CURRENT EVENTS AND COMMENTARIES
VETERANS DAY
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE
“The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”
- Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President & First Republican President
65 TRILLION DOLLAR DEBT
SKYWATCH TV NEWS WITH DEREK GILBERT
The former Comptroller General of the US says the federal debt is more than three times larger than we've been told.
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• Leaks at the Vatican lead to arrests;
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• These items and more...
U.S. SOVEREIGNTY
UNDER THREAT BY TPP
UNDER THREAT BY TPP
CROSSTALK AMERICA RADIO WITH JIM SCHNEIDER
Guest Robert Romano is Senior Editor of Americans for Limited Government, an organization that's committed to identify, expose and work with Congress and state legislatures to prevent the continued expansion of government.
Trade promotion authority (Fast Track) is an authority granted by Congress to the President to negotiate trade deals such as the Trans Pacific Partnership. The TPP is one of those deals between 12 nations, including the U.S., Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Canada and several others that will encompass 40% of the global economy. The trade authority gives President Obama the power to negotiate the trade deal which is then submitted to Congress.
President Obama has announced his intention to sign the agreement. According to Robert, this means that at least 90 days before he signs it, he has to announce to Congress that he will sign it. Assuming that he signs it on day 90, then 60 days after that is when Congress would vote on it. Within those 60 days President Obama would have to submit a list of changes to U.S. law that must occur for the agreement to be implemented. So far, that list of changes has yet to appear. This means that of the 5,554 pages that make up the agreement, there are many provisions that contradict U.S. laws and regulations. Congress has to approve those changes in order for the agreement to become effective.
Why was Congress so interested in giving this fast track authority? Robert explained by going back to the Trade Act of 1974 when they started doing similar trade agreements on an expedited basis with simple majorities of Congress to ratify agreements rather than going through the treaty process. Originally the House had no role in adopting treaties because treaties went to the Senate where they were ratified by a two-thirds majority and Robert believes Congress has forgotten this original function of the Senate. He noted that Congress apparently felt they couldn't get the two-thirds majority on trade agreements anymore so they tried to figure out a new process where they could be passed by a simple majority.
Will this treaty have an impact on American jobs? How about on our economy? Is currency manipulation a part of this? Have any Republican candidates weighed in on the treaty? What’s the Trans Pacific Partnership Commission all about? These and other questions are dealt with on this edition of Crosstalk.
Trade promotion authority (Fast Track) is an authority granted by Congress to the President to negotiate trade deals such as the Trans Pacific Partnership. The TPP is one of those deals between 12 nations, including the U.S., Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Canada and several others that will encompass 40% of the global economy. The trade authority gives President Obama the power to negotiate the trade deal which is then submitted to Congress.
President Obama has announced his intention to sign the agreement. According to Robert, this means that at least 90 days before he signs it, he has to announce to Congress that he will sign it. Assuming that he signs it on day 90, then 60 days after that is when Congress would vote on it. Within those 60 days President Obama would have to submit a list of changes to U.S. law that must occur for the agreement to be implemented. So far, that list of changes has yet to appear. This means that of the 5,554 pages that make up the agreement, there are many provisions that contradict U.S. laws and regulations. Congress has to approve those changes in order for the agreement to become effective.
Why was Congress so interested in giving this fast track authority? Robert explained by going back to the Trade Act of 1974 when they started doing similar trade agreements on an expedited basis with simple majorities of Congress to ratify agreements rather than going through the treaty process. Originally the House had no role in adopting treaties because treaties went to the Senate where they were ratified by a two-thirds majority and Robert believes Congress has forgotten this original function of the Senate. He noted that Congress apparently felt they couldn't get the two-thirds majority on trade agreements anymore so they tried to figure out a new process where they could be passed by a simple majority.
Will this treaty have an impact on American jobs? How about on our economy? Is currency manipulation a part of this? Have any Republican candidates weighed in on the treaty? What’s the Trans Pacific Partnership Commission all about? These and other questions are dealt with on this edition of Crosstalk.
TED CRUZ CREMATES JEB BUSH
ON AMNESTY
FOX BUSINESS NETWORK & WALL STREET JOURNAL GOP DEBATES
Shorty after Jeb Bush rejected deportation for millions of illegal immigrants, Senator Ted Cruz tore apart Jeb's argument by reminding viewers that the issue wasn't one of fairness to illegals, but fairness to American workers.
AFRICA IS THE WESTERN WORLD’S TESTING GROUND FOR MICROCHIP
IMPLANTS, WEAPONIZED VIRUSES AND EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE
BY J.D. HEYES, NATURAL NEWS - The African continent continues to be used by Western powers as a testing ground for some pretty heinous things, the latest of which appears to be microchip implants. This is a concept privacy advocates in the U.S. have long warned about.
According to Patriot Truther and BusinessWire, credit card company Visa recently introduced a new specification for the use of biometrics with chip card transactions that can enable palm, iris, facial or voice biometrics. The first-of-its-kind technology is designed to be incorporated for use with the EMV® (Europay, MasterCard, Visa) chip industry standard to ensure the cards can be used around the globe.
With current surveillance technology, the biometric cards will also be traceable and trackable, as will the biometric data. This information will be valuable to merchandising corporations, technology companies and, of course, governments.
"There is increasing demand for biometrics as a more convenient and secure alternative to signatures or PINs, especially as biometrics technologies have become more reliable and available," claimed Mark Nelsen, senior vice president of Risk Products and Business Intelligence for Visa Inc. "However, to support wide adoption, it is equally important that solutions are scalable and based on open standards. Building on the EMV chip standard provides a common, interoperable foundation, as well as encourages innovation in cutting-edge biometric solutions." ...
According to Patriot Truther and BusinessWire, credit card company Visa recently introduced a new specification for the use of biometrics with chip card transactions that can enable palm, iris, facial or voice biometrics. The first-of-its-kind technology is designed to be incorporated for use with the EMV® (Europay, MasterCard, Visa) chip industry standard to ensure the cards can be used around the globe.
With current surveillance technology, the biometric cards will also be traceable and trackable, as will the biometric data. This information will be valuable to merchandising corporations, technology companies and, of course, governments.
"There is increasing demand for biometrics as a more convenient and secure alternative to signatures or PINs, especially as biometrics technologies have become more reliable and available," claimed Mark Nelsen, senior vice president of Risk Products and Business Intelligence for Visa Inc. "However, to support wide adoption, it is equally important that solutions are scalable and based on open standards. Building on the EMV chip standard provides a common, interoperable foundation, as well as encourages innovation in cutting-edge biometric solutions." ...
TED CRUZ: HILLARY CLINTON’S
POLICIES HAVE BEEN
‘DISASTROUS’
‘DISASTROUS’
FOX BUSINESS NETWORK & WALL STREET JOURNAL GOP DEBATES
Ted Cruz: “Hillary Clinton embodies the cronyism of Washington”
TRUMP ON IMMIGRATION:
“WE EITHER HAVE A COUNTRY...
OR WE DON’T”
OR WE DON’T”
FOX NEWS: HANNITY
Ted Cruz: “Hillary Clinton embodies the cronyism of Washington”
BEN CARSON: “PEOPLE WHO KNOW ME KNOW THAT I’M...
...AN HONEST PERSON’”
FOX BUSINESS NETWORK & WALL STREET JOURNAL GOP DEBATES
Ben Carson on questions about his life story: “I have no problem being vetted. What I do have a problem with is being lied about.”
WHY DID THE U.S. LAUNCH A NUCLEAR MISSILE THAT WOULD
BE VISIBLE FROM L.A.
WITHOUT ANY WARNING?
WITHOUT ANY WARNING?
BY MICHAEL SNYDER, END OF THE AMERICAN DREAM — Was the U.S. government trying to send a message to someone on Saturday night? Just after sunset, an unarmed Trident II nuclear missile was fired from a ballistic missile submarine just off the coast of southern California that was later identified as the USS Kentucky. It was the absolutely perfect time to attract the attention of millions of people living in the Los Angeles area. If it had been fired during the day, the missile would have been far less visible. If it had been fired in the middle of the night, most residents of southern California would have been asleep. Those that planned the firing of this nuclear missile knew that it would be seen by hundreds of thousands of people and that it would make headlines all over the planet. So why was this done?
When the U.S. military established a no-fly zone west of Los Angeles for a week, it raised the eyebrows of many.
But nobody expected this.
The unarmed Trident II missile that was fired from the USS Kentucky normally carries a nuclear warhead, and this launch was so visible that it could even be seen by people living in Arizona and Nevada. ...
When the U.S. military established a no-fly zone west of Los Angeles for a week, it raised the eyebrows of many.
But nobody expected this.
The unarmed Trident II missile that was fired from the USS Kentucky normally carries a nuclear warhead, and this launch was so visible that it could even be seen by people living in Arizona and Nevada. ...
OBAMA BEING TESTED BY PUTIN
REVEALS A LOT OF WEAKNESS
“And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.”
GOT JESUS?