Americans in 'Poverty' Have TVs, VCRs, Cell Phones, Air Conditioning
American poverty just ain’t what it used to be. A new report from the Census Bureau found that 80.9% of households considered poverty stricken have cell phones along with their landline phones, and 58.2% have computers. 96.1% of those in “poverty” have televisions, and 83% have some sort of DVR.
The percentage owning refrigerators? 97.8%
Gas or electric stoves? 96.6%.
Microwaves? 93.2%
Air conditioning? Over 83%.
Washer? 68.7%
Dryer? 65.3%
People still don’t mind washing dishes, apparently; only 44.9% surveyed had a dishwasher.
David Petraeus Ambushed, Branded “War Criminal” by Protesters
Former CIA director mobbed on first day of new job
Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
September 12, 2013
A video shows former CIA director David Petraeus being ambushed by protesters on the streets of New York and branded a “war criminal.”
The footage shows Petraeus walking to his first day of
his new job as a visiting professor at The City University of New York
(CUNY). Petraeus seems unaffected as students hurl insults, labeling him
a “war criminal,” a “scumbag,” and a “fascist.”
“You’ve got blood all over you! I can smell you!” “You disgusting imperialist!” yells one protester.
The ambush was organized by an organization calling
itself the Ad Hoc Committee, a group of CUNY students attempting to
drive out “Death Squad” Petraeus and eliminate the Reserve Officers’
Training Corps (ROTC) program.
Both the aggressive behavior of the students and Petraeus’ actions as a military official in Iraq and Afghanistan led the Atlantic Wire to conclude that, “Neither side looks good.”
After training Iraqi forces during the U.S. occupation, Petraeus was accused
of ordering the intentional drone bombing funerals and other civilian
targets in Afghanistan, a war crime under the International Criminal
Court.
Petraeus has been a consistent supporter of military intervention in Syria and reiterated his stance during an appearance at Page Auditorium, Duke University last night.
The former CIA director also angered privacy advocates last year when he hailed the “Internet of things”
as a transformational boon for “clandestine tradecraft”. In other
words, people filling their homes with so-called “smart” devices would
mean the CIA wouldn’t have to implant bugs since people would be
wiretapping themselves.
Conservative group wants liberation for western Maryland
Fed up with taxes and Democratic dominance, they want to create 51 state
I
just returned from a pleasant trip to the mountains and rivers of
Garrett County to the dismaying news that a group of conservative
Republicans want Garrett and four other Maryland counties to break away
and form the 51st state so they can live happily ever after.
I spoke Monday to the leader of what's called the Western Maryland Initiative. Scott Strzelczyk is his name. He doesn't like the word "secession." He's talking about something different — the formation of a new state out of five counties. The U.S. Constitution allows regions to separate with approval from the state legislature and Congress. There are similar efforts around the country. West Virginia is the last state to successfully break away from another, and that was 150 years ago.
I spoke Monday to the leader of what's called the Western Maryland Initiative. Scott Strzelczyk is his name. He doesn't like the word "secession." He's talking about something different — the formation of a new state out of five counties. The U.S. Constitution allows regions to separate with approval from the state legislature and Congress. There are similar efforts around the country. West Virginia is the last state to successfully break away from another, and that was 150 years ago.
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