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on March 22, 2015 in World News

For small-town America, new immigrants pose linguistic, cultural challenges

For small-town America, new immigrants pose linguistic, cultural challenges A new generation of immigrants is arriving in Midwest towns from far-flung places such as Myanmar, Somalia, and Iraq. The communities are trying to adjust. The voice was frantic – and unintelligible to the 911 dispatcher. “Ma’am, I cannot understand you,” she said. After 80 seconds, one word leapt out: “Riverview.” On a warm July evening in 2012, while Marshalltown, Iowa, celebrated Independence Day, three refugee children from Myanmar (Burma) drowned in the Iowa River. The drownings at Riverview Park cast a grim light on the challenges facing both the city… View Article

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on March 22, 2015 in World News

Police departments hiring immigrants as officers

Police departments hiring immigrants as officers Law enforcement agencies struggling to fill their ranks or connect with their increasingly diverse populations are turning to immigrants to fill the gap. Most agencies in the country require officers or deputies to be U.S. citizens, but some are allowing immigrants who are legally in the country to wear the badge. From Hawaii to Vermont, agencies are allowing green-card holders and legal immigrants with work permits to join their ranks. At a time when 25,000 non-U.S. citizens are serving in the U.S. military, some feel it’s time for more police and sheriff departments to… View Article

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on March 22, 2015 in World News

Justice Dept orders banks to CALL THE POLICE if you attempt to withdraw too much of your own cash

Justice Dept orders banks to CALL THE POLICE if you attempt to withdraw too much of your own cash Something stunning took place earlier this week, and it quietly snuck by, unnoticed by anyone as the “all important” FOMC meeting was looming. That something could have been taken straight out of the playbook of either Cyprus, or Greece, or the USSR “evil empire”, or all three. This is how the WSJ explained it: The U.S. Justice Department’s criminal head said banks may need to go beyond filing suspicious activity reports when they encounter a risky customer. “The vast majority of… View Article

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on March 22, 2015 in World News

NATO Declares Information War On Russia

NATO Declares Information War On Russia NATO and StratCom information warfare includes “military steps” The Supreme Commander of NATO, Gen. Philip Breedlove, said on Sunday the West must engage in an information war with Russia in order to counteract its “false narratives” on social media. “We need as a western group of nations or as an alliance to engage in this informational warfare. The way to attack the false narrative is to drag the false narrative into the light and expose it,” Breedlove said. In July, NATO announced a concerted effort to counter the Russian narrative on Ukraine. According to… View Article

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on March 22, 2015 in World News

Prince Charles to Americans: Capitalism Has “Enormous Shortcomings”

Prince Charles to Americans: Capitalism Has “Enormous Shortcomings” “We face the dual challenges of a world view and an economic system that seem to have enormous shortcomings” Prince Charles ended his tour of the United States in Louisville, Kentucky yesterday where, the Independant reports, that during a speech at the Cathedral of the Assumption Prince Charles took a shot at capitalism by stating that it had “enormous shortcomings”: “Prince Charles spoke of an “economic system that seems to have enormous shortcomings” at one of the final events of his four day royal tour of the United States. “The future King… View Article

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on March 22, 2015 in World News

Ammo ban? NRA warns it’s more than bullets

Ammo ban? NRA warns it’s more than bullets ‘You’re left holding your gun making pew-pew noises to defend yourself’ The federal bureaucracy, in the form of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, recently announced a ban on ammunition used in AR-15 rifles, which are among the most common firearms in America, but then suddenly backed off. So breathe a sigh of relief and move on? Not if you like the Second Amendment, according to a National Rifle Association commentator. Colion Noir, a practicing attorney who graduated from the University of Houston, has been described by the Los Angeles Times… View Article

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on March 21, 2015 in World News

Told to Seek Mental Health Evaluation After Using Term ‘Climate Change’

Florida Govt. Employee Punished and Told to Seek Mental Health Evaluation After Using Term ‘Climate Change’ The worker reportedly included an explicit mention of climate change in his official notes from a meeting. An employee of Florida’s environmental protection department was forced to take a leave of absence and seek a mental health evaluation for violating governor Rick Scott’s unwritten ban on using the phrases “climate change” or “global warming” under any circumstance, according to a complaint filed against the state. Longtime employee Barton Bibler reportedly included an explicit mention of climate change in his official notes from a Florida… View Article

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on March 21, 2015 in World News

Big Bank’s Analyst Worries That Iran Deal Could Depress Weapons Sales

Big Bank’s Analyst Worries That Iran Deal Could Depress Weapons Sales Could a deal to normalize Western relations with Iran and set limits on Iran’s development of nuclear technology lead to a more peaceful and less-weaponized Middle East? That’s what supporters of the Iran negotiations certainly hope to achieve. But the prospect of stability has at least one financial analyst concerned about its impact on one of the world’s biggest defense contractors. The possibility of an Iran nuclear deal depressing weapons sales was raised by Myles Walton, an analyst from Germany’s Deutsche Bank, during a Lockheed earnings call this past… View Article

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on March 21, 2015 in World News

Federal judges declare cops can arbitrarily arrest hundreds of people

Federal judges declare cops can arbitrarily arrest hundreds of people; citizens have no freedom of assembly The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed an earlier decision that allowed participants in the so-called “Occupy Wall Street” movement to sue New York City police following a mass arrest on the Brooklyn Bridge four years ago. As reported by Courthouse News, a three-judge panel ruled 2-1 to dismiss the lawsuit without so much as even a hearing on the case. The report further stated: Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, representing the protesters for the Washington-based group Partnership for Civil Justice, said in a phone… View Article

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on March 21, 2015 in World News

Russia Under Attack

Russia Under Attack Russia faces the renewal of conflict in Ukraine simultaneously with three more Ukraine-type situations along its Asian border While Washington works assiduously to undermine the Minsk agreement that German chancellor Merkel and French president Hollande achieved in order to halt the military conflict in Ukraine, Washington has sent Victoria Nuland to Armenia to organize a “color revolution” or coup there, has sent Richard Miles as ambassador to Kyrgyzstan to do the same there, and has sent Pamela Spratlen as ambassador to Uzbekistan to purchase that government’s allegiance away from Russia. The result would be to break up… View Article

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