On Thursday, the House of Representatives will likely take up the Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of 2013 aka food stamps portion that used to be attached to the farm bill. The bill would cut food stamps by $40
Caroline Biden, Vice President Joe Biden’s 26-year old niece, was arrested in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan, New York on Tuesday morning. Police said she hit an officer when police arrived at her apartment responding to a fight between Biden
The Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday it will continue its unprecedented $85 billion a month bond-buying strategy despite earlier indications it would begin tapering its controversial quantitative easing policies. The announcement comes as the Fed has downgraded its outlook for the
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), charged with implementing ObamaCare, announced last week that it will require health care providers to include their patients’ “social and behavioral” data through Electronic Health Records (EHR) and link patients’ health records
For years, conservatives and libertarians have railed against the Federal Reserve’s controversial three rounds of “quantitative easing” (QE for short) that pumped $2.8 trillion through its $85 billion monthly bond-buying scheme. However, a new Reuters/Ipsos survey finds that 73% of
The actor responds to criticism for being cast in the popular role.
A Census Bureau report released on Tuesday reveals that the typical American family now earns less than it did in 1989. In 1989, median household income was $51,681 (in current dollars). In 2012, median household income was $51,017. Photo source: The
In 2012, 8.4% of Americans identified themselves as “lower class,” the highest rating ever recorded in the four decades the General Social Survey has asked the question. The Los Angeles Times says that for people like Chris Roquemore, who are
Two recent cases of corruption at U.S. Customs and Border Protection stations indicate a pervasive and systemic problem at the checkpoints pedestrians and vehicles pass through between the U.S. and Mexico. The cases involve U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers
NBC News reports that Aaron Alexis was armed with “an assault-style rifle, a shotgun and a handgun” when he was killed in a shootout with authorities. Law enforcement told NBC “they believed he arrived packing only the shotgun, which he
(AP) DC Navy Yard shooter was reservist until 2011By ERIC TUCKER, BRETT ZONGKER and LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressWASHINGTON **UPDATE**: Reuters reports an anonymous Navy official said Alexis “received a general discharge from the Navy Reserve in 2011 after a series
Over 100 Emory Healthcare workers have been laid off because of Obamacare. Layoff letters went out last week; the firings go into effect November 15th. WSB-GA Action 2 reporter Erica Byfield says a “furious” worker contacted the station and passed
Iraq endured another weekend of violence that left over 100 people dead, as bombs exploded in Baghdad and other towns. A total of 5,000 people have been killed this year. Tensions have been building between the Sunni and Shiite factions.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com India tests nuclear-capable long-range missile Dozens killed in bombings and shootings across Iraq India tests nuclear-capable long-range missile India’s Agni-V missile (EPA) India has successfully conducted the second test flight of theindigenously developed Agni
TEHRAN, Sept. 16 (UPI) — An overhaul to one of Iran’s largest natural gas processing facilities will help boost production exponentially, a director said Monday. Hosain Norozi, managing director of the Parsian gas processing plant, said maintenance and construction at
Peter Schweizer, the president of the nonpartisan Government Accountability Institute (GAI), said that on the fifth anniversary of the nation’s financial crisis, the government and political elite still have not learned anything. In an appearance on Breitbart News Sunday on
Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West, 36, was charged with battery and attempted grand theft on Friday over a July 19 incident where he allegedly lunged at a photographer trying to take his picture at Los Angeles International Airport and tried to
SMSgt Phillip Monk, an airman who claimed he lost his job due to his Christian beliefs, was mirandized by Air Force investigators over two weeks ago. According to his attorneys at the Liberty Institute: During a meeting [two weeks ago], Air
CBS Los Angeles: Bait Aaron, a Sephardic Orthodox outreach group, and Ohel Moshe, a synagogue, were performing kaparot, which is practiced by a small group of Orthodox Jews on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement.
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) – A California bill to let undocumented immigrants become lawyers passed its last legislative hurdle on Thursday and will be sent to Governor Jerry Brown for his signature. The legislation was prompted by the case of an undocumented
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Philippine troops in clashes with al-Qaeda linked terrorists Tensions grow between Egypt and Gaza’s Hamas Philippine troops in clashes with al-Qaeda linked terrorists Philippine troops clash with MNLF terrorists on Thursday (VOA) Tens of
On September 11, Chicago’s city council abolished its 45-year old gun registry and the city’s gun permit requirement amid pressure from the Supreme Court and the U.S. 7th Circuit Court Appeals. In 2010’s McDonald v. Chicago, the Supreme Court ruled against
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad said he would only finalise plans to abandon his chemical arsenal when the United States stopped threatening to attack him, in an interview broadcast on Thursday. Syria applied on Thursday to sign up to
Montgomery County Register of Wills D. Bruce Hanes has been ordered by Pennsylvania judge Dan Pellegrinion to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, ruling that Hanes lacks the authority to decide whether PA state rules are constitutional. “A clerk of
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com North Korea apparently restarting its nuclear reactor North and South Korea reopen Kaesong Industrial Park North Korea apparently restarting its nuclear reactor August 31 satellite photo shows white smoke coming from electrical power generating
