America

Submitted by Adam Taggart via PeakProsperity.com,

murder: a flock of crows

~ Miriam-Webster dictionary

In what is an almost complete reversal of Trump's immigration executive order, which temporarily banned the entry of refugees and citizens from seven mostly Muslim nations into the US, moments ago the Department of Homeland Security announced that "in accordance with the judge's ruling, DHS has suspended any and all actions implementing the affected sections of the Executive Order entitled, "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States." 

Iran does appears to not be taking Trump's escalating threats too seriously, because just one day after the US imposed restrictions on 25 Iranian individuals and entities in response to a ballistic missile test last week (a move which provoked Tehran to answer by saying it would disclose the names of US individuals and companies involved in "helping and founding" terrorist groups), Iran carried out more missile tests during a military exercise on Saturday. 

President Trump lashed out at Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham for attacking his policies, saying they are “always” trying to start World War 3. Trump made the remarks in a number of tweets shortly after the two senators published a joint statement against his recent directive to ban the people of seven Muslim majority countries from entering America. The joint statement of former presidential candidates John McCain & Lindsey Graham is wrong – they are sadly weak on immigration. The two… — Donald J.

Submitted by Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com,

The Purpose of Decadence and the Pleasures of Coercion

I guess you’ve noticed by now that the center didn’t hold. Instead of a secure platform for political premises like tradition, precedent, rationality, and cultural norms, you see a fiery maw of sheer emotion between the camps of the so-called Left and the so-called Right.