Social Issues

Submitted by Michael Shedlock via MishTalk.com,

The Dallas Police and Fire Pension plan is severely underfunded. Not even a $1.1 billion taxpayer bailout the plan officials request will make the plan whole.

Discussion of a possible freeze in lump sum payments led to a run on withdrawals. The board still has not suspended lump sum payouts.

On Saturday, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings proposed targeting those who got rich from the system. This is sure to accelerate the run on assets via lump sum withdrawals.

Submitted by Amber Athey ad Cabot Phillips via CampusReform.org,

Submitted by Jayant Bhandari via Acting-Man.com,

A Brief Recap

India’s Prime Minister announced on 8th November 2016 that Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 banknotes will no longer be legal tender. Linked are Part-I, Part-II, Part-III, and Part-IV , which provide updates on the rapidly encroaching police state

Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith via OfTwoMinds blog,

With this list of manifestations in hand, we can practically write the headlines for 2017-2025 in advance.

After several relatively uneventful months passed in Germany without a major incident involving migrants or refugees, the local migrant debate was again reignited after German Police arrested a 17-year-old Afghan teenage refugee in a high profile sexual assault and murder case that had kept the residents of Freiburg, Germany in suspense for months.The old town is seen from the cathedral tower in Freiburg, Germany