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The next time you hear a politician use the    Word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about Whether you want the 'politicians' spending YOUR tax money.   A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,    But one advertising agency did a good job of Putting that figure into some perspective in One of its releases.   A.       A billion seconds ago it was 1959.   B.       A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.   C.       A billion hours ago our ancestors were    Living in the Stone Age.   D.       A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.   E.    A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, At the rate our government Is spending it.   While this thought is still fresh in our brain...    let's take a look at New Orleans .... It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division.   Louisiana Senator,    Mary Landrieu was asking Congress for       250 BILLION DOLLARS    To rebuild New Orleans . Interesting number...    What does it mean?   A.       Well .. If you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans    (every man, woman and child) You each get      $516,528   B.       Or... If you have one of the 188,251 homes in    New Orleans , your home gets   $1,329,787.   C.       Or... If you are a family of four..    Your family gets     $2,066,012.   Washington , D.C         HELLO!       Are all your calculators broken??   Building Permit Tax    CDL License Tax Cigarette Tax Corporate Income Tax Dog License Tax Federal Income Tax (Fed) Federal Unemployment Tax (FU TA) Fishing License Tax Food License Tax Fuel Permit Tax Gasoline Tax Hunting License Tax Inheritance Tax Inventory Tax IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax) IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax) Liquor Tax Luxury Tax Marriage License Tax Medicare Tax Property Tax Real Estate Tax Service charge Taxes Social Security Tax Road Usage Tax (Truckers) Sales Taxes Recreational Vehicle Tax School Tax   State Income Tax   State Unemployment Tax (SUTA) Telephone Federal Excise Tax Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax   Telephone State and Local Tax Telephone Usage Charge Tax Utility Tax Vehicle License Registration Tax Vehicle Sales Tax Watercraft Registration Tax Well Permit Tax Workers Compensation Tax (And to think, we left British Rule to avoid so many taxes)   STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?   Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago...    And our nation was the most prosperous in the world.   We had absolutely no national debt...    We had the largest middle class in the world... And Mom stayed home to raise the kids.   What happened?    Can you spell

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9 Shocking Facts About Our Border with Mexico

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by BRANDON DARBY & ILDEFONSO ORTIZ19 Apr 2017626

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1. It is common for the bodies of dead migrants to be found after starvation and exposure to heat on U.S. soil.

After illegal immigrants get past the river or fence, they still have to clear a secondary checkpoint by U.S. Border Patrol. Those checkpoints are routinely set up between 60 and 80 miles north of the border. In places like Falfurrias, Texas, human smugglers force illegal immigrants to walk dozens of miles through harsh desert-like terrain in order to get around the checkpoints. That harsh trek in addition to the extreme weather in Texas and Arizona often leads to fatal consequences where human smugglers often leave behind those who are not able to keep up with the pace. Unfortunately, the remoteness of those areas often leaves families searching for answers since many of the heavily decomposed bodies found in those areas remain unidentified.

2. The entire border is broken down into regions or “turf” controlled by Mexican narco-cartels.

Mexican cartels fight for the lucrative corridors into the U.S. and the turf they win extends deep into both countries. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s maps give a general overview of which regions specific groups control and the U.S. can be seen broken up into Mexican cartel turf. From the Tijuana Cartel south of San Diego all the way to the Gulf Cartel south of Texas along the Gulf of Mexico, each region is controlled by organized crime group factions operating under the banner of a Mexican “cartel.”

3. One U.S. border sector, Tucson, has Mexican cartel scouts operating deep within U.S. territory.

The remote regions in the Tucson Sector of Arizona have Sinaloa Cartel scouts who enter the U.S. and use radios to report on law enforcement presence for the purposes of guiding illegal loads of humans and narcotics into the interior of the U.S. These scouts are sometimes U.S. These scouts often hide near the tops of mountains and can call cartel strike teams to go after anyone who uses the territory without permission from the cartel — even though it’s U.S. soil.

4. U.S. law enforcement along the border are often afraid to be targeted by Mexican cartels.

Despite living in the U.S., federal agents do not want to be singled out by the Mexican drug cartels that they are fighting. Once they are singled out, cartel members are able to exact their revenge through various means. In 2016, a woman was arrested for falsely claiming that a particular U.S. DEA agent was receiving cartel bribes; the later woman recanted her story. In a similar fashion, in 2014, Mexico’s Gulf Cartel burned down the house of an investigator with the Starr County High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force, The Monitor reported at the time. According to statements made by the Starr County District Attorney, the arson was retribution for a series of drug busts made by the task force.

5. U.S. gangs act as enforcement and smugglers for Mexican cartels; this occurs along the border and as far north as Minnesota.

This fact is best proven by a news that broke in 2014 when a Sinaloa Cartel methamphetamine stash house was robbed in St. Paul Minnesota. The Mexican cartel hired gang members from California to fly to St. Paul and investigate the robbery. Two teenagers ended up kidnapped and tortured –one had his finger nearly severed from his hand — in the U.S. gang members effort to force the teens to reveal any information on the robbery.

6. Public corruption of both U.S. politicians and law enforcement officers is common along the border.

While corruption is present in every American city, federal authorities have noted a disproportionate increase of public corruption cases in U.S. border cities. Police officers, county sheriff’s, federal agents and other officials within the law enforcement community have fallen prey to the lure of cartel cash. One of the most famous cases in South Texas dealt with the Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño who was receiving funds from a Mexican cartel leader in exchange for favors. In addition to Treviño, his department’s street level narcotics unit and crime stoppers program were engaged in stealing drug loads and selling them on the side. The practice of using cops to steal drug loads continues to be in use by various cells operating along the border.

7. Mexican cartels are paid and fueled by illegal immigration; no one crosses the border without paying the cartels.

As Mexican cartels continue to exert control over their territories, their ruthless methods have since transferred to another of their money making enterprises; human smuggling. The presence of the criminal element has turned the “quest for the American Dream” into a nightmare. Illegal immigrants are constantly extorted, the women are often raped, and anyone who dares to cross without paying the cartel fee faces serious consequences. Mexican drug cartels also routinely used human smuggling groups as diversions in order to move large drug loads over the river; some of the illegal immigrants who are not able to cover their smuggling fees are forced to move drugs.

8. Some factions of the Gulf and Los Zetas cartels routinely make as much or more from illegal immigration than from narcotics.

According to a report by the Texas Department of Public Safety, during the summer surge of 2014, Mexico’s Gulf Cartel made $38 million from human smuggling alone. According to that report, “nearly all illegal aliens who have illegally entered the United States made use of alien smuggling organizations (ASOs), nearly all of which are associated with Mexican cartels.”

9. Illegal Immigrants are often kidnapped by the cartels they are paying for permission to cross the border into the U.S.

In addition to the smuggling fees, which run from several thousand to tens of thousands of dollars depending on the immigrant’s country of origin, cartel members also make additional funds by kidnapping and holding illegal immigrants for ransom. Relatives are forced to wire funds to the cartel in Mexico to keep their relatives from being mutilated.

Brandon Darby is managing director and editor-in-chief of Breitbart Texas. He co-founded the Cartel Chronicles project with Ildefonso Ortiz and Stephen K. Bannon. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook. He can be contacted at bdarby@breitbart.com.

Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded the Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby and Stephen K. Bannon.  You can follow him on Twitter and on Facebook.

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REMEMBER THIS POEM WHEN YOU NEXT MEET AN OLDER PERSON WHO YOU MIGHT BRUSH ASIDE WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE YOUNG SOUL WITHIN. WE WILL ALL, ONE DAY, BE THERE, TOO!

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Someone sent this to me and I thought you might like reading this.  It's worth reading.

WHEN AN OLD WOMAN DIED IN THE GERIATRIC WARD OF A NURSING HOME IN MOOSOMIN, SASKATCHEWAN, IT WAS BELIEVED THAT SHE HAD NOTHING LEFT OF ANY VALUE.  LATER, WHEN THE NURSES WERE GOING THROUGH HER MEAGER POSSESSIONS, THEY FOUND THIS POEM.

ITS QUALITY AND CONTENT SO IMPRESSED THE STAFF THAT COPIES WERE MADE AND DISTRIBUTED TO EVERY NURSE IN THE HOSPITAL. ONE NURSE TOOK HER COPY TO ALBERTA.

THE OLD WOMAN'S SOLE BEQUEST TO POSTERITY HAS SINCE APPEARED IN THE CHRISTMAS EDITION OF THE NEWS MAGAZINE OF THE ST. LOUIS ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH.  A SLIDE PRESENTATION HAS ALSO BEEN MADE BASED ON THIS SIMPLE, BUT ELOQUENT,  POEM.

THIS LITTLE OLD WOMAN, WITH NOTHING LEFT TO GIVE TO THE WORLD, IS NOW THE AUTHOR OF THIS 'ANONYMOUS' POEM WINGING ACROSS THE INTERNET.

 CRABBY OLD LADY 

_What do you see nurses? . .. . What do you see?_
_What are you thinking .. .. .. when you're looking at me?_
_A crabby old lady .. .. .. not very wise,_
_Uncertain of habit .. .. .. with faraway eyes?_
_Who dribbles her food .. .. .. and makes no reply._
_When you say in a loud voice .. .. .. 'I do wish you'd try!'_
_Who seems not to notice .. .. .. the things that you do._
_And forever is losing .. .. .. A sock or shoe?_
_Who, resisting or not .. .. .. lets you do as you will,_
_With bathing and feeding .. .. .. a long day to fill?_
_Is that what you're thinking? .. .. .. Is that what you see?_
_Then open your eyes, nurse .. . .. you're not looking at me._

_I'll tell you who I am .. .. .. As I sit here so still,_
_As I do at your bidding, .. .. .. as I eat at your will._
_I'm a small girl of Ten . .. . with a father and mother,_
_Brothers and sisters .. .. .. who love one another._

_A young girl of Sixteen .. .. .. with wings on her feet._
_Dreaming that soon now .. .. .. a lover she'll meet._
_A bride soon at Twenty .. .. .. my heart gives a leap._
_Remembering, the vows .. .. .. that I promised to keep._

_At Twenty-Five, now .. .. .. I have young of my own._
_Who need me to guide .. .. .. a secure happy home._
_A woman of Thirty . .. .. My young now grown fast,_
_Bound to each other .. .. .. With ties that should last._

_At Forty, my young sons .. .. .. have grown and are gone,_
_But my man is beside me . .. . to see I don't mourn._
_At Fifty, once more, .. .. .. babies play 'round my knee,_
_Again, we know children .. .. .. My husband and me._

_Dark days are upon me .. .. .. my husband's now dead._
_I look at the future .. .. .. and shudder with dread._
_For my young are all rearing .. .. .. young of their own._
_And I think of the years .. .. . and the love that I've known._

_I'm now an old woman .. . .. and nature is cruel._
_'Tis jest to make old age .. .. .. look like a fool._
_The body, it crumbles .. .. .. grace and vigor depart._
_There is now a stone .. . .. where I once had a heart._

_But inside this old carcass .. .. .. a young girl still dwells,_
_And now and again .. .. .. my battered heart swells._
_I remember the joys .. .. .. I remember the pain._
_And I'm loving and living .. .. .. life over again._

_I think of the years, all too few .. .. .. gone too fast._
_And accept the stark fact .. .. . that nothing can last._
_So open your eyes, people .. .. .. open and see._
_Not a crabby old woman .. .. .. look closer .. .. .. see ME!!_
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REMEMBER THIS POEM WHEN YOU NEXT MEET AN OLDER PERSON WHO YOU MIGHT
BRUSH ASIDE WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE YOUNG SOUL WITHIN.  WE WILL ALL, ONE DAY, BE THERE, TOO!

PLEASE SHARE THIS POEM !
THE BEST AND MOST  BEAUTIFUL THINGS OF THIS WORLD CAN'T BE SEEN OR TOUCHED.
THEY MUST BE FELT BY THE HEART.

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Khaled Abu Toameh: Palestinians' Real Enemies: Arabs Mohammad Amin: Iran's Elections: Black Turbans vs. White Turbans...

In this mailing: Khaled Abu Toameh: Palestinians' Real Enemies: Arabs Mohammad Amin: Iran's Elections: Black Turbans vs. White Turbans Palestinians' Real Enemies: Arabs by Khaled Abu Toameh  •  April 17, 2017 at 5:00 am The Arab heads of state and monarchs do not like to be reminded of how badly they treat Palestinians and subject them to discriminatory and apartheid laws. It is not comfortable or safe to be a Palestinian in an Arab country. Scenes of lawlessness and anarchy inside Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank have also driven many residents to move to nearby cities and villages. Most refugees in the West Bank no longer live inside UNRWA-run camps. Let us end where we began: with the Palestinian (non)leadership. What has it done to help its people in the Arab countries? Nothing. No Palestinian leader will urge an emergency session of the UN Security Council to expose the ethnic cleansing and killing of Palestinians in Arab countries. No Palestinian leader will demand that the international media and human rights organizations investigate the atrocities perpetrated by Arabs on their Palestinian brethren. We are sure to see more such criminal silence when Abbas meets with the president of the United States.   A street celebration in Lebanon's Ain al-Hilweh camp, July 2015. (Image source: Geneva Call/Flickr) Palestinians living in refugee camps in the Arab world are facing ethnic cleansing, displacement, and death -- but their leaders in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are too busy tearing each other to pieces to notice or even, apparently, care much. Between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas, it looks as if they are competing for the worst leadership, not the best. Clearly, neither regime gives a damn about the plight of their people in the Arab world. PA President Mahmoud Abbas, who is scheduled to visit Washington in the coming weeks for his first meeting with US President Donald Trump, spends most of his time abroad. There is hardly a country in the world that he has not visited since he assumed office in January 2005. Continue Reading Article Iran's Elections: Black Turbans vs. White Turbans by Mohammad Amin  •  April 17, 2017 at 4:00 am Any distinction between "extremists" and "moderates" in Iran's political establishment is false. Whatever the results of the upcoming Iranian elections, there will be no shift in Tehran's human rights violations or core aims of regional hegemony and pursuit of nuclear weapons. What does matter is the behavior of the West, particularly the United States, in the near future. If it again resorts to cooperating with Iranian-backed forces in Iraq and Syria, Khamenei will not only be able to pursue his regional and global interests unfettered, but will be better equipped to contain crises at home.   Iran's elections have observers wondering whether the "white turban" incumbent, Hassan Rouhani (left), will retain his position or be defeated by his likely contender, Ebrahim Raisi (right), the "black turban" mullah. (Images source: Wikimedia Commons). The presidential elections in Iran, scheduled for May 19, have observers wondering whether the "white turban" incumbent, Hassan Rouhani, will retain his position, or be defeated by his likely contender, the "black turban" mullah, Ebrahim Raisi, known for his key role in the 1988 massacre of more than 30,000 political prisoners. More importantly, the question on Western minds is how and in what way the Islamic Republic will be affected by either outcome. The two periods in Iran's recent history that need to be examined in order to answer this question are that of the tenure of former firebrand President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005 to 2013), who also announced he is running again, and the one that has followed under Rouhani. Continue Reading Article

He Has Risen..Rejoice!

Norway: Threat of Jihad by Judith Bergman  •  April 15, 2017 at 5:00 am Norway seems to be making the same poorly thought-out choices as Britain. It has apparently not occurred to these authorities that encouraging Muslims in prison to study the Quran and hadiths, with their exhortations to jihad against the "infidels", may in itself serve to radicalize the inmates.   Najeeb ur Rehman Naz, recently appointed the first Muslim chaplain of the Norwegian military, gave advice to a woman in a forced marriage that it was her obligation to respect the duties and responsibilities of the marriage. Pictured: Head military chaplain Brigadier Alf Petter Hagesæther (left) congratulates Naz (right) on his appointment as military chaplain, March 1, 2017. (Image source: Norwegian Armed Forces/Torbjørn Kjosvold) The Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) just published in February its yearly threat assessment. It concluded -- as did its threat assessment for 2016 -- that Norway might experience an Islamic terrorist attack from Islamic State (ISIS) sympathizers acting upon ISIS's call to carry out independent attacks. The PST explains: "These calls to action are one reason why we have seen an increase over the last few years in the number of lone terrorist attacks in the West. The likeliest scenario for a terrorist attack in a Western country is an ISIL-/AQ-inspired attack carried out with a simple weapon against a target with little or no protection". "Lone wolf" attacks are rightly described as an actual terrorist strategy, rather than what the media likes to describe as random "mental illness". In addition, this threat assessment now fits all of Europe. The PST goes on to warn: Continue Reading Article

Chepe Diablo' Case (Upside Down): El Salvador Accuses, US Exonerates...

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Weekly InSight | 14 April 2017 News Analysis 'Chepe Diablo' Case (Upside Down): El Salvador Accuses, US Exonerates In a reversal befitting of his criminal career, "Chepe Diablo" has been taken off the US Treasury Department's "Kingpin List," even as he faces stiff money laundering charges in home country, El Salvador. Read More

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News An Extradition from Italy May Increase US-Mexico Tensions Colombia Drug Lord Freed After Surprise Rulings Arrest of Top MS13 Gang Leader in Guatemala Highlights Cooperation Video of Armed Inmates Shows Conditions in Panama Prisons Record Killings of Rio Police Are Part of Institutional Failure Mexico Ex-Governor Captured as PRI Tries to Clean Up Before Elections Fmr Trinidad & Tobago Minister Latest to Call for State of Emergency Latin America Again Dominates World’s 50 Deadliest Cities Ranking Colombia's Multi-Billion Dollar Corruption Problem Could Impact Peace Deal More News Multimedia In last week’s Facebook Live conversation, Senior Investigator Héctor Silva Ávalos and Senior Editor Mike LaSusa discussed the implications of the recent arrest of “Chepe Diablo,” the suspected head of El Salvador’s Texis Cartel.