Sheriff Mike Brasfield declined an invitation from the patrol to seek federal funds, saying language in the Operation Stonegarden proposal describing illegal aliens as "criminal aliens" and requiring agencies to detain and turn over people
Fannie Mae will drop some credit-score requirements, reduce income-documentation standards and waive the need for appraisals in some cases, according to a notice yesterday to lenders posted on the Washington-based company’s Web site.
In market dynamics, prices can move far below what fundamentals justify,” Roubini said in an interview in Moscow. “There is still a massive downside for equities in the region.”
RealtyTrac, the foreclosure research firm, recently found that 70% of the bank-owned homes it reviewed in Florida, California, Wisconsin and Maryland were not listed for sale on the multiple listing service.
Is this a capitalist system or is it a communist one? Do we have a rule of law? Are regulations transparent, clean, and above-board, or have we become a command economy worse than the former USSR in which private property is literally destroyed and
How long will it be before you threaten Congress with Martial Law - you know, tanks, rifles, shooting civilians?
I thought that sort of crap left office on January 20th with Paulson and Bush.
The fact that the price of a barrel of oil has dropped from $147 down to $40 might have something to do with the fact that their real estate market is crashing. A lot can happen in only 8 months. Five minute video.
The Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee expressed concern on Wednesday over the sharp jump in net borrowing needs – which market analysts estimate could reach $1,500bn to $2,500bn for the 2009 financial year.
The U.S. Border Patrol on Monday ordered an investigation of allegations by agents in Southern California that they were given arrest quotas and threatened with punishment if they failed to meet them.
The Obama administration has published a high-level plan to protect U.S. computer networks, saying it considers cyber infrastructure “a strategic asset” and will appoint a cyber adviser who will report directly to the president.
The six-point outl
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Wednesday that a five-day targeted fugitive enforcement operation last week in Miami, Broward, Palm Beach, Orlando and Tampa areas resulted in the arrest of 117 fugitive aliens and immigration
The Mobile Strike Force, created late last year, includes two companies of 48 officers each. They've been patrolling the Marquette, Harrison, Austin and Grand Central districts.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the court said. Pancreatic cancer is often deadly, although the court said doctors apparently found Ginsburg's cancer at an early stage.
"Glanage," like refusing to bathe, is a French tradition that reaches back to the Middle Ages, when people would go over the fields after the harvest and gather any crops that remained.
But today, the practice is becoming more widespread
Linda Thomsen Director of Enforcement for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Andy Vollmer the SEC’s Acting General Counsel are side step questions as they are grilled by Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY).
The Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), based in Rome, Italy is an international organization jointly created in 1962 by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) of the United Nations “allegedly” to protec
Are you an economy with performance issues? If you find it hard to achieve and maintain growth, maybe Stimulis is right for you. Take Stimulis once every election cycle or whenever you’re in need of economic enhancement.
In the case of a growing number of U.S. states, it is not so much economic decline and moral degradation pointing the way to a “disintegration,” but rather violations of the Tenth Amendment.
A surprise for me is the apparent scale of the comet described. It is as big as the atmosphere of Jupiter. This means that when it becomes time to terraform Venus, one such comet will be perfect. This is a much more tractable problem. Find the rig
[as long as bottom means another third drop in value] U.S. housing markets from Florida to California have suffered price drops of 50% or more from their peak, but now, at long last, a bottom is within sight, likely in the fourth quarter nationally,
[change] President Barack Obama established a office of faith-based initiative with a broader mission than the one overseen by President Bush. Obama said the office would reach out to organizations that provide help "no matter their religious or
The Labor Department said the number of newly jobless workers seeking benefits rose last week to a seasonally adjusted 626,000, from the previous week's upwardly revised figure of 591,000. The latest total is far more than analysts' expectati
Israel's ambassador to Sweden has become the latest public figure to be targeted by a shoe-throwing protester. Police said Ambassador Benny Dagan was hit on the leg by the shoe, one of several projectiles thrown when he turned up to address a stu
First aired on BBC, this documentary was like a wooden stake into the heart of the theory of Global Warming. 2 years ago we first made this movie available here on FreedomsPhoenix. Since then the impact of this film has been,... interesting. Enjoy!
Russia plans to start up a nuclear reactor at Iran's Bushehr plant by the end of the year, the head of Russia's state nuclear corporation said on Thursday.