Category Archives: Domestic News

Banks Warn Fed They May Have To Start Charging Depositors

Link: As the FT reports leading US banks have warned the Fed that should it lower IOER, they would be forced to start charging depositors.

Honesty Doesn’t Pay Off For Ex-Homeless Man

Link: A good deed has come back to haunt a formerly homeless northern New Jersey man. James Brady found $850 on a Hackensack sidewalk last April and turned it in to police. Brady was awarded the money six months later after no one contacted police during the required waiting period.

Food Attorney Ajna Sharma-Wilson, Taken Off Plane and Detained in LA

Link: What would *you* do if you were seated on a plane, ready to take off, and suddenly two airline employees tell you to get up and leave?

Number of U.S. Expatriations Reaches Record High In 2013

Link: Taxpayers who renounce their citizenship or turn in their green card can be subject to an exit tax. People who renounced last year might have avoided higher taxes on income and estates—including those on long-term capital gains—which took effect in 2013.

SC Police Department Gets UN Blue Armored Vehicle that is Land Mine & IED Resistant

Link: On Veterans Day, Columbia, South Carolina became the latest of about 500 communities nationwide to add a military grade armored vehicle to its police force.  The para-military vehicle with a “U.N. blue” custom paint job seats nine people, has an armable turret, and costs $658,000.  The vehicle made its way to the department for free through the Department of Defense’s 1033 excess property program.  The tank is bullet proof, features a land mine resistant frame, and a mount rack suited for a 50 caliber machine gun.

China Retaliates Against U.S. ; Spy Ship Now in Hawaiian Waters

Link: The Honolulu Star is reporting that China has moved ” spy ships” in to Hawaiian waters, believed to be as an act of retaliation against U.S. occupation of the East China Sea. China’s navy has never entered these waters. One media outlet aimed at an asian-American audience, the gold sea, is reporting that a 4000 ton electronic reconnaissance ship from the People’s Liberation Army was spotted within 200 miles of the Exclusive economic zone by Hawaii.

Kudlow: Liberal Entitlement-State Dream Is Crumbling

Link: May I ask this question? Why is it that Americans don’t have the freedom to choose their own health insurance? I just don’t get it. Why must the liberal nanny state make decisions for us? We can make them ourselves, thank you very much. It’s like choosing a car, buying a home or investing in a stock. We can handle it. So why must the government tell me and everyone else what we can and cannot buy?

25 Stats That Prove That The American Dream Is Being Systematically Destroyed

Link: The 25 statistics that you are about to read are solid proof that the middle class in America is being systematically wiped out. Once upon a time, the United States had the largest and most prosperous middle class in the history of the world.  It seemed like almost everyone owned a home, had a couple of nice vehicles and could provide a very comfortable lifestyle for their families. Sadly, that has all changed.

Trucker Protest Causes Traffic Delays into Nation’s Capital

Link: Aside from the endless list of White House scandals, America has become polarized and remains stuck in the ultimate politicalgridlock  – over federal spending. As America waits in vain for a resolution to the government shutdown, a group of truckers want to raise attention to some pressing issues.