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  • Terror attack fears after car explosion at Rainbow Bridge near Niagara Falls leaves two dead at US border

    11/22/2023 10:58:28 AM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 45 replies
    NY Post ^ | 22/11/23 | Alyssa Guzman
    A bridge leading into the US from Canada has been shut down due to a car explosion, officials said. The Rainbow Bridge — which leads into Niagara Falls — was temporarily closed after the explosion Wednesday. The car was heading into the US, according to the city mayor’s office. New York Governor Kathy Hochul has been briefed about the incident and is “closely monitoring the situation,” she announced on X.
  • Kraken Shuts Down Global Headquarters As ‘San Francisco Is Not Safe’

    04/08/2022 6:03:37 AM PDT · by blam · 25 replies
    Zubu Brothers ^ | 4-8-2022
    The Golden City is losing its shine as one of the largest United States-based cryptocurrency exchanges closes its San Francisco-based headquarters. Kraken CEO, Jesse Powell retweeted that Kraken will close its global headquarters on 548 Market Street, in the center of San Francisco. In the retweet shared by a San Francisco-based political commentator, Richie Greenberg, the decision cites that: “We shut down Kraken’s global headquarters on Market Street in San Francisco after numerous employees were attacked, harassed and robbed on their way to and from the office.”Cointelegraph reached out to the Kraken team for comment and will update if and...
  • Biden reportedly considering shutting down another oil pipeline as energy prices predicted to soar over winter months

    11/08/2021 7:19:39 AM PST · by mikelets456 · 39 replies
    Blaze ^ | 11/8/2021 | Blaze
    The Detroit Metro Times reported: All 12 federally recognized tribes in Michigan sent a letter to President Joe Biden and his administration Friday, urging him to lend strong support to the state's effort to shut down the controversial, 78-year-old Line 5 oil pipeline owned by Canadian company Enbridge. "The Governor, the Attorney General, and our Tribal Nations need your Administration's help," the letter reads. "… During your campaign, you promised that you would heed our concerns and act to protect our fundamental interests. We view Line 5 as an existential threat to our treaty-protected rights, resources, and fundamental way of...
  • No, a Vaccine Mandate Is Not Like Requiring Seat Belts(Adverse Reaction analogy)

    09/09/2021 7:06:29 PM PDT · by Vendome · 33 replies
    National Review ^ | 08-05-2021 | Wesley Smith
    Mainstream bioethics thinking is growing increasingly authoritarian. There is a huge difference between a law that requires wrapping a cloth belt around one’s body while in a moving car and injecting chemicals into one’s system. Yes, both acts involve attempts to promote public safety. But the former’s interference with liberty is de minimus, while the latter is one of the most potentially portentous that can be asked of people. In free societies, legal mandates must be reasonable. A national vaccination mandate — which would be unprecedented — fails that test. Primary Menu National Review Share on Facebook Share on Twitter...
  • Newsom's Shut-down Restrained

    11/02/2020 3:30:53 PM PST · by seenenuf · 15 replies
    facebook | 11/2/20 | judy busch
    CA Assemblymen James Gallagher and Kevin Kiley, have won in Judge Sarah Heckmen's Sutter County courtroom. The Judge issued a permanent injunction restraining Newsom from issuing further unconstitutional orders. Approx 2 PM on 11/2/20. Newsom restrained from issuing "further unconstitutional orders". Hard to find story on line, and wonder if Newsom delaying press conference.
  • PG&E’s Radical Plan to Prevent Wildfires: Shut Down the Power Grid

    05/12/2019 10:33:41 PM PDT · by LibWhacker · 58 replies
    WSJ ^ | 4/27/19 | Russell Gold and Katherine Blunt
    When dangerously high winds arise this year, the utility says it will black out fire-prone areas that are home to 5.4 million people PG&E Corp. can’t prevent its power lines from sparking the kinds of wildfires that have killed scores of Californians. So instead, it plans to pull the plug on a giant swath of the state’s population. No U.S. utility has ever blacked out so many people on purpose. PG&E says it could knock out power to as much as an eighth of the state’s population for as long as five days when dangerously high winds arise. Communities likely...
  • Jeb Bush: Americans Urging for Immigration Controls ‘Threatened’ by ‘Less White’ Country

    09/23/2018 5:51:36 PM PDT · by chief lee runamok · 114 replies
    breitbart ^ | 09/23/2018 | John Binder
    Failed 2016 presidential candidate and former Florida governor Jeb Bush says Americans who are urging for immigration controls are “threatened” by their perception that the United States is “changing” and becoming “less white.”
  • Romney: I will speak out against Trump on issues of 'substantial significance'

    06/24/2018 11:55:33 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 70 replies
    The Hill ^ | 06/24/18 | Brett Samuels
    Mitt Romney said Sunday he will continue to speak out against President Trump when he sees fit, but acknowledged that he agrees with a number of the president's policies. Romney, who is campaigning for U.S. Senate in Utah, penned an op-ed for The Salt Lake Tribune. He sought to clarify his stance on Trump, whom Romney has alternately criticized and praised dating back to his own 2012 presidential campaign. "If you elect me your senator, I will fight with vigor for the interests of our state and nation. I will endorse the president’s policies that support those interests. Hopefully, there...
  • List: The Obama Shutdown (file)

    10/09/2013 8:55:23 AM PDT · by Nachum · 16 replies
    Nachumlist ^ | 10/8/18 | Nachum
    The Obama Shut Down10/8/2013President Obama Admits Real Reason Why He's Been Rejecting GOP Funding BillsMilitary chapel closed in Georgia: 'Shutdown: No Catholic service till further notice'Priest: Obama Admin. Denied Mass to CatholicsObama Warns "No Magic Bullets", Exploring "All Default Contingencies"Deja vu... Obama repeats the condemnation of striking workers....againObama: Republicans Using 'Extortion' On Debt LimitObama Says He Will Negotiate Once G.O.P. Ends 'Threats''Gestapo' tactics meet senior citizens at YellowstoneArmed Guards Kick Senior Citizens Out of Yellowstone ParkDigging In: Obama calls Boehner to say won´t negotiate, plans to make statementExclusive Gyms For Members Of Congress Deemed 'Essential,' Remain Open During ShutdownDepartment of...
  • WWII Memorial Barricade Wired Shut

    10/04/2013 7:54:51 AM PDT · by MeshugeMikey · 228 replies
    Weekly Standard ^ | OCT 4, 2013 | JOHN MCCORMACK
    Tuesday morning, seven National Park Service employees were seen erecting and tending to a barricade around the World War II memorial in Washington, D.C. One NPS employee was operating a forklift. There usually aren't any NPS employees working at the World War II memorial. A couple hours later, when an Honor Flight of World War II veterans arrived, accompanied by Democratic and Republican members of Congress, the fences blocking the memorial were easily moved away, allowing the veterans to enter. But the barriers are still at the memorial, and they've been reinforced. This morning, I walked by the memorial and...
  • Shut. It. Down.

    09/28/2013 5:23:58 PM PDT · by sheikdetailfeather · 48 replies
    New Zeal ^ | 9-28-13 | Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
    House Republicans will vote to pass a one-year delay of Obamacare in exchange for funding the government, a plan that drastically increases the chances of a government shutdown this Tuesday. The decision was announced by the GOP leadership in a closed meeting Saturday afternoon, according to sources present. Republicans will also pass a separate bill to fund U.S. troops if the government shuts down, GOP lawmakers said. The House’s funding measure will keep the government open until mid-December. Additionally, Republicans will adopt a “conscience clause” that delays until 2015 an Obamacare requirement that employers cover birth control as part of...
  • Changes To NJ Anti Gun Bills Include 7 Day Waiting Period & Electronic On/Off Switch for Rights

    05/12/2013 7:55:06 PM PDT · by OL Hickory · 12 replies
    Ammoland ^ | friday may 10th 2013 | Ammoland
    According to Senate President Stephen Sweeney, the right to purchase a firearm under the new card could be electronically switched off by local police “if they have a suspicion or concern.” Under current law, Second Amendment rights can only be suspended after conviction of a serious crime – not based on mere “suspicion or concern.” The new approach turns the presumption of innocence on its head and violates due process.
  • Sequester: IRS to shut down for five days

    04/19/2013 11:32:35 AM PDT · by Nachum · 33 replies
    Washington Times ^ | 4/19/19 | Stephen Dinan
    The IRS will shut down entirely for five days this year in order to try to meet its slimmed-down budget under the sequesters, a labor union that represents Treasury Department employees said on Friday. The IRS will close its doors on May 24, June 14, July 5, July 22 and Aug. 30, and employees are being told there could be two other days as well. “On those days all public operations of the IRS will be shut down, leaving taxpayers without access to information and assistance from frontline workers,” the National Treasury Employees Union said.
  • EPA To Shut Down 20% of Coal Plants in 2012

    09/24/2011 9:26:48 PM PDT · by Nachum · 82 replies
    Town Hall ^ | 9/24/11 | Helen Whalen Cohen
    This article is a few days old, but it is worth a mention nonetheless. Susan Kraemer at CleanTechnica can barely contain her excitement at the prospect of environmental regulations. In an article titled "Obama's EPA Cues 130 Billion Race to Cut Pollution By 2015", she reports that the EPA will shut down 20 percent of coal plants through the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. (Snip) The EPA will shut down an estimated 20% of the nation’s coal plants through the ground-level ozone rule (the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) ) through cap and trade that is about to be implemented in
  • Lemonade stand shut down by officers in Texas

    07/21/2011 10:19:57 AM PDT · by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! · 52 replies
    ktnv.com/news ^ | July 20, 2011 | Jacquie Levy
    McAllen, TX -- Gone are the days when a kid could make a few extra bucks by selling lemonade on the corner of their street. These days, it's against the law. A 12-year-old girl and her little brother were just trying to earn a few dollars for their two hermit crabs when a city code enforcement officer in Texas came and shut them down. The officer told their grandmother that the children needed a permit to sell lemonade, and their grandmother was ticketed for the offense. "I was mad," the 12-year-old said. "I don't understand why someone would want to...
  • Borders to Shut Down

    07/18/2011 3:21:56 PM PDT · by Sprite518 · 49 replies
    Wall Street Journal via Drudge ^ | 7/18/20111 | MIKE SPECTOR
    Borders Group Inc. said it would liquidate after the second-largest U.S. bookstore chain failed to receive any offers to save it. Borders, which employs about 10,700 people, scrapped a bankruptcy-court auction scheduled for Tuesday amid the dearth of bids. The chain said it will ask a judge Thursday to approve a sale to liquidators led by Hilco Merchant Resources and Gordon Brothers Group. The liquidation of the company's remaining 399 stores could start as soon as Friday, and the chain is expected to go out of business for good by the end of September, the company said.
  • They Haven't Shut Up Sarah Palin

    04/25/2011 3:29:38 AM PDT · by Son House · 26 replies
    Rush Limbaugh Show ^ | April 19, 2011 | Rush Limbaugh
    RUSH: Here's Palin. Now, I'm playing these sound bites here because Obama's delivering himself to us on a silver platter. Folks, I'm serious. "Obama Says We Cannot Spend More Than We Take In" bill. Pass it. We simply reduce spending to current expenditures, current revenues, that's it, and credit him for the inspiration, make them defend it. That's what I don't understand is our inability. I don't know why we can't take it to 'em. I'm exempting Paul Ryan from this 'cause he's done it, but why can't we take what this guy says and run it right back at...
  • Obama to offer “scalpel, not machete” for entitlement reform in response to Paul Ryan.

    04/11/2011 7:24:16 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 26 replies
    Hotair ^ | 04/11/2011 | Ed Morrissey
    Barack Obama has belatedly discovered that Americans want to see reductions in government spending. How else to explain David Plouffe’s appearance on a series of talk shows yesterday announcing that the President would unveil a new proposal this week to counter Paul Ryan’s roadmap on entitlement reform? However, it seems as though Obama still hasn’t figured out the scale of the problem: In an effort to go on the offensive in the battle over government spending, Obama will look for cuts in “all corners of government,” senior adviser David Plouffesaid on several Sunday talk shows.Although Obama’s health-care law is projected...
  • Obama: I’ll Shut Down the Government and Suspend Military Pay

    04/07/2011 3:12:51 PM PDT · by Nachum · 60 replies
    Big Government ^ | 4/7/11 | Mike Flynn
    Rather than accept a few billion in budget cuts (read rounding error), President Obama has signaled his willingness to shut down the federal government. (Yah!) For those keeping score at home, any government shutdown that happens is on Obama’s plate. He is the President. All on him. The worst part of this whole debate is the Obama Administration’s decision to hold military pay hostage to the budget debate. For the last few decades, government shutdowns have been guided by an OMB directive issued during the Reagan Administration. Under this directive, military personnel would continue to receive the paychecks while politicians...
  • Bernanke: Shut banks if threat to the system

    09/02/2010 12:54:39 PM PDT · by Nachum · 16 replies
    Associated Press ^ | 9/2/10 | Staff
    Washington - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a panel investigating the financial crisis that regulators must be ready to shutter the largest institutions if they threaten to bring down the financial system. "If the crisis has a single lesson, it is that the too-big-to-fail problem must be solved," (Snip) Bernanke also said it was impossible for the Fed to rescue Lehman Brothers from bankruptcy in 2008 because the Wall Street firm lacked sufficient collateral to secure a loan. Lehman's former chief executive told the panel a day earlier that the firm could have been saved, but regulators refused to