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Friday, January 9, 2015
Earthquake overview — current unrest showing across North America
Arthritis Cure Found in Nature! Boron!
Dr. Michelle Kmiec
Did you know that there is a direct correlation between the incidence of arthritis and the presence of trace mineral boron in the body? Research regarding the trace mineral boron and its connection to arthritis is finally starting to see the light of day! In a startling discovery, research conducted by Prof. Roger Wyburn-Mason (MD, PhD) identified an amoebae that parasitizes (infests) the joints of those people with rheumatoid arthritis. “In 1975, at the IXth International Chemotherapy Congress in London, England, the late (1983) Roger Wybum-Mason (M.D., M.R.C.P., B. Chir., M.A., Ph.D.) astounded the medical world, announcing that he had found a new protozoon as the cause of Rheumatoid Disease.” Continuing with Prof. Wyburn-Mason’s work was Dr. Rex E. Newnham (PhD, DO and ND), an osteopathic doctor and naturopath, and author of “Beating Arthritis and Beating Osteoporosis”.
What he found was amazing… Boron killed the amoebae that Prof. Wyburn-Mason had identified! Dr. Newnham also found quite a bit of evidence relating the correlation of boron concentration in certain geographical areas and the development of not just rheumatoid arthritis, but common arthritis as well. He found that in certain areas of Australia, where drinking water contained high levels of boron, there were no incidence of arthritis in humans and animals! Incidence of Arthritis Depended Upon Boron Interestingly, the correlation between arthritis and boron was found in other areas as well. Dr. Newnham found that in Israel, where boron is in high concentration in the soil, the incidence of arthritis was as low as 1-7%. Compared to the U.S., New Zealand and other parts of Australia where the concentration of boron is moderate, the incidence of arthritis is higher; 20-40%. In contrast, areas such as Jamaica where boron levels are extremely small, the incidence of arthritis is very high, reaching upwards to 70%.
In conclusion, worldwide evidence is now starting to link low intake of boron with increased levels of arthritis — proof that arthritis is a symptom of nutritional deficiencies and not simply a “normal” process of aging, as the medical industry would have us believe. Now isn’t that interesting?! With millions of people suffering from arthritis in the United States alone, maybe it’s time to start giving the trace mineral boron some attention, instead of just symptom-suppressing pharmaceuticals. Foods high in boron include: almonds, walnuts, avocados, broccoli, potatoes, pears, prunes, honey, oranges, onions, chick peas, carrots, beans, bananas, red grapes, red apples and raisins.
For more information on the ground-breaking discoveries of Dr. Wyburn-Mason and Dr. Newnham: The Roger Wyburn-Mason Hypothesis (This is a ‘must read’ article!) Supplement to The Art of Getting Well: The Roger Wyburn-Mason, M.D., Ph.D. Treatment for Rheumatoid Disease Boron The Neglected Element Is Essential For Sustainable Healthy Bones and Joints Supplement to The Art of Getting Well: Boron and Arthritis Healthcare Freedom Revolution From the editor…. In the age of big-pharma, Dr. Michelle Kmiec’s take on health and healthcare is refreshing – to say the least. And her book ‘Healthcare Freedom Revolution: Exposing the Lies, Deceit and Greed of the Medical Profession’ is a unique publication that busts long-standing health myths in a straight forward way, and reveals how you can regain control of your health… regardless of what “they” may have told you. In telling her story, Dr. Michelle doesn’t pull any punches. And why should she? Ten years ago she was desperately sick with autoimmune and neurological symptoms, and the medical profession offered her nothing but prescription drugs and outrageous “healthcare” bills. Not willing to accept that as her future, Dr. Kmiec decided that if she was going to be healthy again, she would have to find the answers herself.
That’s when her amazing journey began… Despite all her struggles and fears, Dr. Michelle regained her health completely – a result of natural means and sheer perseverance. And in the process, her research led her to discover just how corrupt the medical industry has become — an industry she describes as a ‘Big Pharma monopoly’. Dr. Kmiec has now made it her personal mission in life to share her story, and hopes to help people find real answers to their healthcare needs as well as offering something very valuable to those in ill health… hope.
Did you know that there is a direct correlation between the incidence of arthritis and the presence of trace mineral boron in the body? Research regarding the trace mineral boron and its connection to arthritis is finally starting to see the light of day! In a startling discovery, research conducted by Prof. Roger Wyburn-Mason (MD, PhD) identified an amoebae that parasitizes (infests) the joints of those people with rheumatoid arthritis. “In 1975, at the IXth International Chemotherapy Congress in London, England, the late (1983) Roger Wybum-Mason (M.D., M.R.C.P., B. Chir., M.A., Ph.D.) astounded the medical world, announcing that he had found a new protozoon as the cause of Rheumatoid Disease.”
Continuing with Prof. Wyburn-Mason’s work was Dr. Rex E. Newnham (PhD, DO and ND), an osteopathic doctor and naturopath, and author of “Beating Arthritis and Beating Osteoporosis”. What he found was amazing… Boron killed the amoebae that Prof. Wyburn-Mason had identified! Dr. Newnham also found quite a bit of evidence relating the correlation of boron concentration in certain geographical areas and the development of not just rheumatoid arthritis, but common arthritis as well. He found that in certain areas of Australia, where drinking water contained high levels of boron, there were no incidence of arthritis in humans and animals! Incidence of Arthritis Depended Upon Boron Interestingly, the correlation between arthritis and boron was found in other areas as well. Dr. Newnham found that in Israel, where boron is in high concentration in the soil, the incidence of arthritis was as low as 1-7%. Compared to the U.S., New Zealand and other parts of Australia where the concentration of boron is moderate, the incidence of arthritis is higher; 20-40%. In contrast, areas such as Jamaica where boron levels are extremely small, the incidence of arthritis is very high, reaching upwards to 70%. In conclusion, worldwide evidence is now starting to link low intake of boron with increased levels of arthritis — proof that arthritis is a symptom of nutritional deficiencies and not simply a “normal” process of aging, as the medical industry would have us believe.
Now isn’t that interesting?! With millions of people suffering from arthritis in the United States alone, maybe it’s time to start giving the trace mineral boron some attention, instead of just symptom-suppressing pharmaceuticals. Foods high in boron include: almonds, walnuts, avocados, broccoli, potatoes, pears, prunes, honey, oranges, onions, chick peas, carrots, beans, bananas, red grapes, red apples and raisins. For more information on the ground-breaking discoveries of Dr. Wyburn-Mason and Dr. Newnham: The Roger Wyburn-Mason Hypothesis (This is a ‘must read’ article!) Supplement to The Art of Getting Well: The Roger Wyburn-Mason, M.D., Ph.D. Treatment for Rheumatoid Disease Boron The Neglected Element Is Essential For Sustainable Healthy Bones and Joints Supplement to The Art of Getting Well: Boron and Arthritis Healthcare Freedom Revolution From the editor…. In the age of big-pharma, Dr. Michelle Kmiec’s take on health and healthcare is refreshing – to say the least. And her book ‘Healthcare Freedom Revolution: Exposing the Lies, Deceit and Greed of the Medical Profession’ is a unique publication that busts long-standing health myths in a straight forward way, and reveals how you can regain control of your health… regardless of what “they” may have told you.
In telling her story, Dr. Michelle doesn’t pull any punches. And why should she? Ten years ago she was desperately sick with autoimmune and neurological symptoms, and the medical profession offered her nothing but prescription drugs and outrageous “healthcare” bills. Not willing to accept that as her future, Dr. Kmiec decided that if she was going to be healthy again, she would have to find the answers herself. That’s when her amazing journey began… Despite all her struggles and fears, Dr. Michelle regained her health completely – a result of natural means and sheer perseverance. And in the process, her research led her to discover just how corrupt the medical industry has become — an industry she describes as a ‘Big Pharma monopoly’. Dr. Kmiec has now made it her personal mission in life to share her story, and hopes to help people find real answers to their healthcare needs as well as offering something very valuable to those in ill health… hope.
- See more at: http://globalresearchreport.
OBAMA ADMIN & US MILITARY HAVE SET UP AMERICA FOR NUCLEAR WAR WITH RUSSIA
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French President François Hollande called for emergency meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, warning Putin of an impending nuclear attack on France that would be blamed on Russia
By Shepard Ambellas
(INTELLIHUB) — Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, early in the morning, French President Hollande, on route to Paris, deviated his original flight plan, requesting Moscow for an immediate and urgent private meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a Faraday building on site at Vnukovo International Airport (VIA).
MOSCOW — Vnukovo International Airport (Maarten Visser/Flickr)
Upon arrival the “visibly distraught” French President, along with his security and staff, were quickly ushered into a “safe room” located in VIA’s Terminal 2 for a secure meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, free of any electronic or satellite surveillance.
Once Putin and his security entourage arrived, French President Hollande gave Putin shocking details obtained by the French Ministère de la Défense (DGSE) of a planed nuclear false flag attack on France, to be staged by the Obama Administration, that would be blamed on Russia. The French President went on to highlight his fears that outcome of this attack would give the U.S. grounds to go to war with Russia.
Hollande further expressed concern that Russia would retaliate against the U.S. via nuclear strike, possibly kicking of World War III, pleading for Putin not to retaliate.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (RIA Novosti / Alexei Druzhinin)
However, at this time it is unclear if the French President is working in tandem with the Obama regime on the planned staged attack in an attempt to thwart Russia from retaliating against the U.S..
Although at this time all indications show that the planned false flag attack by the Obama Administration may be genuine and drastically dangerous for all inhabitants of the world.
Reports conclude, after the rushed meeting took place, Putin ordered the immediate deployment of advanced “S-400 ‘Triumph’ and Pantsir-S1 surface-to-air missile systems”, as well a “Kasta radar station” into Moscow strengthening the city’s defense capabilities.
Shockingly this meeting came only one day after U.S. House legislation (H.R. 758) paved the way for war with Russia.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
In fact a key piece of the puzzle was reported by Global Research’s Prof Michel Chossudovsky reading in part:
America is on a war footing. While, a World War Three Scenario has been on the drawing board of the Pentagon for more than ten years, military action against Russia is now contemplated at an “operational level”. Similarly, both the Senate and the House have introduced enabling legislation which provides legitimacy to the conduct of a war against Russia.
We are not dealing with a “Cold War”. None of the safeguards of the Cold War era prevail.
There has been a breakdown in East-West diplomacy coupled with extensive war propaganda. In turn the United Nations has turned a blind eye to extensive war crimes committed by the Western military alliance.
The adoption of a major piece of legislation by the US House of Representatives on December 4th (H. Res. 758) would provide (pending a vote in the Senate) a de facto green light to the US president and commander-in-chief to initiate – without congressional approval – a process of military confrontation with Russia.
Global security is at stake. This historic vote –which potentially could affect the lives of hundreds of millions of people Worldwide– has received virtually no media coverage. A total media blackout prevails.
The World is at a dangerous crossroads. Moscow has responded to US-NATO threats. Its borders are threatened.
On December 3, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the inauguration of a new military-political entity which would take over in the case of war.
U.S. Congressman Ron Paul expressed his deep concern about H.R. 758, claiming the resolution is “reckless” and essentially declares war on Russia.
Paul derides the legislation as “war propaganda that should have made even neocons blush,” and scolds the House for provoking World War 3 “with Russia that could result in total destruction.” It’s claimed that no evidence of a Russian invasion of Ukraine has been offered, and instead highlights “the tapes of state department officials plotting with the U.S. Ambassador in Ukraine to overthrow the government, which includes “U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland bragging that the U.S. spent $5 billion on regime change in Ukraine.”, as reported by the Inquisitr. Paul went on to say ‘the resolution does nothing more than pave the way for WWIII’.
U.S. Congressman Ron Paul (Gage Skidmore)
To make matters worse a “pro-Russian newspaper is claiming that Flight MH17 was shot down in an attempt to assassinate Vladimir Putin, an idea that has been seriously proposed as a solution to the Ukraine crisis by former U.S. government officials. Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin claims sanctions by the western world are an attempt to destroy Russia.”, reported the Inquisitr.
Thursday, January 8, 2015
McCain and the POW Cover-Up
McCain and the POW Cover-Up
The “war hero” candidate buried information about POWs left behind in Vietnam
By Sydney Schanberg • July 1, 2010
Eighteen months ago, TAC publisher Ron Unz discovered an astonishing account of the role the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, John McCain, had played in suppressing information about what happened to American soldiers missing in action in Vietnam. Below, we present in full Sydney Schanberg’s explosive story.
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John McCain, who has risen to political prominence on his image as a Vietnam POW war hero, has, inexplicably, worked very hard to hide from the public stunning information about American prisoners in Vietnam who, unlike him, didn’t return home. Throughout his Senate career, McCain has quietly sponsored and pushed into federal law a set of prohibitions that keep the most revealing information about these men buried as classified documents. Thus the war hero who people would logically imagine as a determined crusader for the interests of POWs and their families became instead the strange champion of hiding the evidence and closing the books.
Almost as striking is the manner in which the mainstream press has shied from reporting the POW story and McCain’s role in it, even as the Republican Party has made McCain’s military service the focus of his presidential campaign. Reporters who had covered the Vietnam War turned their heads and walked in other directions. McCain doesn’t talk about the missing men, and the press never asks him about them.
The sum of the secrets McCain has sought to hide is not small. There exists a telling mass of official documents, radio intercepts, witness depositions, satellite photos of rescue symbols that pilots were trained to use, electronic messages from the ground containing the individual code numbers given to airmen, a rescue mission by a special forces unit that was aborted twice by Washington—and even sworn testimony by two Defense secretaries that “men were left behind.” This imposing body of evidence suggests that a large number—the documents indicate probably hundreds—of the U.S. prisoners held by Vietnam were not returned when the peace treaty was signed in January 1973 and Hanoi released 591 men, among them Navy combat pilot John S. McCain.
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Is Senator John McCain involved with ISIS funding?
Is Senator John McCain involved with ISIS funding?
Posted by World News Tommorrow on January 8, 2015
Is McCain ready for burning as a terror funder?
The Syrian government on Tuesday , January the 6th 2015 accused U.S. Senator John McCain, former French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner and two others of entering the country illegally during 2014.
Syria’s U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja’afari said in identical letters to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council circulated Tuesday that McCain, Kouchner, former Kuwaiti Parliament member Walid al-Tabtaba’i and former U.S. ambassador to Croatia Peter Galbraith are among the prominent figures and journalists who violated Syria’s sovereignty by entering the country without visas.
The biggest problem comes when several verified photos emerged with Senator John McCain and with ISIS Chief Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi (circled left) and terrorist Muahmmad Noor (circled right) now heavily developing ISIS footprint in the west.
“The question is - was it talks with Syrian rebels,
as previously thought,
or was it 'business as usual' with ISIS?"
It’s pretty bad when Al Arabiya, a Muslim Middle East newspaper, makes fun of a statement that one can identify the “good guys” in Syria,; however, it is another to get caught in the middle of funding, being filmed, and photographed with the ISIS terrorist organization.
Nobody knew at the time when this pictures were taken how big the ISIS epidemic was about to become, but one thing is certain - some ‘high up the ladder’ knew what was cooking in the pot.
Senator McCain involvement with the CIA is not new and backdates a long time. It is hardly to believe that his presence was without some kind of support in Syria.
The Syrian government said that the letter holds the governments of the states of which these persons are nationals fully responsible for the violations” of Syrian sovereignty. The news broke the headline on Jan 6, 2015, eight months after the pictures were already in intelligence circulations.
The question should be asked if this has anything to do with ISIS and the radical movements in France. Could this be the funding sources of radical Islam movements ISIS?
Syria called on the secretary-general and the Security Council “to put pressure on those governments to take immediately the necessary measures against their nationals who enter Syrian territory illegally.”
“The Syrian government also holds the governments of those states fully responsible for threatening the territorial integrity of Syria and for dealing with non-state armed groups and designated terrorist groups,” the letter said. The nearly four-year Syrian conflict has claimed over 200,000 lives and the fleeing of over 1 million citizens to neighboring countries. Factional, it displaced a third of Syria’s population and nurtured many armed opposition groups, including the Islamic State extremist group, which now rules over vast swaths of Syria and neighboring Iraq.
According to the letter, McCain entered Syria in June 2013 and met with members of terrorist groups including leaders of the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, but it goes a step further, The photos indicate that he was surrounded with ISIS leaders and bodyguards.
In response, McCain said ” it is a sad but unsurprising truth” that President Bashar Assad’s regime “is less concerned with its massacre of more than 200,000 men, women and children than it is my visit with those brave Syrians fighting for their freedom and dignity.”
Yet McCain’s words fails to explain why ISIS leaders are clearly in the photos in meetings with him. The proof is in the facts and witnesses that was there. The question is what went wrong and who is the others involved that lead to McCain’s exposure that now is in damage control mode?
SOUTH CAROLINA CONSIDERING MANDATORY GUN EDUCATION
SOUTH CAROLINA CONSIDERING MANDATORY
GUN EDUCATION
A pair of bills filed in each house of South Carolina’s legislature aim to eliminate the zero-tolerance attitude towards guns in schools by allowing or even mandating gun safety and Second Amendment-related curricula.
State Rep. Alan Clemmons, who introduced the House bill, says he was inspired to act by the story of a student who was arrested at school over a fictional essay he wrote in which he talked about buying a gun to kill a neighbor’s pet dinosaur. The zero-tolerance attitude towards guns in schools, Clemmons argues, is undermining knowledge of, and respect for, the Second Amendment. “We are giving short shrift to the one amendment that protects all others,” Clemmons told The Greenville News.
Under Clemmons’ proposed bill, one-third of an existing nine-week educational unit dedicated to the U.S. Constitution would now be centered on education related to the Second Amendment, including textual analysis as well as history lessons explaining the amendment’s passage and the key Supreme Court cases it was involved with. Parents would be allowed to have their children sit out of these lessons.
Clemmons and his co-sponsors argue that it makes sense to give the Second Amendment greater coverage than other parts of the Constitution because the right to bear arms is what helps to preserve all other constitutional rights. The bill has taken significant early flak, in part because it includes a proposed “Second Amendment Awareness Day” would have been scheduled for Dec. 15, which happens to be the day after the anniversary of the Sandy Hook school shooting. Clemmons says that is merely a coincidence, as he wanted a date that would fall near the Christmas break, when schools are less academically occupied. He has said he is completely open to using a different day.
Another source of antagonism is a clause requiring that the course content be either created or approved by the National Rifle Association, a pro-gun advocacy organization. It could not immediately be confirmed whether the NRA itself would consent to such a provision in the law.
The state Senate bill, proposed by Senator Lee Bright, is less ambitious. Bright’s bill would allow South Carolina schools to offer a course on gun safety, gun rights and marksmanship, but as an elective rather than as a mandatory part of the curriculum. The bill wouldn’t let students bring guns to school, but would instead have them bused off-campus to gun ranges.
Bright, who launched a failed primary challenge against U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham last year, has a history of proposing gun-related legislation. Last year, he led a failed effort to allow citizens in South Carolina to carry guns without requiring a permit. Bright says this year’s bill was a response to critics who said universal open carry was unsafe due to a lack of widespread education regarding gun safety.
The two bills have a ways to go before becoming state law. Both still have to make it out of committee before being voted on by their respective chambers and potentially going before Gov. Nikki Haley.
6 EVIL Companies to NEVER Buy Food From Again
6 EVIL Companies to NEVER Buy Food From Again
We’ve all got to eat, but you have a choice when it comes to where you get your food and - specifically - which companies get a piece of your food budget.
When you get the low-down on some of the evil companies that follow, you’ll understand why we say … NEVER buy your food from them again!
6. Kellogg
From 2008-2011, Kellogg increased child-targeted TV ads for Froot Loops by 79%, nearly doubled banner advertising on children’s websites for its sugary, child-targeted brands, and even introduced the first child-targeted “advergame app” for phones, centered on Apple Jacks. They’re trying to hook your kids on sugar … don’t let them.
5. Sparboe Farms (Eggs)
One of the largest egg producers in the United States, Sparboe Farms was cited by the FDA for at least 13 violations of rules meant to prevent salmonella outbreaks. Undercover video taken by animal rights group Mercy for Animals also showed unsanitary conditions and serious acts of animal cruelty. The allegations were so severe that McDonald’s and Target both stopped using Sparboe Farms as a source of eggs … will you, too?
4. Nestle
Plus, Nestle has been accused of aggressively marketing infant formula in third-world countries, leading to reductions in breastfeeding rates. And then there are the accusations of being involved in child labor and forced labor… need we go on?
3. Tyson
Tyson is the second largest chicken producer in the United States, but did you know their plants have dumped so many toxins into water supplies, not to mention released them into the air, that they plead guilty to 20 felony violations of the Clean Water Act? And the EPA filed enforcement action against them for violating the Clean Air Act?
Not to mention, for years they labeled their chicken “antibiotic-free” even though they regularly treated the birds with antimicrobials.
2. Coca-Cola
Why haven’t you heard about this before? Coca-Cola spends nearly $3 billion a year on advertising to keep its iconic image … ‘nuff said.
1. Monsanto
Creator of Agent Orange, PCBs, dioxin, recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) and genetically modified seeds, Monsanto has paid out billions of dollars in legal settlements for all of their disease-causing contamination and wrong doing over the years … and they are aggressively pushing their GM crops throughout the entire world – to the extent that one day soon the entire food supply may be contaminated with genetically engineered DNA, of which no one knows what the future consequences will be.
Surgery
John is out of a successful triple bypass Surgery he's doing well but is still in recovery for about 3 weeks and will be out of action for about a week or so.
Updates will be posted on his disposition when needed and his recovery.
Thank you for your prayers and support and be patient as the recovery moves on.
Obama Admin. Unleashes 300 Regulations In The First Week Of 2015
Obama Admin. Unleashes 300 Regulations In The First Week Of 2015
This year is already seeing a wave of new regulations being published in the Federal Register as the Obama administration unveils 300 new rules in the first seven days of 2015, according to federal data.
Federal agencies have published 300 final rules, proposals for new rules and regulatory notices in the seven days since the new year began, according to the website Regulations.gov. The bulk of these new regulations are notices, which can lead to rulemakings, meetings and other government activities.
Rules having to do with energy, environment, public lands and agriculture make up the largest share of new regulations. Included in these new rules are proposed EPA air quality standards for lead, reforming coal and oil leases on Indian lands and adjustments for the total amount of fish people can catch off Alaska’s coast.
One major rule that has not been finalized yet, however, is the EPA’s carbon dioxide emissions limits for new power plants. The rule was set to be finalized by Thursday, but the agency announced Wednesday it would be pushed back until mid-summer 2015.
“This is all about the best policy outcome, and the appropriate policy outcome,”Janet McCabe, EPA’s acting clean air administrator, told reporters on Wednesday. “That is what we are talking about here, and that is why we think it is important to finalize these rules in the same time frame.
EPA’s rule would limit the amount of carbon dioxide that can be emitted by newly built coal- and natural gas-fired power plants. But the power plant rule has been attacked by critics because it sets the carbon dioxide threshold for coal plants so low the only way operators can meet the standard is by using carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.
CCS has been touted by the Obama administration and the environmentalists as the best solution for coal plants, but the technology has yet to be used on a commercial scale without the help of government subsidies.
Republicans and the coal industry have challenged the legality of EPA’s de facto CCS mandate, saying requiring coal plants to install subsidized technology violates federal law. But the EPA insists the rule is legally sound.
Sources within the EPA have previously told The Daily Caller News Foundationthat EPA is scrambling to protect its carbon rule for new power plants as lawmakers and watchdog groups continue to find problems with the agency’s reasoning for mandating CCS.
In arguing that CCS was viable technology, the EPA relied on a major project in Mississippi called Kemper. But Kemper has been beset by huge cost overruns and delays, hurting the agency’s argument that the technology is workable. Kemper was also given a $270 million grant by the Obama administration and will be eligible for $279 million in tax credits when it begins operation.
The plant’s opening date, however, has been pushed from June 2015 to March 2016 and additional delays could cost $20 to $30 million a month.
CIA Insider: "Forget Iran, Iraq, Ukraine, and Syria this is where WWIII will start"
CIA Insider: "Forget Iran, Iraq, Ukraine, and Syria this is where WWIII will start"
By MONEY MORNING STAFF REPORTS
Should the rise of conflicts across the Middle East and Ukraine serve as a warning sign that something much more dangerous is approaching?
According to Jim Rickards, the CIA's Asymmetric Warfare Advisor, the answer is yes.
In a startling interview he reveals that all 16 U.S. Intelligence Agencies have begun to prepare for World War III.
Making matters worse, his colleagues believe it could begin within the next 6 months.
However, the ground zero location for this global conflict is what makes his interview a must-see for every American.
Take a few moments to watch it below and decide for yourself.
Eliminating 100 million U.S. tax returns
Eliminating 100 million U.S. tax returns
On March 28, the U.S. Justice Department sought to close a nationwide chain of income tax preparation shops it accuses of fraud. The action underscores the potential for abusive business practices that taxpayers face because Congress has failed to embrace technology that would eliminate most tax returns.
The Justice Department wants a federal judge to shut down Instant Tax Service, whose sole owner is Fesum Ogbazion of Dayton, Ohio, saying he is responsible for “extensive and pervasive tax fraud.” It also sued four of his 276 franchisees. The company has not responded to the lawsuit.
Congress could easily eliminate fraud by abusive tax preparers, as is alleged in the Ogbazion case, and save taxpayers billions of dollars annually, by simply ending mandatory filing of tax returns for most taxpayers.
About 100 million taxpayers — those whose income is entirely from wages and retirement funds, and who do not itemize deductions — should not have to file returns. The government already has the information it needs to calculate the taxes these people owe, once they supply their marital status and number of dependents. It would not take much to automate their income tax payments, as many other modern countries do.
I put the chances of Congress taking such a sensible course at one in 84,000. That’s about the same as the odds of being indicted for a tax crime in 2011, based on an analysis of official data by Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.
Congress will not act because individual income tax returns, which for most people are make-work that creates a drag on the economy, provide tidy revenues for Intuit, the maker of TurboTax software, H&R Block and other legitimate corporations that profit from preparing tax returns. These companies have considerable resources at their disposal to spend on lobbying politicians to keep the tax filing requirement. One sign of their determination: Intuit in 2006 donated $1 million in support of an unsuccessful candidate for California state controller who opposed optional state-prepared returns in California. Intuit has said there are serious problems with the program, which remains in operation, but in my view none of Intuit’s criticisms stands up to scrutiny.
A SIMPLER TAX CODE
Intuit, H&R Block and other tax firms say that they help people pay the least tax and avoid costly mistakes. But these concerns would be easily addressed by simplifying the tax code. In my view, any business that depends on government-induced inefficiency should be swept into the dustbin of history.
Another reason reform is unlikely is that politicians have learned from Republican pollster Frank Luntz over the years that riling up voters against the Internal Revenue Service attracts votes and campaign donations. Actually fixing the problem by ending tax filing for the vast majority would require politicians to come up with other ways to get donors to open their checkbooks. Republican politicians who follow Luntz’s advice seem not to realize they are attacking law enforcement, a strategy that would offend many of their donors if applied to the FBI or street cops.
Short of ending tax filing for most Americans, Congress could license tax preparers — instead of only requiring that they identify themselves with a unique number. We don’t trust amateurs to inspect elevators or audit charities, so why do we let just anyone charge for preparing tax returns? This is especially true given that U.S. Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson has thoroughly documented false and fraudulent reporting by tax preparers who are exempt from IRS professional conduct rules because they are not accountants, enrolled agents or lawyers.
The case of Instant Tax Service appears to be particularly egregious. The Justice Department alleges that the company charges its customers, who are mostly poor and unsophisticated, as much as $1,000 for 15 minutes of tax preparation. It “encourages its franchisees to lie to the IRS about anything,” the department said in court papers.
The government’s complaint quoted Ogbazion, the company’s owner, as saying that “every tax return being done is pretty much fraudulent” at a franchise in Los Angeles. Ogbazion did not revoke the franchise, but did sue it for royalties, the department said. According to the Justice Department, Ogbazion said he did not pay attention to customer complaints because, if he did, he “wouldn’t be able to sleep at night.”
Ogbazion’s business and personal phones are disconnected. At the one listed number that was answered a woman said he was no longer reachable there. Ogbazion also did not respond to messages to his work and home email addresses.
100 MILLION UNNECESSARY RETURNS
The Justice Department brings a high-profile tax case pretty much every year as the mid-April tax deadline approaches. But this misses the much bigger picture: More than 100 million unnecessary tax returns are filed each year, costing billions of dollars in software or preparation.
Meanwhile, the way Congress has written tax laws, and the way courts interpret them, makes it hard to pursue tax cheats. The average time for each criminal tax prosecution the Justice Department completed last year was 740 days, more than double the 345 days in 1992. Last year, the Justice Department completed only 3,656 criminal cases in which tax was the main charge, the analysis by Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse shows. No wonder the odds of a criminal tax indictment, while still minute, were 75 percent higher two decades ago.
The Justice Department relies on a law enforcement theory known as general deterrence. The strategy is to bring widely publicized cases to keep people in line. But the IRS criminal division website lists just 79 criminal cases in 2011. Figuring the others requires perusing 90 websites run by local U.S. Attorneys. Many convictions get little or no news coverage, which means zero general deterrence.
Canada, with a ninth of the U.S. population, listed all 204 tax convictions last year at the Canada Revenue Agency’s website. Claude St-Pierre, Canada’s director general for tax enforcement and disclosures, told me that posting all convictions is both a deterrence strategy and an effort to educate Canadians so they do not get lured into tax scams.
Congress should fund more prosecutions, many more, so the Justice Department does not have to reject 40 to 50 percent of criminal referrals by the IRS. Following Ottawa’s lead, the IRS should prominently post every criminal conviction and every request for a civil injunction (a much less expensive law enforcement strategy than prosecution) at its website.
The real solution, though, is to get rid of the archaic, frustrating make-work for 100 million taxpayers whose only benefit is profits for tax preparation firms.
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