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Margarito Andrés Velásquez, Sabino Salvador and Irma López AurelioPhotos courtesy of Eloy Pacheco López/FacebookMexican congressional action seeks sanctions against those responsible for not providing medical attention to indigenous mother who gave birth on a grassy lawn outside a clinic and the termination of the clinic director.By H. Nelson GoodsonOctober 12, 2013San Felipe Jalapa de Díaz, Oaxaca, Mexico...

Photos: FacebookNineteen protesters taken into custody for chaining themselves into the rims of Operation Streamline Court ICE buses, federal court fences and blocking ICE buses.By H. Nelson GoodsonOctober 11, 2013Tucson, Arizona - On Friday, at least nineteen Not1More protesters were taken into custody for blocking ICE buses on an I-10 off ramp on Fontage and 18th St. by chaining themselves to tire rims and immobilizing...

The following chart shows production and nonsupervisory employee hours worked in long-distance general  freight trucking by hours worked in air transportation.Click to enlarge.Expectation:Bald Eagle with Fish (Yathin S Krishnappa)Realization:Pygoscelis papua (Stan Shebs)Source Data:BLS: Employme...

Good Ole DaysA Commentary by J. D. Longstreet********************  An old friend and I were conversing recently and reminiscing about the world we grew up in as opposed to the world we actually live in today. It is something “old-timers” like us have been doing since the dawn of time. We were comparing the price of gasoline where he lives as opposed to the price for the same gasoline here, where I live, on the...

Eddie Sotelo, "El Piolin"Next week El Piolin will begin transmitting his Spanish language radio program on SiriusXM via satellite. By H. Nelson GoodsonOctober 11, 2013Los Angeles, CA - On October 18, Eddie Sotelo, aka, "El Piolin" will begin transmitting his Spanish language radio show on SiriusXM. The El Piolin live radio show will be heard on channel 147 from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. (Pacific), Monday thru Friday.Fans...

VIEW MORE...I like to call this look "Pattern Blocking" after one of my Pinterest board, where I like to collect all kind of outfits with mixed prints. Even though this print is almost the same on both skirt and shirt, it still delivers a bold impact and for sure the colors are having a good input in this -blocking - result!                         ...

Etsy. Just the word makes my heart pitter patter. Whenever I have something that I need to do but would rather put off (laundry, dishes, etc.) I go on Etsy for awhile instead. It's a much better use of time in my opinion."Big deal Elizabeth, everybody loves Etsy." I hear you, but here is my fess up - I have 17 pages of  saved Items I Love. It is a sickness people. I try to go in and periodically clean the list...

Daisy Gutiérrez,  Salvador Gutiérrez, José Reyes Ramos and Jorge Monaca RamosFoul odor and smelly buried dismembered corpse in backyard alerted neighbors to call police.By H. Nelson GoodsonOctober 10, 2013Chicago, Illinois - Last Friday, Chicago police detectives after executing a warrant dug up multiple plastic garbage bags containing the decaying dismemberment body parts of José Reyes Ramos, 30, of Honduras....

Scott Walker and Mary BurkeWalker asked for a legislative special session to approve a $100 million property tax cut in Wisconsin.By H. Nelson GoodsonOctober 10, 2013Madison, WI - On Thursday, Governor Scott Walker announced that he is proposing a $100 million property tax cut and relief for Wisconsin families, seniors, farmers and small businesses,  according to Governor Walker's Facebook page. The proposed plan...

Can It Be Fixed?  Do We Want To? A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet********************I had a meeting a few days ago with a man I have known for at least thirty years. He is a registered democrat ... a CONSERVATIVE democrat.  (Yes, we do have conservative democrats in North Carolina.  My Congressman is a conservative democrat.) Our political philosophies run parallel, though I am an Independent. Our...

Jamison "Carlos" Moser and Encarnación Bail RomeroA Missouri appeals court ruled that a lower court's decision to terminate child custody of an undocumented Guatemalan mother was affirmed.By H. Nelson GoodsonOctober 9, 2013Carthage, Missouri - On Monday, a Missouri appellate court ruled unanimously that a lower court decision to terminate Encarnación Bail Romero, 36, custody of her son now age 6 was justified....

VIEW MORE....And here it is: The NYFW video we shoot with Polyvore is now live on YouTube! It is my first video and you can probably notice that I'm a little bit nervous :)))I hope you like it! FACEBOOK . BLOGLOVIN . INSTAGR...

Banking on the go is about to get a little easier.Westminster Savings has become the first financial institution in Canada  to roll out a service that lets its clients deposit cheques to their accounts using their smartphones or other mobile devices.While ING Direct Canada is pilot testing mobile phone cheque deposits and other Canadian banks are expected to offer similar services soon, Westminster Savings’ April...

Obamacare: Dead on Arrival, A Prescription for Disaster reveals the true intentions behind the ill-conceived health legislation bearing our President’s name. In the event this egregious law is fully implemented the level of detriment to our society will be enormous. This book describes, through many examples, how government managed health care leads only in one direction: decreased access and rationing. Insufficient...

by: Les CarpenterRational Nation USALiberty -vs- TyrannyIt is not at all surprising that this week's Gallop Poll shows the American people now view the federal government as a larger problem than the economy. This at the same time President Obama's favorably hits a new low according to a recent AP Poll... "53 percent unhappy with his performance and 37 percent approving of it. "PRINCETON, NJ -- Americans are now more...

It is only week 2 of the One Room Challenge (read week 1 here) and it is already time to get down and dirty - aka carpet removal.Now in the interest of full disclosure, we removed the carpet several weeks ago, as soon as the leak was stopped and fixed, for obvious reasons. The carpet was already gross from years of kids, dogs, snacks etc. but the water made it officially unacceptable.Since I am not a fan of carpet,...

The following chart shows the 12-month moving average of annualized production and nonsupervisory death care services employee minutes worked per capita.Click to enlarge.Source Data:BLS: EmploymentSt. Louis Fed: Populati...

America: closed for business America has traveled on many roads, yet the present shut down may be one of the most treacherous of them all. An ongoing game of chicken, between President Obama and Speaker John Boehner, could be the ultimate ride a country in recession does not need. The House of Representatives’ mandate is to originate funding measures that control every aspect of our economy. In 2010 a Democrat...

The following chart shows the 12-month moving average of annualized production and nonsupervisory sign (durable goods) employee minutes worked per capita.Click to enlarge.New businesses need signs. Right?The signs aren't looking so good, both short-term and long-term.Update:After further review, I noticed that the chart's data was per capita and not per 1,000 people. That's been fixed.Source Data:BLS: EmploymentSt....

The following chart shows the 12-month moving average of annualized production and nonsupervisory investment advice employee minutes worked per capita.Click to enlarge.As seen in the long-term trend, the "expert" advice is spewing exponentially. It's as if the floodgates have been opened. That said, it looks like we're starting to run out of greater fools again though. Oh oh.The next chart shows the 12-month moving...