A fake US embassy successfully operating for 10 years has been discovered and shut down in Ghana, West Africa. For about a decade criminals have been operating a fake US embassy in Ghana’s capital Accra, flying the American flag and issuing visas. The fraud came to light during “Operation Spartan Vanguard” initiated by the real US embassy in Ghana.
Authored by Paul Craig Roberts,
You’ve likely seen the population density map of the United States in one form or another. A lot of people per square mile reside in big cities, fewer people reside in suburban areas, and a lot fewer people reside in rural areas.
But as FlowingData.com's Nathan Yau explains, cities weren’t always cities though. Rural wasn’t always rural. If you look at people per square mile over a couple of centuries, you get a better idea of how the country developed.
Submitted by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,
With Carrier setting the precedent for what future negotiations with the Trump administration may look like, Ford CEO Mark Fields has come forward to layout potential policy changes that would be important to preserving auto jobs in the United States. Not surprisingly, per an interview with Bloomberg, Fields' opening "ask" focused on less restrictive fuel economy standards, new currency-manipulation rules to promote free and fair trade and corporate tax reform.