Obama’s EO 13603 Reintroduces Slavery to America

Maybe this picture located near baggage claim at Denver International Airport will make a little more sense after reading this article.

As you read the following paragraphs, please keep in mind that the United States is already in a state of national emergency declared by President George W. Bush on September 14, 2001 and this was extended last year by President Obama. As the reader will clearly see in this article, this means that the United States is now in a state of martial law.

Executive Order 13603 Declares de facto Martial Law

“Papers please,” was a phrase that Americans used to utter in sarcastic tones in order to cast a negative light upon the totalitarianism of first Hitler and then later, Stalin. In the present era, Obama has issued a similar edict and your papers have been issued to each and every one of us and those papers say that we are literal slaves to the state. Yes, under Obama’s Executive Order (EO) 13603, all Americans are now slaves to the whim of the state under both emergency and non-emergency conditions. Legal scholars agree, we are under martial law and it is totally unconstitutional and illegal.

The Legitimate Authority for Government Comes from the Constitution

Article I, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution states: “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States.” The  key phrase here is: herein granted. Those powers granted to Congress by the States and the People are delineated in Article I, and primarily in Section 8 of the same. Nowhere does the Constitution say that federal agencies can “allocate” all food, energy, water, food and all labor. However, this is precisely what EO 13603 calls for. This EO would be concerning enough. However, this EO turns every American into a slave through the stroke of Obama’s pen.

Loving Your Enslavement

According to EO 13603, the President, or the head of any federal agency that he shall designate, can conscript “persons of outstanding experience and ability without compensation,” in both “peacetime and times of national emergency.”  I can hear the Obama supporters now as they will write to me and say, “Obama would never do that, you are drinking from the Kool-Aid”.  Well, here it is, you can read it for yourself.

Sec. 502.  Consultants.  The head of each agency otherwise delegated functions under this order is delegated the authority of the President under sections 710(b) and (c) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2160(b), (c), to employ persons of outstanding experience and ability without compensation and to employ experts, consultants, or organizations.  The authority delegated by this section may not be redelegated.

This means that Obama, and his fellow communists, can seize any resource, property, or person at any time for any reason, including being able to force that person to perform assigned labor without being paid.

There is only ONE word for forced, “uncompensated employment”. That would is slavery. Congratulations President Obama, you have effectively repealed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.

Section 601 of the act specifies, in part, how far the government can go in terms of making you their slave.

Sec. 601. Secretary of Labor. (a) The Secretary of Labor, in coordination

with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of other agencies, as deemed

appropriate by the Secretary of Labor, shall:

(1) collect and maintain data necessary to make a continuing appraisal

of the Nation’s workforce needs for purposes of national defense;

(2) upon request by the Director of Selective Service, and in coordination

with the Secretary of Defense, assist the Director of Selective Service

in development of policies regulating the induction and deferment of

persons for duty in the armed services;

(3) upon request from the head of an agency with authority under this

order, consult with that agency with respect to: (i) the effect of contemplated

actions on labor demand and utilization; (ii) the relation of

labor demand to materials and facilities requirements; and (iii) such other

matters as will assist in making the exercise of priority and allocations

functions consistent with effective utilization and distribution of labor;

(4) upon request from the head of an agency with authority under this

order: (i) formulate plans, programs, and policies for meeting the labor

requirements of actions to be taken for national defense purposes; and

(ii) estimate training needs to help address national defense requirements

and promote necessary and appropriate training programs

If the above section was merely going to be a military draft, then the Secretary of Labor would not have to be involved. However, as you will note the “Secretary of Labor, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and heads of other agencies, as deemed appropriate by the Secretary of Labor, shall: …assist in the development of policies regulating the induction and deferment of persons for duty in the armed services;… formulate plans, programs, and policies for meeting the labor requirements of actions to be taken for national defense purposes; and (ii) estimate training needs to help address national defense requirements and promote necessary and appropriate training programs…”.  Refer back to section 502 of sections 710(b) and (c) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2160(b), (c);  these are the people that the Secretary of the Labor will conscript in order “to employ persons of outstanding experience and ability without compensation and to employ experts, consultants, or organizations”.

This, my fellow Americans, is a civilian conscription and this is why the Secretary of Labor is in charge instead of the head of the Selective Service! Under these provisions, the government believes that they can send you anywhere, to work on anything of their choosing.

The Other Shoe Has Already Dropped

This is not some futuristic drama in which we are awaiting for the other shoe to drop. These policies are underway right here, right now. Consider the questionnaire which has been given to all employees by the Arizona Department of Education in which education employees are required to fill out the following assessment of job skills as the government begins to inventory job skills on behalf of FEMA and DHS.

FEMA has published a training manual which serves as the rough draft model for school safety to be enacted by all 50 versions of the State Department of Education, in times of an emergency. Of particular importance and relevance is a document  from the Arizona Department of Education entitled “Staff Skills Survey and Inventory“, which is located on page 76 of their school safety manual.

The following is a verbatim copy and paste of the referenced document.

Arizona Department of Education

STAFF SKILLS SURVEY & INVENTORY

YOUR NAME  ______________________________

SCHOOL        _______________________________

ROOM            _______________________________

During any disaster situation, it is important to be able to draw from all available resources.  The special skills, training and capabilities of the staff will play a vital role in coping with the effects of any disaster incident.  These will be of paramount importance during and after a major or catastrophic disaster.  The purpose of this survey/inventory is to pinpoint those staff members with equipment and the special skills that may be needed.  Please indicate the areas that apply to you and return this survey to your administrator.

Please check, circle, or add expertise or training that you may have. 

First Aid (yes/no)current card		CPR (yes/no current)		Triage
Construction		Shelter Management		Camping
Emergency Management		Structural Engineering		Running/Jogging
Firefighting		Survival Training & Techniques		CB Radio
Law Enforcement		Search & Rescue		Food Preparation
Mechanical Ability(electrical, plumbing, carpentry, etc.)		Bus/Truck Driver(yes/no, Class 1 or 2 license,)		Recreational Leader
Nurse		Journalism		Other:
EMT or Paramedic		Waste Disposal
Ham Radio Operator
Multi-lingual (yes / no,   what language (s)

STAFF SKILLS SURVEY & INVENTORY continued

DO YOU KEEP A PERSONAL EMERGENCY KIT? _____________ in your car? _______ in your room? _______

DO YOU HAVE MATERIALS IN YOUR ROOM THAT WOULD BE OF USE DURING AN EMERGENCY?

(i.e., athletic bibs, traffic cones, carpet squares) _________ Yes _________ No

DO YOU HAVE EQUIPMENT OR ACCESS TO EQUIPMENT OR MATERIALS AT YOUR SCHOOL SITE THAT COULD BE USED AN IN EMERGENCY? _________ YES _______ NO

Please list equipment and materials.

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU FEEL MORE PREPARED SHOULD A DISASTER STRIKE WHILE YOU WERE AT SCHOOL?

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

___________________________________________________________

Where Will Obama’s Minions Send You?

Is this where we will be working at some future date?

Will the Obama administration, or some future administration, send you to a detention camp to work? Will you be transported overseas to work? It is obvious that families will be separated. If the parents are split up to different locations, what happens to the children? Will CPS raise your children in your absence? With legislation this broad, anything is possible.

Since we know that the administration will be controlling all food, will we all be systematically starved to death as we complete our work for the state? There is historical precedent for this statement.

I can only speak for myself, I will not submit to this tyranny. I would rather be dead than live under these types of conditions. If this does not motivate you to stand up to this tyranny, then nothing will.

Congratulations my fellow Americans, you are the property of the state. Now, what are we going to do about this latest brand of tyranny?

Appendix

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Vol. 77, No. 56

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Title 3—

The President

Executive Order 13603 of March 16, 2012

National Defense Resources Preparedness

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the

laws of the United States of America, including the Defense Production

Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), and section 301

of title 3, United States Code, and as Commander in Chief of the Armed

Forces of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

PART I—PURPOSE, POLICY, AND IMPLEMENTATION

Section 101. Purpose. This order delegates authorities and addresses national

defense resource policies and programs under the Defense Production Act

of 1950, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’).

Sec. 102. Policy. The United States must have an industrial and technological

base capable of meeting national defense requirements and capable of contributing

to the technological superiority of its national defense equipment

in peacetime and in times of national emergency. The domestic industrial

and technological base is the foundation for national defense preparedness.

The authorities provided in the Act shall be used to strengthen this base

and to ensure it is capable of responding to the national defense needs

of the United States.

Sec. 103. General Functions. Executive departments and agencies (agencies)

responsible for plans and programs relating to national defense (as defined

in section 801(j) of this order), or for resources and services needed to

support such plans and programs, shall:

(a) identify requirements for the full spectrum of emergencies, including

essential military and civilian demand;

(b) assess on an ongoing basis the capability of the domestic industrial

and technological base to satisfy requirements in peacetime and times of

national emergency, specifically evaluating the availability of the most critical

resource and production sources, including subcontractors and suppliers,

materials, skilled labor, and professional and technical personnel;

(c) be prepared, in the event of a potential threat to the security of

the United States, to take actions necessary to ensure the availability of

adequate resources and production capability, including services and critical

technology, for national defense requirements;

(d) improve the efficiency and responsiveness of the domestic industrial

base to support national defense requirements; and

(e) foster cooperation between the defense and commercial sectors for

research and development and for acquisition of materials, services, components,

and equipment to enhance industrial base efficiency and responsiveness.

Sec. 104. Implementation. (a) The National Security Council and Homeland

Security Council, in conjunction with the National Economic Council, shall

serve as the integrated policymaking forum for consideration and formulation

of national defense resource preparedness policy and shall make recommendations

to the President on the use of authorities under the Act.

(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall:

(1) advise the President on issues of national defense resource preparedness

and on the use of the authorities and functions delegated by this order;

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(2) provide for the central coordination of the plans and programs incident

to authorities and functions delegated under this order, and provide guidance

to agencies assigned functions under this order, developed in consultation

with such agencies; and

(3) report to the President periodically concerning all program activities

conducted pursuant to this order.

(c) The Defense Production Act Committee, described in section 701 of

this order, shall:

(1) in a manner consistent with section 2(b) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App.

2062(b), advise the President through the Assistant to the President and

National Security Advisor, the Assistant to the President for Homeland

Security and Counterterrorism, and the Assistant to the President for Economic

Policy on the effective use of the authorities under the Act; and

(2) prepare and coordinate an annual report to the Congress pursuant

to section 722(d) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2171(d).

(d) The Secretary of Commerce, in cooperation with the Secretary of

Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and other agencies, shall:

(1) analyze potential effects of national emergencies on actual production

capability, taking into account the entire production system, including

shortages of resources, and develop recommended preparedness measures

to strengthen capabilities for production increases in national emergencies;

and

(2) perform industry analyses to assess capabilities of the industrial base

to support the national defense, and develop policy recommendations

to improve the international competitiveness of specific domestic industries

and their abilities to meet national defense program needs.

PART II—PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS

Sec. 201. Priorities and Allocations Authorities. (a) The authority of the

President conferred by section 101 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2071, to

require acceptance and priority performance of contracts or orders (other

than contracts of employment) to promote the national defense over performance

of any other contracts or orders, and to allocate materials, services,

and facilities as deemed necessary or appropriate to promote the national

defense, is delegated to the following agency heads:

(1) the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to food resources, food resource

facilities, livestock resources, veterinary resources, plant health

resources, and the domestic distribution of farm equipment and commercial

fertilizer;

(2) the Secretary of Energy with respect to all forms of energy;

(3) the Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to health

resources;

(4) the Secretary of Transportation with respect to all forms of civil transportation;

(5) the Secretary of Defense with respect to water resources; and

(6) the Secretary of Commerce with respect to all other materials, services,

and facilities, including construction materials.

(b) The Secretary of each agency delegated authority under subsection

(a) of this section (resource departments) shall plan for and issue regulations

to prioritize and allocate resources and establish standards and procedures

by which the authority shall be used to promote the national defense,

under both emergency and non-emergency conditions. Each Secretary shall

authorize the heads of other agencies, as appropriate, to place priority ratings

on contracts and orders for materials, services, and facilities needed in

support of programs approved under section 202 of this order.

(c) Each resource department shall act, as necessary and appropriate,

upon requests for special priorities assistance, as defined by section 801(l)

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of this order, in a time frame consistent with the urgency of the need

at hand. In situations where there are competing program requirements

for limited resources, the resource department shall consult with the Secretary

who made the required determination under section 202 of this order.

Such Secretary shall coordinate with and identify for the resource department

which program requirements to prioritize on the basis of operational urgency.

In situations involving more than one Secretary making such a required

determination under section 202 of this order, the Secretaries shall coordinate

with and identify for the resource department which program requirements

should receive priority on the basis of operational urgency.

(d) If agreement cannot be reached between two such Secretaries, then

the issue shall be referred to the President through the Assistant to the

President and National Security Advisor and the Assistant to the President

for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism.

(e) The Secretary of each resource department, when necessary, shall

make the finding required under section 101(b) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App.

2071(b). This finding shall be submitted for the President’s approval through

the Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor and the Assistant

to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism. Upon such

approval, the Secretary of the resource department that made the finding

may use the authority of section 101(a) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2071(a),

to control the general distribution of any material (including applicable

services) in the civilian market.

Sec. 202. Determinations. Except as provided in section 201(e) of this order,

the authority delegated by section 201 of this order may be used only

to support programs that have been determined in writing as necessary

or appropriate to promote the national defense:

(a) by the Secretary of Defense with respect to military production and

construction, military assistance to foreign nations, military use of civil

transportation, stockpiles managed by the Department of Defense, space,

and directly related activities;

(b) by the Secretary of Energy with respect to energy production and

construction, distribution and use, and directly related activities; and

(c) by the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to all other national

defense programs, including civil defense and continuity of Government.

Sec. 203. Maximizing Domestic Energy Supplies. The authorities of the President

under section 101(c)(1)–(2) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2071(c)(1)–

(2), are delegated to the Secretary of Commerce, with the exception that

the authority to make findings that materials (including equipment), services,

and facilities are critical and essential, as described in section 101(c)(2)(A)

of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2071(c)(2)(A), is delegated to the Secretary of

Energy.

Sec. 204. Chemical and Biological Warfare. The authority of the President

conferred by section 104(b) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2074(b), is delegated

to the Secretary of Defense. This authority may not be further delegated

by the Secretary.

PART III—EXPANSION OF PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY AND SUPPLY

Sec. 301. Loan Guarantees. (a) To reduce current or projected shortfalls

of resources, critical technology items, or materials essential for the national

defense, the head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national

defense, as defined in section 801(h) of this order, is authorized pursuant

to section 301 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2091, to guarantee loans by

private institutions.

(b) Each guaranteeing agency is designated and authorized to: (1) act

as fiscal agent in the making of its own guarantee contracts and in otherwise

carrying out the purposes of section 301 of the Act; and (2) contract with

any Federal Reserve Bank to assist the agency in serving as fiscal agent.

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(c) Terms and conditions of guarantees under this authority shall be determined

in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director

of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The guaranteeing agency

is authorized, following such consultation, to prescribe: (1) either specifically

or by maximum limits or otherwise, rates of interest, guarantee and commitment

fees, and other charges which may be made in connection with such

guarantee contracts; and (2) regulations governing the forms and procedures

(which shall be uniform to the extent practicable) to be utilized in connection

therewith.

Sec. 302. Loans. To reduce current or projected shortfalls of resources,

critical technology items, or materials essential for the national defense,

the head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense

is delegated the authority of the President under section 302 of the Act,

50 U.S.C. App. 2092, to make loans thereunder. Terms and conditions of

loans under this authority shall be determined in consultation with the

Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of OMB.

Sec. 303. Additional Authorities. (a) To create, maintain, protect, expand,

or restore domestic industrial base capabilities essential for the national

defense, the head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national

defense is delegated the authority of the President under section 303 of

the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2093, to make provision for purchases of, or commitments

to purchase, an industrial resource or a critical technology item for

Government use or resale, and to make provision for the development of

production capabilities, and for the increased use of emerging technologies

in security program applications, and to enable rapid transition of emerging

technologies.

(b) Materials acquired under section 303 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2093,

that exceed the needs of the programs under the Act may be transferred

to the National Defense Stockpile, if, in the judgment of the Secretary

of Defense as the National Defense Stockpile Manager, such transfers are

in the public interest.

Sec. 304. Subsidy Payments. To ensure the supply of raw or nonprocessed

materials from high-cost sources, or to ensure maximum production or supply

in any area at stable prices of any materials in light of a temporary increase

in transportation cost, the head of each agency engaged in procurement

for the national defense is delegated the authority of the President under

section 303(c) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2093(c), to make subsidy payments,

after consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of

OMB.

Sec. 305. Determinations and Findings. (a) Pursuant to budget authority

provided by an appropriations act in advance for credit assistance under

section 301 or 302 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2091, 2092, and consistent

with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, as amended (FCRA), 2 U.S.C.

661 et seq., the head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national

defense is delegated the authority to make the determinations set forth

in sections 301(a)(2) and 302(b)(2) of the Act, in consultation with the

Secretary making the required determination under section 202 of this order;

provided, that such determinations shall be made after due consideration

of the provisions of OMB Circular A–129 and the credit subsidy score

for the relevant loan or loan guarantee as approved by OMB pursuant to

FCRA.

(b) Other than any determination by the President under section 303(a)(7)(b)

of the Act, the head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national

defense is delegated the authority to make the required determinations,

judgments, certifications, findings, and notifications defined under section

303 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2093, in consultation with the Secretary

making the required determination under section 202 of this order.

Sec. 306. Strategic and Critical Materials. The Secretary of Defense, and

the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with the Secretary of Defense

as the National Defense Stockpile Manager, are each delegated the authority

of the President under section 303(a)(1)(B) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App.

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2093(a)(1)(B), to encourage the exploration, development, and mining of

strategic and critical materials and other materials.

Sec. 307. Substitutes. The head of each agency engaged in procurement

for the national defense is delegated the authority of the President under

section 303(g) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2093(g), to make provision for

the development of substitutes for strategic and critical materials, critical

components, critical technology items, and other resources to aid the national

defense.

Sec. 308. Government-Owned Equipment. The head of each agency engaged

in procurement for the national defense is delegated the authority of the

President under section 303(e) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2093(e), to:

(a) procure and install additional equipment, facilities, processes, or improvements

to plants, factories, and other industrial facilities owned by

the Federal Government and to procure and install Government-owned equipment

in plants, factories, or other industrial facilities owned by private

persons;

(b) provide for the modification or expansion of privately owned facilities,

including the modification or improvement of production processes, when

taking actions under sections 301, 302, or 303 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App.

2091, 2092, 2093; and

(c) sell or otherwise transfer equipment owned by the Federal Government

and installed under section 303(e) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2093(e), to

the owners of such plants, factories, or other industrial facilities.

Sec. 309. Defense Production Act Fund. The Secretary of Defense is designated

the Defense Production Act Fund Manager, in accordance with section

304(f) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2094(f), and shall carry out the

duties specified in section 304 of the Act, in consultation with the agency

heads having approved, and appropriated funds for, projects under title

III of the Act.

Sec. 310. Critical Items. The head of each agency engaged in procurement

for the national defense is delegated the authority of the President under

section 107(b)(1) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2077(b)(1), to take appropriate

action to ensure that critical components, critical technology items, essential

materials, and industrial resources are available from reliable sources when

needed to meet defense requirements during peacetime, graduated mobilization,

and national emergency. Appropriate action may include restricting

contract solicitations to reliable sources, restricting contract solicitations to

domestic sources (pursuant to statutory authority), stockpiling critical components,

and developing substitutes for critical components or critical technology

items.

Sec. 311. Strengthening Domestic Capability. The head of each agency engaged

in procurement for the national defense is delegated the authority

of the President under section 107(a) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2077(a),

to utilize the authority of title III of the Act or any other provision of

law to provide appropriate incentives to develop, maintain, modernize, restore,

and expand the productive capacities of domestic sources for critical

components, critical technology items, materials, and industrial resources

essential for the execution of the national security strategy of the United

States.

Sec. 312. Modernization of Equipment. The head of each agency engaged

in procurement for the national defense, in accordance with section 108(b)

of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2078(b), may utilize the authority of title III

of the Act to guarantee the purchase or lease of advance manufacturing

equipment, and any related services with respect to any such equipment

for purposes of the Act. In considering title III projects, the head of each

agency engaged in procurement for the national defense shall provide a

strong preference for proposals submitted by a small business supplier or

subcontractor in accordance with section 108(b)(2) of the Act, 50 U.S.C.

App. 2078(b)(2).

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PART IV—VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS AND ADVISORY COMMITTEES

Sec. 401. Delegations. The authority of the President under sections 708(c)

and (d) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2158(c), (d), is delegated to the heads

of agencies otherwise delegated authority under this order. The status of

the use of such delegations shall be furnished to the Secretary of Homeland

Security.

Sec. 402. Advisory Committees. The authority of the President under section

708(d) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2158(d), and delegated in section 401

of this order (relating to establishment of advisory committees) shall be

exercised only after consultation with, and in accordance with, guidelines

and procedures established by the Administrator of General Services.

Sec. 403. Regulations. The Secretary of Homeland Security, after approval

of the Attorney General, and after consultation by the Attorney General

with the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, shall promulgate rules

pursuant to section 708(e) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2158(e), incorporating

standards and procedures by which voluntary agreements and plans of action

may be developed and carried out. Such rules may be adopted by other

agencies to fulfill the rulemaking requirement of section 708(e) of the Act,

50 U.S.C. App. 2158(e).

PART V—EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL

Sec. 501. National Defense Executive Reserve. (a) In accordance with section

710(e) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2160(e), there is established in the executive

branch a National Defense Executive Reserve (NDER) composed of persons

of recognized expertise from various segments of the private sector and

from Government (except full-time Federal employees) for training for employment

in executive positions in the Federal Government in the event

of a national defense emergency.

(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall issue necessary guidance

for the NDER program, including appropriate guidance for establishment,

recruitment, training, monitoring, and activation of NDER units and shall

be responsible for the overall coordination of the NDER program. The authority

of the President under section 710(e) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2160(e),

to determine periods of national defense emergency is delegated to the

Secretary of Homeland Security.

(c) The head of any agency may implement section 501(a) of this order

with respect to NDER operations in such agency.

(d) The head of each agency with an NDER unit may exercise the authority

under section 703 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2153, to employ civilian

personnel when activating all or a part of its NDER unit. The exercise

of this authority shall be subject to the provisions of sections 501(e) and

(f) of this order and shall not be redelegated.

(e) The head of an agency may activate an NDER unit, in whole or

in part, upon the written determination of the Secretary of Homeland Security

that an emergency affecting the national defense exists and that the activation

of the unit is necessary to carry out the emergency program functions of

the agency.

(f) Prior to activating the NDER unit, the head of the agency shall notify,

in writing, the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism

of the impending activation.

Sec. 502. Consultants. The head of each agency otherwise delegated functions

under this order is delegated the authority of the President under sections

710(b) and (c) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2160(b), (c), to employ persons

of outstanding experience and ability without compensation and to employ

experts, consultants, or organizations. The authority delegated by this section

may not be redelegated.

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PART VI—LABOR REQUIREMENTS

Sec. 601. Secretary of Labor. (a) The Secretary of Labor, in coordination

with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of other agencies, as deemed

appropriate by the Secretary of Labor, shall:

(1) collect and maintain data necessary to make a continuing appraisal

of the Nation’s workforce needs for purposes of national defense;

(2) upon request by the Director of Selective Service, and in coordination

with the Secretary of Defense, assist the Director of Selective Service

in development of policies regulating the induction and deferment of

persons for duty in the armed services;

(3) upon request from the head of an agency with authority under this

order, consult with that agency with respect to: (i) the effect of contemplated

actions on labor demand and utilization; (ii) the relation of

labor demand to materials and facilities requirements; and (iii) such other

matters as will assist in making the exercise of priority and allocations

functions consistent with effective utilization and distribution of labor;

(4) upon request from the head of an agency with authority under this

order: (i) formulate plans, programs, and policies for meeting the labor

requirements of actions to be taken for national defense purposes; and

(ii) estimate training needs to help address national defense requirements

and promote necessary and appropriate training programs; and

(5) develop and implement an effective labor-management relations policy

to support the activities and programs under this order, with the cooperation

of other agencies as deemed appropriate by the Secretary of Labor,

including the National Labor Relations Board, the Federal Labor Relations

Authority, the National Mediation Board, and the Federal Mediation and

Conciliation Service.

(b) All agencies shall cooperate with the Secretary of Labor, upon request,

for the purposes of this section, to the extent permitted by law.

PART VII—DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT COMMITTEE

Sec. 701. The Defense Production Act Committee. (a) The Defense Production

Act Committee (Committee) shall be composed of the following members,

in accordance with section 722(b) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2171(b):

(1) The Secretary of State;

(2) The Secretary of the Treasury;

(3) The Secretary of Defense;

(4) The Attorney General;

(5) The Secretary of the Interior;

(6) The Secretary of Agriculture;

(7) The Secretary of Commerce;

(8) The Secretary of Labor;

(9) The Secretary of Health and Human Services;

(10) The Secretary of Transportation;

(11) The Secretary of Energy;

(12) The Secretary of Homeland Security;

(13) The Director of National Intelligence;

(14) The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency;

(15) The Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers;

(16) The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;

and

(17) The Administrator of General Services.

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(b) The Director of OMB and the Director of the Office of Science and

Technology Policy shall be invited to participate in all Committee meetings

and activities in an advisory role. The Chairperson, as designated by the

President pursuant to section 722 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2171, may

invite the heads of other agencies or offices to participate in Committee

meetings and activities in an advisory role, as appropriate.

Sec. 702. Offsets. The Secretary of Commerce shall prepare and submit

to the Congress the annual report required by section 723 of the Act, 50

U.S.C. App. 2172, in consultation with the Secretaries of State, the Treasury,

Defense, and Labor, the United States Trade Representative, the Director

of National Intelligence, and the heads of other agencies as appropriate.

The heads of agencies shall provide the Secretary of Commerce with such

information as may be necessary for the effective performance of this function.

PART VIII—GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 801. Definitions. In addition to the definitions in section 702 of the

Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2152, the following definitions apply throughout this

order:

(a) ‘‘Civil transportation’’ includes movement of persons and property

by all modes of transportation in interstate, intrastate, or foreign commerce

within the United States, its territories and possessions, and the District

of Columbia, and related public storage and warehousing, ports, services,

equipment and facilities, such as transportation carrier shop and repair

facilities. ‘‘Civil transportation’’ also shall include direction, control, and

coordination of civil transportation capacity regardless of ownership. ‘‘Civil

transportation’’ shall not include transportation owned or controlled by the

Department of Defense, use of petroleum and gas pipelines, and coal slurry

pipelines used only to supply energy production facilities directly.

(b) ‘‘Energy’’ means all forms of energy including petroleum, gas (both

natural and manufactured), electricity, solid fuels (including all forms of

coal, coke, coal chemicals, coal liquification, and coal gasification), solar,

wind, other types of renewable energy, atomic energy, and the production,

conservation, use, control, and distribution (including pipelines) of all of

these forms of energy.

(c) ‘‘Farm equipment’’ means equipment, machinery, and repair parts manufactured

for use on farms in connection with the production or preparation

for market use of food resources.

(d) ‘‘Fertilizer’’ means any product or combination of products that contain

one or more of the elements nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium for use

as a plant nutrient.

(e) ‘‘Food resources’’ means all commodities and products, (simple, mixed,

or compound), or complements to such commodities or products, that are

capable of being ingested by either human beings or animals, irrespective

of other uses to which such commodities or products may be put, at all

stages of processing from the raw commodity to the products thereof in

vendible form for human or animal consumption. ‘‘Food resources’’ also

means potable water packaged in commercially marketable containers, all

starches, sugars, vegetable and animal or marine fats and oils, seed, cotton,

hemp, and flax fiber, but does not mean any such material after it loses

its identity as an agricultural commodity or agricultural product.

(f) ‘‘Food resource facilities’’ means plants, machinery, vehicles (including

on farm), and other facilities required for the production, processing, distribution,

and storage (including cold storage) of food resources, and for the

domestic distribution of farm equipment and fertilizer (excluding transportation

thereof).

(g) ‘‘Functions’’ include powers, duties, authority, responsibilities, and

discretion.

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(h) ‘‘Head of each agency engaged in procurement for the national defense’’

means the heads of the Departments of State, Justice, the Interior, and

Homeland Security, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the

Central Intelligence Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,

the General Services Administration, and all other agencies with authority

delegated under section 201 of this order.

(i) ‘‘Health resources’’ means drugs, biological products, medical devices,

materials, facilities, health supplies, services and equipment required to

diagnose, mitigate or prevent the impairment of, improve, treat, cure, or

restore the physical or mental health conditions of the population.

(j) ‘‘National defense’’ means programs for military and energy production

or construction, military or critical infrastructure assistance to any foreign

nation, homeland security, stockpiling, space, and any directly related activity.

Such term includes emergency preparedness activities conducted pursuant

to title VI of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency

Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5195 et seq., and critical infrastructure protection

and restoration.

(k) ‘‘Offsets’’ means compensation practices required as a condition of

purchase in either government-to-government or commercial sales of defense

articles and/or defense services as defined by the Arms Export Control

Act, 22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq., and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations,

22 C.F.R. 120.1–130.17.

(l) ‘‘Special priorities assistance’’ means action by resource departments

to assist with expediting deliveries, placing rated orders, locating suppliers,

resolving production or delivery conflicts between various rated orders, addressing

problems that arise in the fulfillment of a rated order or other

action authorized by a delegated agency, and determining the validity of

rated orders.

(m) ‘‘Strategic and critical materials’’ means materials (including energy)

that (1) would be needed to supply the military, industrial, and essential

civilian needs of the United States during a national emergency, and (2)

are not found or produced in the United States in sufficient quantities

to meet such need and are vulnerable to the termination or reduction of

the availability of the material.

(n) ‘‘Water resources’’ means all usable water, from all sources, within

the jurisdiction of the United States, that can be managed, controlled, and

allocated to meet emergency requirements, except ‘‘water resources’’ does

not include usable water that qualifies as ‘‘food resources.’’

Sec. 802. General. (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 802(c) of

this order, the authorities vested in the President by title VII of the Act,

50 U.S.C. App. 2151 et seq., are delegated to the head of each agency

in carrying out the delegated authorities under the Act and this order,

by the Secretary of Labor in carrying out part VI of this order, and by

the Secretary of the Treasury in exercising the functions assigned in Executive

Order 11858, as amended.

(b) The authorities that may be exercised and performed pursuant to

section 802(a) of this order shall include:

(1) the power to redelegate authorities, and to authorize the successive

redelegation of authorities to agencies, officers, and employees of the

Government; and

(2) the power of subpoena under section 705 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App.

2155, with respect to (i) authorities delegated in parts II, III, and section

702 of this order, and (ii) the functions assigned to the Secretary of

the Treasury in Executive Order 11858, as amended, provided that the

subpoena power referenced in subsections (i) and (ii) shall be utilized

only after the scope and purpose of the investigation, inspection, or inquiry

to which the subpoena relates have been defined either by the appropriate

officer identified in section 802(a) of this order or by such other person

or persons as the officer shall designate.

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(c) Excluded from the authorities delegated by section 802(a) of this order

are authorities delegated by parts IV and V of this order, authorities in

section 721 and 722 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2170–2171, and the authority

with respect to fixing compensation under section 703 of the Act, 50 U.S.C.

App. 2153.

Sec. 803. Authority. (a) Executive Order 12919 of June 3, 1994, and sections

401(3)–(4) of Executive Order 12656 of November 18, 1988, are revoked.

All other previously issued orders, regulations, rulings, certificates, directives,

and other actions relating to any function affected by this order shall remain

in effect except as they are inconsistent with this order or are subsequently

amended or revoked under proper authority. Nothing in this order shall

affect the validity or force of anything done under previous delegations

or other assignment of authority under the Act.

(b) Nothing in this order shall affect the authorities assigned under Executive

Order 11858 of May 7, 1975, as amended, except as provided in section

802 of this order.

(c) Nothing in this order shall affect the authorities assigned under Executive

Order 12472 of April 3, 1984, as amended.

Sec. 804. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed

to impair or otherwise affect functions of the Director of OMB relating

to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and

subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit,

substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party

against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers,

employees, or agents, or any other person.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

March 16, 2012.

[FR Doc. 2012–7019

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Homeland Security to require digital features in driver's license

NEW YORK – Shades of Big Brother.

Just as you were wrapping your mind around the idea that under Obamacare and the accompanying changes in the health-care system, your medical records will be floating around in some online repository, available to far too many people, you’re being told you’ll soon have a National Identity Card and a Western Hemisphere-compliant travel document whether you want it or not, if you plan to drive in the United States.

The federal government says it soon will be enforcing its demands that state-issued driver’s licenses and ID cards comply with Department of Homeland Security standards.

DHS announced just before Christmas a final schedule for the full enforcement of the REAL ID Act of 2005.

That was set for a phased implementation beginning in January 2014 and full-scale enforcement planned no later than May 2017, at which time the federal government will no longer accept state-issued driver’s licenses and ID cards that do not meet the minimum security standards set by DHS.

For many Americans, the full implementation of the REAL ID act is certain to trigger unfortunate memories of World War II and the modus operandi of fascist, totalitarian states, where travelers and ordinary citizens on the street are stopped by authorities and demanded, “Your papers, please!”

In the U.S., the justification for the REAL ID Act of 2005 was the concern for enhanced travel security after the 9/11 Commission documented several of the 9/11 terrorists had valid state-issued driver’s licenses and were able to freely board airplanes even though they were terrorists who had entered the U.S. illegally.

Among the DHS requirements for a state-issued driver’s license to be DHS-compliant will be the presentation by the applicant of a valid birth certificate, verification of the applicant’s Social Security Number or documentation the person is not eligible for Social Security, and proof the applicant is either a U.S. citizen or lawfully admitted to the U.S. as a permanent or temporary resident.

Further, driver’s license and IDs issued by the states will have to meet stringent requirements as set by the federal government.

To qualify as DHS-compliant, state-issued driver’s licenses and ID cards must have built-in security features to prevent tampering, counterfeiting, and duplication of the documents for a fraudulent purpose.

They also much have features that establish the individual’s identity, including but not limited to full facial digital photographs, plus machine readable coded information in the form of a bar code that captures the key printed information on the card, such as name of the applicant, address, gender, unique driver’s license or card-identification number, state of issuance, date of application, and date of expiration.

Such state-issued enhanced drivers licenses, or EDLs, must be issued in state facilities in which all employees undergo background checks, including federal and state criminal record searches, as well as with technology that permit the state-issued cards to comply fully with travel rules issued under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, or WHTI, such that the EDLs meet valid passport minimums for travel within the United States, Canada, and Mexico, as well as with Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda.

With this announcement, DHS is putting state governments on notice that by May 2017, states not complying with REAL ID requirements will find that their state-issued driver’s licenses and ID cards will not be considered valid by the federal government, such that individuals with non-compliant identification may be prohibited from passing through Transportation Security Administration security to travel on airlines on trains within the United States or internationally.

“States have made considerable progress in meeting the need identified by the 9/11 Commission to make driver’s licenses and other identification more secure,” said David Heyman, DHS assistant secretary for policy. “DHS will continue to support their efforts to enhance the security in an achievable way that will make all of our communities safer.”

In the agency’s Dec. 20 announcement, DHS commended the 21 states that already meet the act’s minimum standards for their leadership in improving security for state-issued driver’s licenses and identification cards: Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

DHS also announced extensions for 20 states and territories that have provided information demonstrating that they are on the pathway toward achieving full compliance, including Arkansas, California, District of Columbia, Guam, Idaho, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Virginia.

DHS made clear 75 percent of all U.S. drivers currently hold licenses from state jurisdictions deemed to meet the REAL ID standards, or from states that have received extensions.

As of Dec. 20, 2013, DHS listed the following states/territories as not yet REAL ID compliant: Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Marianas, Oklahoma, and Washington State.

DHS said TSA will continue to accept driver’s licenses and state-issued identification cards from all jurisdictions until at least 2016, meaning that enforcement for boarding aircraft will not begin until then.


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Obama's Top 10 Constitutional Violations Of 2013

Brainlike Computers..they are Learning From Experience

Kwabena Boahen holding a biologically inspired processor attached to a robotic arm in a laboratory at Stanford University.
ERIN LUBIN / THE NEW YORK TIMESBy JOHN MARKOFF


PALO ALTO, Calif. — Computers have entered the age when they are able to learn from their own mistakes, a development that is about to turn the digital world on its head.

The first commercial version of the new kind of computer chip is scheduled to be released in 2014. Not only can it automate tasks that now require painstaking programming — for example, moving a robot’s arm smoothly and efficiently — but it can also sidestep and even tolerate errors, potentially making the term “computer crash” obsolete.

The new computing approach, already in use by some large technology companies, is based on the biological nervous system, specifically on how neurons react to stimuli and connect with other neurons to interpret information. It allows computers to absorb new information while carrying out a task, and adjust what they do based on the changing signals.

In coming years, the approach will make possible a new generation of artificial intelligence systems that will perform some functions that humans do with ease: see, speak, listen, navigate, manipulate and control. That can hold enormous consequences for tasks like facial and speech recognition, navigation and planning, which are still in elementary stages and rely heavily on human programming.

Designers say the computing style can clear the way for robots that can safely walk and drive in the physical world, though a thinking or conscious computer, a staple of science fiction, is still far off on the digital horizon.

“We’re moving from engineering computing systems to something that has many of the characteristics of biological computing,” said Larry Smarr, an astrophysicist who directs the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, one of many research centers devoted to developing these new kinds of computer circuits.

Conventional computers are limited by what they have been programmed to do. Computer vision systems, for example, only “recognize” objects that can be identified by the statistics-oriented algorithms programmed into them. An algorithm is like a recipe, a set of step-by-step instructions to perform a calculation.

But last year, Google researchers were able to get a machine-learning algorithm, known as a neural network, to perform an identification task without supervision. The network scanned a database of 10 million images, and in doing so trained itself to recognize cats.

In June, the company said it had used those neural network techniques to develop a new search service to help customers find specific photos more accurately.

The new approach, used in both hardware and software, is being driven by the explosion of scientific knowledge about the brain. Kwabena Boahen, a computer scientist who leads Stanford’s Brains in Silicon research program, said that is also its limitation, as scientists are far from fully understanding how brains function.

“We have no clue,” he said. “I’m an engineer, and I build things. There are these highfalutin theories, but give me one that will let me build something.”

Until now, the design of computers was dictated by ideas originated by the mathematician John von Neumann about 65 years ago. Microprocessors perform operations at lightning speed, following instructions programmed using long strings of 1s and 0s. They generally store that information separately in what is known, colloquially, as memory, either in the processor itself, in adjacent storage chips or in higher capacity magnetic disk drives.

The data — for instance, temperatures for a climate model or letters for word processing — are shuttled in and out of the processor’s short-term memory while the computer carries out the programmed action. The result is then moved to its main memory.

The new processors consist of electronic components that can be connected by wires that mimic biological synapses. Because they are based on large groups of neuron-like elements, they are known as neuromorphic processors, a term credited to the California Institute of Technology physicist Carver Mead, who pioneered the concept in the late 1980s.

They are not “programmed.” Rather the connections between the circuits are “weighted” according to correlations in data that the processor has already “learned.” Those weights are then altered as data flows in to the chip, causing them to change their values and to “spike.” That generates a signal that travels to other components and, in reaction, changes the neural network, in essence programming the next actions much the same way that information alters human thoughts and actions.

“Instead of bringing data to computation as we do today, we can now bring computation to data,” said Dharmendra Modha, an I.B.M. computer scientist who leads the company’s cognitive computing research effort. “Sensors become the computer, and it opens up a new way to use computer chips that can be everywhere.”

The new computers, which are still based on silicon chips, will not replace today’s computers, but will augment them, at least for now. Many computer designers see them as coprocessors, meaning they can work in tandem with other circuits that can be embedded in smartphones and in the giant centralized computers that make up the cloud. Modern computers already consist of a variety of coprocessors that perform specialized tasks, like producing graphics on your cellphone and converting visual, audio and other data for your laptop.

One great advantage of the new approach is its ability to tolerate glitches. Traditional computers are precise, but they cannot work around the failure of even a single transistor. With the biological designs, the algorithms are ever changing, allowing the system to continuously adapt and work around failures to complete tasks.

Traditional computers are also remarkably energy inefficient, especially when compared to actual brains, which the new neurons are built to mimic.

I.B.M. announced last year that it had built a supercomputer simulation of the brain that encompassed roughly 10 billion neurons — more than 10 percent of a human brain. It ran about 1,500 times more slowly than an actual brain. Further, it required several megawatts of power, compared with just 20 watts of power used by the biological brain.

Running the program, known as Compass, which attempts to simulate a brain, at the speed of a human brain would require a flow of electricity in a conventional computer that is equivalent to what is needed to power both San Francisco and New York, Dr. Modha said.

I.B.M. and Qualcomm, as well as the Stanford research team, have already designed neuromorphic processors, and Qualcomm has said that it is coming out in 2014 with a commercial version, which is expected to be used largely for further development. Moreover, many universities are now focused on this new style of computing. This fall the National Science Foundation financed the Center for Brains, Minds and Machines, a new research center based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with Harvard and Cornell.

The largest class on campus this fall at Stanford was a graduate level machine-learning course covering both statistical and biological approaches, taught by the computer scientist Andrew Ng. More than 760 students enrolled. “That reflects the zeitgeist,” said Terry Sejnowski, a computational neuroscientist at the Salk Institute, who pioneered early biologically inspired algorithms. “Everyone knows there is something big happening, and they’re trying find out what it is.”

Credit to The New York Times

Going Under: Over One Million Lose Unemployment Benefits and Will Hit Five Million By End of 2014

Earlier this year government benefits for nutritional assistance were reduced after the expiration of emergency legislation that was enacted following the 2008 financial collapse.


Image: US Dollars (Wikimedia Commons).

Nearly all of the 48 million people receiving food stamp distributions were affected. The move led to warnings from food pantries and recipients around the country who said that the $40 billion in cuts would leave many American families without the ability to put food on dinner tables across America. According to Feed America, the roughly $29 per family that would no longer appear on their EBT cards will amount to about 1.5 billion meals in 2014.

But that was just the beginning.

Because the government now claims that we are in a period of economic growth we will see more cuts to emergency assistance over the course of the next year.

And it starts today.

As of midnight Saturday some 1.3 million Americans who lost their jobs in the last two years and were left with no choice but to collect unemployment benefits due to the worst jobs market since the Great Depression have now seen their benefits expire.

Long-term unemployment benefits for 1.3 million Americans expired Saturday after Congress failed to pass an extension. Reinstating those benefits is expected to be one of the first priorities for congressional Democrats in the new year.

“Extending unemployment insurance is the right thing to do for millions of Americans who are trying to support their families,” Democratic National Committee chairwoman and Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said in a statement Saturday. “What makes matters worse, the loss of benefits comes just a few days after the holidays.”

CNN

“This morning, the President placed separate telephone calls to Senator Jack Reed and Senator Dean Heller to offer his support for their proposal to extend emergency unemployment benefits for three months,” White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest said in a statement.

“The President said his administration would, as it has for several weeks now, push Congress to act promptly and in bipartisan fashion to address thisurgent economic priority.”

Obama says the abrupt cut-off in cash assistance during the holidays will hurt economic growth and jobs.

Fox News

Here’s the kicker. By the end of 2014 the number of Americans who will lose access to long-term unemployment benefits will be five times higher:

By July, another 1.9 million people will get the boot from extended benefits. By the end of 2014, 1.6 million more will be kicked off, totaling about 5 million Americans.

Bloomberg

Five millions Americans will be losing access to what essentially amounts to their paycheck. And we’re not talking about a $29 cut to food stamps. We’re talking about a mortgage payment, a healthcare payment, and funds to pay for essential utilities.

All of it will be vaporized by the end of the year. This will affect not just those five million people, but their dependents as well, which amounts to at least an additional 5 – 10 million people.

Congress and the President propose to extend these benefits for another three months, and most would suggest that this will avert the emergency.

That notion is laughable.

What happens after we kick the can down the road for another three months? Will President Obama somehow magically create 1.3 million shovel-ready jobs?

The problem is that there are no meaningful jobs available. So you can extend these benefits for six months, or even two more years, and we’ll be right back where we started once they expire – perhaps even worse off as prices for everything from food to utilities to health care rise unabated.

When a DHS Insider warned recently of a crisis of unprecedented magnitude within the United States he noted that we are in the midst of a long-term economic collapse.

Given what is transpiring around us, can anyone honestly say that our economy is actually recovering?

President Obama claims that failing to extend the unemployment benefits for these 1.3 million people will hurt economic growth and jobs. He has just broadcast the severity of the situation we face.

It should be clear that without government intervention and backroom machinationsthe entire system will come unglued. Stocks would crash, millions would be starving in the streets, and the violence that the Department of Homeland Security and US military have been preparing for would take hold across the streets of America.

That may sound sensational, but consider that just one week ahead of the cut to food stamp benefits of $29 per family the Department of Homeland Security spent $80 million to beef up security in New York City with the expectation that those who lost their benefits would start rioting. They know that we are rapidly approaching a breaking point, otherwise why would they be preparing for it?

The government has no choice but to keep pumping out money and emergency assistance, whether that be to people who have lost their jobs or the banks that provide the lending. The second (literally) that they pull back on the monetary, financial and economic intervention we will see a catastrophe that few can imagine.

It’s coming.

If you’re paying attention you can’t go a day without seeing the signs.

The only question is: Are you prepared for when it happens?

Crdit to Infowars.com

US and Iran now are friends... Fighting al Qaeda in Iraq

Al Qaeda is a U.S. enemy depending where the sun hits….
The U.S. want it in Syria but not in Iraq, you better watch your new friends Iran, Israel can tell you about that!!!!




With the Geneva Nuclear Accord still far from implementation a month after it was signed in Geneva, the United States and Iran are moving into stage two of their rapprochement: They are now fighting together to crush Al Qaeda terror in Iraq,DEBKAfile’s exclusive military sources report.

Iraq is two weeks into a major offensive for cutting al Qaeda down - the first major military challenge the jihadists have faced in the past six years. Three armies are fighting alongside Iraq: the United States, Iran’s Al Qods Brigades officers and Syria.

Their mission is to foil Al Qaeda’s drive to spread its first independent state in the Middle East across the Iraqi-Syrian frontier. Its Iraqi and Syrian branches - ISIS and the Nusra Front - have declared a holy war to this end under their commanders Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi and Abu Mohammed al-Golani.
The Anbar province of Western Iraq is the scene of he fiercest combat close to Iraq’s borders with Syria and Jordan.

To counter Al Qaeda’s superiority in speed and surprise, the US has sent the Iraqi army Hellfire surface-to-air missiles. They are already in use against al Qaeda camps on the Syrian border. Next, Washington is sending out small, long-endurance unmanned aerial ScanEagles. These drones are best suited to combat in Anbar’s deep wadis and the halophyte thickets lining the Euphrates River.

In this topsy-turvy scenario, Washington and Tehran share another surprising motive: to save the Assad regime in Damascus from Al Qaeda’s long arms.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov noted approvingly on Dec. 26: “Attitudes are changing in Western countries; they are becoming more realistic in their approach towards the Syrian crisis. The threat of terrorism in Syria, of jihadists coming to power, of creating a caliphate with extremist laws, these are the main problems.”

Since the Syrian chemical issue was addressed in September, Russian-Iranian-American collaboration is going strong. The joint US-Iranian war on al Qaeda is strengthening Tehran’s grip on Iraq as well Syria. It gives Russian President Vladimir Putin hope for keeping al Qaeda away from the Winter Olympics at Sochi – an ever-present menace as a female suicide bomber, a Dagestan national, demonstrated Sunday, Dec. 29, by blowing up the railway station at the southern Russian city of Volgograd, killing up to a score of people.

The other incentive for US President Barack Obama is the hope of transposing his collaboration with Tehran and Moscow to improve US chances of a reasonable accommodation in the Afghanistan arena.

Credit to DEBKAfile