Three Transportation Security Administration officers in Florida and New York airports, along with two New York police officers, have been arrested for taking bribes from prescription drug dealers.
The bribes were in the form of cash and gift cards. The TSA officers, and the New York cops, face charges of conspiring to distribute, and possessing with intent to distribute oxycodone. Altogether 20 people were arrested.
Despite their promise to cut back on home foreclosures, Bank of America boosted foreclosures by 200% in August!
CNBC reported that other banks will follow suit. California and Nevada are being hit the hardest.
RealtyTrac confirms the huge jump in foreclosures in August. One analysts says don’t necessarily blame the home buyer: “This proves once again that ‘credit’ as measured by legal defaults and foreclosures is not necessarily about borrowers missing payments, rather about what the servicers [banks] chose to do about it.”-Mark Hanson, housing analyst
Idaho is two months into its fiscal year and already sales and income tax revenues are $10 million LESS than expected.
The Idaho State Tax Commission says total collections, so far, are $403 million.
Individual income tax collections for August were $91.4 million, about $3.9 million less than expected.
Sales tax receipts for August came in at $86.8 million, $6.8 million less than expected.
July did a little better, but was still less than expected. Other tax revenues also did well, coming close to expectations. However, lower sales & income tax revenues means that people still aren’t spending enough money, ’cause they’re not making enough money. Obviously its a sign that for the average Joe & Jone in Idaho, the economy still sucks.
September 13, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a recall on a drug infusion pump by Medtronic.
The recalled drug pump was called “SynchroMed II”, including models of 8637-20 and 8637-40, distributed between 2004 and July 2011.
There is a problem that actually causes recurrent or withdrawal symptoms, which could be life-threatening. There are 55 known cases of failure, and one known death. I personally might know of another unreported death, someone who died just two months after having a pain pump put in. It was a painfully slow death because her own doctors didn’t know what was going on. She was a single mom.
“I’m not a terrorist. I’m not firebombing any banks.”-Alex Schafer, artist
A Los Angeles, California, artist is constantly harassed by police, because of his anti-bank paintings.
The paintings show major national banks on fire, the artist says they’re hot sellers! “I started the bidding off at 920 bucks and its at $10,100 now.”
The artist also uses slogans like “Bad banks should fail”. Apparently the paintings and the slogans have local police thinking the artist is a terrorist.
Who’s the real terrorists? Since 2008, none of the bank bosses in charge during the mortgage meltdown have done any jail time. Instead, they were the recipients of bailouts and bonuses, while millions of U.S. citizens continue to suffer through foreclosure, unemployment and financial ruin.
“He never followed orders. What makes you think he can deal with children?”-Mother of murdered student, talking about renegade school cop
The mother of an unarmed 14 year old boy killed after a Northside Independent School District of San Antonio, Texas, school cop chased him off school property and shot him, is now demanding justice.
The boy ran after he hit another student. The 14 year old had a history of trouble at the school, but so did the renegade cop.
Police dispatch recordings show the school cop was ordered NOT to chase the 14 year old. He ignored the orders and chased the boy off school property, into a garden shed behind a home, and killed him.
The cop claimed the boy lunged at him, and he shot at close range in self defense. The autopsy showed the boy was NOT shot at close range.
The cop has a long record of getting into trouble himself: 16 reprimands in four years! Suspended WITHOUT pay five times!
Here’s the amazing thing; the police department wanted to fire the renegade cop, but the Northside Independent School District fought to keep the cop in their schools!
The mother of the boy is now suing for civil rights violations, supervisory liability and negligence.
Unconfirmed report that the Arabic language website Syria Steps says hackers (known as Syrian Cyber Army) found documents that show that France and Britain have grand ambitions of retaking their former mandates of Syria, Lebanon, and Israel/Palestine. I wonder if this has anything to do with the new oil and gas fields discovered off the Lebanese coast?
Apparently the French have offered Turkey guaranteed membership in the European Union, and ensure that Turkey’s Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, remains in power for along time. In exchange Turkey will help topple the Syrian government.
The documents go on to detail how the region would be split up between France, United Kingdom and United States. Basically France and the U.K. would regain control of their old post World War 1 mandates, and the U.S. would get bases in the eastern area of Syria known as Deir ez-Zor.
The report also claims that Turkey will allow Israel to do what it wants. This makes the report suspicious given the current relations between Turkey and Israel. However, if the report is true it suggests that Turkey is putting on a big front acting like it’s ready to go to war with Israel, which could be a red herring operation.
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary, Lawrence Summers, says the United States is “collapsing”. Summers has written an opinion piece for Newsweek magazine.
He basically says none of the proposed job/stimulus plans offered by the President, or Congress, are enough to save the U.S. because they are short term: “For years we will have an economy with plenty of slack, low borrowing costs, and high unemployment. The specter of a double dip will hover over us if government does not do its part in pushing the economy forward—not just this year, but for years to come.”
Lawrence Henry Summers served as the 71st U.S. Treasury Secretary from 1999 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He also directed the U.S. National Economic Council for President Barack Obama until November 2010.
The Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, reported on September 9 that Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced plans to support the PKK “in every possible area” to fight against Turkey.
Turkish officials responded by warning Israel, and warning the rebel Kurdish PKK organization: “Every time someone wants to bother Turkey he uses the PKK. It is important that our Kurdish brothers pay attention to this.”-Ahmed Davutoglu, Turkish Foreign Minister
Now Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is denying everything. In an interview with Israeli TV Channel 2, Lieberman said no such issues such as helping the PKK were discussed. Can you trust them?
Israeli Energy Minister Uzi Landau, threatened that Israel will go ahead and establish oil rigs off the coast of Lebanon. Turkey has already said it would help Lebanon protect its territorial water.
Uzi Landau blatantly lied about who has rights to the area: “It hasn’t been claimed even by Lebanon, and the Turks too…”
Lebanon made it known in August 2010, where their territorial maritime boundaries are. Israel ignored those boundaries and drew up their own Mediterranean borders, which conveniently angled the northern Israeli maritime boundary past Lebanon’s ground borders into the recently discovered oil/gas fields off Lebonon’s coast.
On September 5, Lebanon issued a statement with the United Nations: “The Israeli claim infringes on Lebanon’s Exclusive Economic (sea) Zone. This is a clear violation of Lebanon’s rights… over an area of some 860 square kilometers, and puts international peace and security at risk.”
Also, Turkey has already stated that it would help Lebanon defend that area of the Mediterranean from Israeli oil operations.
So, Israeli Energy Minister Uzi Landau’s claim that know one has claimed the maritime territory off Lebanon’s coast is typical of Israeli lies cloaked in ignorance.