America In Freefall
Lots of news, all of it bad
How is America doing today? Let’s take a quick peek around the news cycle and see, shall we?
Dow drops 240 points
The stock market closed today down -242.12 points today, in a spectacular drop against the Yen.
Feds deploy more radiation monitors in western US
SAN FRANCISCO – More radiation monitors are being deployed in the western United States and Pacific territories, as officials seek to mollify public concern over exposure from damaged nuclear plants in Japan, federal environmental regulators said. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency already monitors radiation throughout the area as part of its RadNet system, which measures levels in air, drinking water, milk and rain.
The additional monitors are being deployed in response to the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan, where emergency workers are attempting to cool overheated reactors damaged by last week’s magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami. Officials with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said they do not expect harmful radiation levels to reach the U.S. from Japan.
“The agency decided out of an abundance of caution to send these deployable monitors in order to get some monitors on the ground closer to Japan,” said Jonathan Edwards, director of EPA’s radiation protection division. California already has 12 monitoring stations scattered throughout the state that test the air for radiation levels. EPA also has 40 so-called “deployable” monitors that can be moved around in cases of emergency.EPA told The Associated Press it is adding two more stations in Hawaii and two in Guam. In Alaska, officials are setting up three new monitors in Dutch Harbor, Nome and Juneau.” source – Yahoo News
U.S. Debt Jumped $72 Billion Same Day U.S. House Voted to Cut Spending $6 Billion
(CNSNews.com) – The national debt jumped by $72 billion on Tuesday even as the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution to fund the government for just three weeks that will cut $6 billion from government spending. If Congress were to cut $6 billion every three weeks for the next 36 weeks, it would manage to save between now and late November as much money as the Treasury added to the nation’s net debt during just the business hours of Tuesday, March 15.
At the close of business on Monday, according to the Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Public Debt, the total national debt stood at $14.166 trillion ($14,166,030,787,779.80). At the close of business Tuesday, the debt stood at $14.237 trillion ($14,237,952,276,898.69), an increase of $71.9 billion ($71,921,489,118.89). Since the beginning of fiscal year 2011–which began on Oct. 1, 2010–the national debt has climbed from $13.5616 trillion ($13,561,623,030,891.79) to $14.2379 trillion ($14,237,952,276,898.69) an increase of $676.3 billion ($676,329,246,006.90).” source – CNS News
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N. Korea Warns Japan Will Be First Target Hit By Missiles
about 1 month ago - 20 comments
North Korea warned Japan Friday that Tokyo would be the first target in the event of a war on the Korean Peninsula if it continues to maintain its hostile posture
PORK PARTY! Obama Crams Hurricane Sandy Aid Bill With Wasteful Unrelated Spending
about 5 months ago - 12 comments
President Obama’s $60.4 billion request for Hurricane Sandy relief has morphed into a huge Christmas stocking of goodies for federal agencies and even the state of Alaska
Obama Admin Says The Sky’s The Limit On Increasing Our National Debt
about 6 months ago - 17 comments
“We’ll raise it.” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Wednesday that if the $16.394 trillion current legal limit on the federal government’s debt must be raised in the next few months by another $2.4 trillion, “We’ll raise it.”
Stocks Plummet As America Wakes Up To The Hopelessness Of Obama’s Re-election
about 6 months ago - 13 comments
Stocks took a sharp nosedive across the board Wednesday in the wake of President Barack Obama’s re-election, triggered by worries over the looming “fiscal cliff” and as fears over Europe’s economy reemerged.
Obama Ends 2012 (Another ) $1,100,000,000,000.00 In The RED
about 7 months ago - 7 comments
The federal government notched a $1.1 trillion deficit in fiscal year 2012 — the fourth straight year over $1 trillion — according to a preliminary estimate that the Congressional Budget Office released Friday.
Obama Produces Fourth Straight Year Of 1,000,000,000,000+ Debt (That’s TRILLION)
about 9 months ago - 3 comments
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected Wednesday that the deficit for 2012 will run $1.1 trillion, the fourth year in a row the shortfall will exceed $1 trillion.
US National Debt Has Increased Under Obama by $5,027,761,476,484.56 (That’s TRILLION)
about 1 year ago - 3 comments
The $5,027,761,476,484.56 that the debt has increased during Obama’s presidency equals $16,043.39 for every one of the 313,385,295 people the Census Bureau now estimates live in the United States.
Magnitude 6.1 Quake Jolts Eastern Japan No Tsunami Warning
about 1 year ago - 9 comments
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 hit east of Tokyo on Wednesday but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no initial reports of damage or troubles at area nuclear plants, the Japan Meteorological Agency and local media said.
Japan Invents Speech-Jamming Gun That Literally Silences People Mid-Sentence
about 1 year ago - 10 comments
Japanese researchers have invented a speech-jamming gadget that painlessly forces people into silence. Kazutaka Kurihara of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, and Koji Tsukada of Ochanomizu University, developed a portable “SpeechJammer” gun that can silence people more than 30 meters away.
Obama to Propose $300 Billion STIMULUS to Jump-start Jobs
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
The economy weak and the public seething, President Barack Obama is expected to propose $300 billion in tax cuts and federal spending Thursday night to get Americans working again. Republicans offered Tuesday to compromise with him on jobs — but also assailed his plans in advance of his prime-time speech.
about 2 years ago
If the chances of Japans radiation making it to the US are so slim, then why is it that (according to an article on MSNBC these are the agency’s buying up all of the available potassium iodide pills ) “Jones’ site says his customers have included government agencies, hospitals, the U.S. Postal Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and even the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (http://news.mobile.msn.com/en-us/articles.aspx?aid=42095558&afid=1&pg1=2501)
It looks to me that this is just another opportunity for the powers that be to control the population . and any day now I expect this disaster to be used for yet another reason to push the “Real ID ” with gps technology ….they will say .what better way to determine how many are dead and how many are still waiting to be rescued
just me thinking out loud again
about 2 years ago
I gotta say for the first time the thought occured to me …. what if we go to the Real ID Card system before the rapture and what if that helps a great many people to imediatly understand why we are missing once that event occurs? People who may be toying with the idea that it could be the rapture but without more information they don’t get it. The Real Id could actually expedite the information that “yup a whole bunch of christians are gone.”
Just to be clear I oppose the Real Id Act, but since we know that this is a part of God’s plan; satan has never had an original thought, then perhaps I should prayerfully consider how God intends to use this system for His glory in the midst of the evil.
Even so come Lord Jesus.