Politics

New emails published by the U.S. Department of State reveal the real motives behind the international invasion of Libya.  The new emails of Hillary Clinton reveal that the real reason behind the invasion were primarily the countries large gold and oil reserves, and the extension of French influence in North Africa. Fort Russ reports: The U.S. State Department has published a series of emails that reveal the volume of gold reserves of Gaddafi.

Nigel Farage has spoken out against the increasing dangers to women in Europe who he says are being “molested regularly in certain districts”.  The former UKIP leader says that recent events in Cologne, where large groups of women were raped on New Year’s Eve, points to “an unconditional German surrender” due to the response by German authorities to the crisis. Breitbart.com reports: German girls in public actually dress and behave more conservatively than in many parts of the United Kingdom.

Submitted by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute,

Government owned and subsidized lands in the American West have been a source of conflict among competing interest groups since the 19th century. Since the very beginning of white settlement, lands have been used by the federal government as part of a political scheme to subsidize and reward certain groups while punishing others. 

When it comes to Texas' relationship with the Federal government, the word "rocky" comes to mind. And nobody embodies said rockiness better than Texas governor Greg Abbott, who recently made headlines after announcing that irrelevant of D.C.'s demands, Texas would refuse to accept any Syrian refugees.

Late last month, amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran, Iran conducted a live-fire exercise in the Strait of Hormuz in close proximity to the USS Harry Truman, one of Ash Carter’s fleet of aircraft carriers.

The US called the incident a “provocation” as the rockets landed a mere 1,500 yards from two US ships.