders open and can leave at any time.
Americans die fighting for and preserving our freedom and we are going to ban it from school?
What the hell is wrong with this country?

I see a school district in need of American flags!

China's market Leninism turns dangerous for the world

China's market Leninism turns dangerous for the world - Telegraph:
"The world financial system is at a dangerous juncture.
Markets no longer believe that China’s Communist leaders are in full control of the country’s $27 trillion debt bubble, or know how to manage fast-moving events beyond their ken.
This sudden loss of confidence in the anchor economy of East Asia has struck before the West is fully back on its feet after its own debacle seven years ago.
Interest rates are still near zero in the US, the eurozone, Britain and Japan.
Fiscal deficits are at unsafe levels.
Debt is 30 percentage points of GDP higher than it was at the onset of the Lehman crisis. 
The safety buffers are largely exhausted.
“This could be the early stage of a very serious situation,” said Larry Summers, the former US Treasury Secretary.
He compared it to the two spasms of the Asian crisis in the summer of 1997 and again in August 1998.
Ominously, he also compared it to the "heart attack" of August 2007, when credit markets seized up on both sides of the Atlantic and three-month US Treasury yields plummeted to zero..."

Cause or effect?-----Lots of Omaba lovin' thugs at this site-----Mug Shots: Obama

Mug Shots: Obama | The Smoking Gun:

Hmmm-----Report: 50 North Korean Submarines Vanish From Western Radar: Could They Be Armed With Nukes?

Report: 50 North Korean Submarines Vanish From Western Radar: Could They Be Armed With Nukes?
Last week North and South Korea exchanged live artillery fire across the demilitarized zone known as the 39th parallel.
The standoff has led to threats from both sides, with a reported doubling of the military personnel and artillery on the northern side of the border.
While negotiators discuss a settlement behind closed doors, the situation remains tense and both countries are maintaining high alert levels.
This morning, it was reported that some 50 North Korean submarines stationed around the peninsula and visible to Western radar systems suddenly vanished, suggesting that the leader Kim Jong Un is preparing his forces for pre-emptive strike in the event that talks between the two nations fail.
North Korea seems to be stepping up preparations for a military provocation even as ongoing high-level talks seek to avert the worst.
More than 50 North Korean submarines have apparently been sent out on mystery missions, and artillery strength and warfare-readiness along the frontline have been raised to the max, a military source said Sunday..."

Heart (liver)-warming story of the day-----Hero: Unable to carry on, woman chugs entire bottle of cognac at airport security

Hero: Unable to carry on, woman chugs entire bottle of cognac at airport security « Hot Air
Consider this your evening palate cleanser, appropriately alcohol- and China-related in light of today’s drink-inducing rollercoaster ride on Wall Street.  
Sorry aspirants — this year’s Alcohol Olympics are over, and we have ourselves an undisputed gold medalist. 
Raise the flag and strike up the band:
"We’ve all been stopped at airport security with a forgotten bottle of water, which we can either toss away or drink quickly in front of airport security. 
But what happens if that liquid is not water, but an entire bottle of European cognac? 
For airline passenger Miss Zhao, there was only one solution: slam it back at once..."

Watch: Ben Carson Said Obama Used Something That Immediately Turned Heads

Watch: Ben Carson Said Obama Used Something That Immediately Turned Heads:

"Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said in an interview on Fox News that he “couldn’t find a single person” in Israel who felt the Obama administration hasn’t “turned their back on Israel.”

Appearing on Fox News Sunday this past weekend, Carson was asked by host Chris Wallace to explain his criticism of President Obama and the Iran deal. “Well, all you have to do, Chris, is like I have, go to Israel and talk to average people on all ends of that spectrum,” Carson said. “And I couldn’t find a single person there who didn’t feel that this administration had turned their back on Israel.”

Birthright Citizenship Is a Magnet for Illegal Immigrants, and It Has Real Economic Costs

Birthright Citizenship Is a Magnet for Illegal Immigrants, and It Has Real Economic Costs | National Review Online:
‘Peter and Ellie Yang,” the subjects of Benjamin Carlson’s fascinating new Rolling Stone essay, “Welcome to Maternity Hotel California,” paid $35,000 to have their second child in the United States.
In 2012 Chinese state media reported 10,000 “tourist births” by Chinese couples in the United States; other estimates skew as high as 60,000. 
Following Donald Trump’s call for an end to birthright citizenship, and renewed attention on “anchor babies,” Carlson’s exposé on “birth tourism” seems to confirm that the current interpretation of the 14th Amendment works as a magnet for at least some parents across the globe.
But just how big a magnet is it?
According to Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) legal policy analyst Jon Feere, who testified before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security in April, between 350,000 and 400,000 children are born annually to an illegal-alien mother residing in the United States — as many as one in ten births nationwide.
As of 2010, four out of five children of illegal aliens residing in the U.S. were born here — some 4 million kids. 
...According to CIS, 71 percent of illegal-alien headed households with children received some sort of welfare in 2009..."