Highest Credit Card Debt Level in History

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American consumers just hit a scary milestone.

They now collectively have the most outstanding revolving debt — often summarized as credit card debt — in U.S. history, according to a report Monday released by the Federal Reserve. Americans had $1.021 trillion in outstanding revolving credit in June 2017. This beats the previous record in April 2008, when consumers had a collective $1.02 trillion in outstanding credit revolving credit.

“This record should serve as a wake-up call to Americans to focus on their credit card debt,” said Matt Schulz, a senior industry analyst at CreditCards.com, a credit card website. “Even if you feel your debt is manageable right now, know that you could be one unexpected emergency away from real trouble.”

Revolving credit had been growing at an annual growth rate of 4.9%. One reason: More consumers are getting access to credit cards backed by major banks and issuers in recent months. More than 171 million consumers had access to those cards in the first quarter of 2017, the highest number that has had access since 2005, when about $162.5 million people had access. (Read more from “Highest Credit Card Debt Level in History” HERE)

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Google and YouTube Target ‘Conspiracy Theories’ in New Quality Control Update

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Google continues to make George Orwell’s book 1984 a reality by censoring free speech and free flow of information.

On July 27, 2017 Google updated their quality raters guidelines.

The latest update to its rating guidelines brings many changes, but the biggest are focused on conspiracy theory websites and query results in the non-English language and satirical pages that don’t make it clearly known they are satire.

Months before, Google updated their guidelines for raters twice – once on May 11, 2017 with some smaller changes, and then again on March 14th with bigger controversial changes classifying what “offensive, upsetting, inaccurate and hateful web pages,” defines.

The new guidelines giving a search giant so much control over the free flow of information is extremely worrying.

The guidelines instruct raters to directly confront “unsubstantiated conspiracy theories” by looking for a source that debunked them, The Sem Post reported.

The Post noted that the rules don’t specifically target and go after all “conspiracy theory” websites, only those that present a “conspiracy theory as factual information without basis.”

However, who decides what is and what isn’t real?

Who are the companies behind this valiant effort to police Google’s search engine, and who watches the watchers?

Well according to Search Engine Land, “Google contracts with over 10,000 search quality raters worldwide to evaluate its search results. Raters are given actual searches to conduct, drawn from real searches that happen on Google.”

None of the companies it contracts with were named.

Under section 7.10, Google goes on to crucify “unsubstantiated conspiracy theories.”

Lowest: Deceptive page purpose – unsubstantiated conspiracy theories.

Google added an example of “unsubstantiated conspiracy theories” choosing the most wild and crazy ones out there but also labeling “the existence of aliens,” to be low-quality content.

The example they used was the alleged existence of the Sumerian 10th planet Nibiru and the conspiracy the Vatican knows about its impending crash into Earth. But then, after that, the document defined what it considers “unsubstantial conspiracy theories” which includes those challenging “well established historical facts.” But the connotation of what those historical facts would entail is not included.

“The MC on this page contains factually unsupported theories related to the Vatican’s knowledge of the planet Nibiru, the existence of aliens, and upcoming world events. Although various Vatican officials and scientists are quoted in the article, the quotations do not support the article’s claims, and in some cases do not seem to come from the person quoted. The Nibiru cataclysm and related events have also been thoroughly debunked by authoritative sources ( Reference 1 , Reference 2 ). The demonstrably inaccurate content on this page can misinform users.

“Pages that directly contradict well ­established historical facts (e.g., unsubstantiated conspiracy theories), unless the query clearly indicates the user is seeking an alternative viewpoint

A non­satirical webpage or website presents unsubstantiated conspiracy theories or hoaxes as if the information were factual,” Google wrote.

The example in the PDF continues to show that raters should be able to find credible sources that have debunked the conspiracy theory.

Meanwhile, YouTube a Google parent company, is planning on crucifying anyone who doesn’t upload fuzzy cat videos and puppies; in other words, all their controversial content creators under the guise of getting rid of “extremist content.”

These organizations to police YouTube’s content include the No Hate Speech Movement, the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, and the Anti-Defamation League.

But don’t worry, Google won’t ban controversial conspiracy content altogether only if you’re not looking for it. As the document noted, “unless the query clearly indicates the user is seeking an alternative viewpoint.”

We are further witnessing the YouTube, Google and Amazon adpocalypse against the alternative media and it’s far from over. (For more from the author of “Google and YouTube Target ‘Conspiracy Theories’ in New Quality Control Update” please click HERE)

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Arizona Woman Sentenced to Death for Locking Little Girl in a Box

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Jurors sentenced an Arizona woman to death Monday for locking her 10-year-old cousin in a storage box, where the little girl suffocated.

Twenty-nine-year-old Phoenix woman Sammantha Allen was convicted in June of killing Ame Deal, who died in the summer of 2011 after being locked in a 31-by 14-by 12-inch footlocker overnight during triple digit temperatures.

Allen was punishing Deal for stealing a frozen popsicle from the refrigerator.

By the time someone went to let her out the next day, Deal was dead.

“Before Ame was locked in, however, police believe she was forced to spend two hours doing backbends and was forced by John Allen to maintain the torturous position, court records say. She also was forced to run in the yard despite the summer heat, records say,” AZ Central reported.

Then sweating profusely, she was locked in the footlocker, which had just two small holes near the handle.

Police said the girl’s clothes were soiled and there were marks on her right knee from “forceful contact” with the box’s lid, the Daily Mail reported.

“There never was intention on killing her,” Allen told police.

The woman said she thought her husband, John Allen, was going to release Deal.

This punishment had been used before by family members on Deal.

John Allen has also been charged with first-degree murder and child abuse. His trial is slated to begin on October 9.

Deal experienced child abuse throughout her short life.

Sammantha Allen’s mother, Cynthia Stoltzmann — who was Deal’s legal guardian — is serving a 24-year sentence for child abuse.

Deal’s grandmother, Judith Deal, is serving a 10-year-sentence for attempted child abuse.

The child’s father, David Deal, 29, who lived in the home, pleaded guilty to child abuse and is currently serving a 14-year-prison sentence.

Among other abusive acts, family members made Ame exercise in the heat, put hot sauce in her mouth, forced her to fall sleep in a shower stall, and had her eat dog feces when she failed to pick them up.

Shirley Deal, Ame’s mother, told AZfamily 2011 that she had hoped for years to see her daughter again.

“I’m not going to be done with it until something is done,” Deal said regarding Ame’s death. “They better stay in jail, they better be in prison for life. You’re messing with a baby, she was not a baby, but she was my baby.” (For more from the author of “Arizona Woman Sentenced to Death for Locking Little Girl in a Box” please click HERE)

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Environmentalists Criticize Royal Family for Having Too Many Children

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A San Francisco-based environmental organization is pushing population control as a means to battle climate change.

Having Kids — an organization that believes having smaller families is an effective strategy for protecting the environment — is openly admonishing leaders around the world for having too many babies.

During a recent trip to Poland, the British royal family was presented with a baby toy. Elated at the gift, Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge and a mother of two, joked that she would need to have more children.

“We will just have to have more babies,” she said to her husband, Prince William.

Having Kids was not happy with the comment.

In a serious rebuttal, the organization issued an open-letter response to William and Kate.

“We read with interest your statements about having more children.”

“We wanted to offer a few thoughts for your consideration,” the group stated. “As you know and appreciate, the example the British Royal Family sets is extremely influential. Many studies also show that public figures serve as effective role models when it comes to family planning. Your discussion of having a larger family raises compelling issues of sustainability and equity.”

The group went on to say that having more children could ultimately hurt the environment, resulting in severe flooding, deadlier heatwaves, more instances of malaria and wildlife extinctions.

It’s not the first time Having Kids has admonished world leaders for their personal family choices.

The organization previously hit President Donald Trump, a father of five, for “role modeling a completely unsustainable family of five children that are greedily consuming resources our children will need in the future.”

In response to a negative pushback against its open letter to the British royal family, Having Kids executive director Anne Green referred to much of the criticism as “eugenicist rants” from white racists and bloggers who are “creepily obsessed” with celebrity babies. (For more from the author of “Environmentalists Criticize Royal Family for Having Too Many Children” please click HERE)

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CONFIRMED: Loretta Lynch’s Attorney General Email Alias

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Like her predecessor, Eric Holder, former Attorney General Loretta Lynch used an email alias to conduct government business, The Daily Caller has confirmed.

Several of Lynch’s emails were included in 413 pages of DOJ documents provided to the conservative groups Judicial Watch and the American Center for Law and Justice. Both groups had filed lawsuits for records regarding Lynch’s controversial meeting with President Bill Clinton at the Phoenix airport last June 27.

Using the pseudonym “Elizabeth Carlisle,” Lynch corresponded with DOJ press officials to hammer out talking points in response to media requests about the meeting. The tarmac encounter drew criticism from conservatives because Lynch was overseeing the federal investigation into whether Hillary Clinton mishandled classified information on her private email system . . .

On June 28, a reporter with Phoenix’s ABC News affiliate contacted the Justice Department to inquire about the meeting. Internal DOJ emails show that the request touched off a mad-dash to develop talking points and statements to respond to the developing story.

Lynch, using the Elizabeth Carlisle account, which was hosted on the Justice Department’s system, was also involved in those discussions. (Read more from “CONFIRMED: Loretta Lynch’s Attorney General Email Alias” HERE)

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The White House Springs Another Leak as ‘Sweeping’ Climate Report Is Leaked to the Media

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The New York Times obtained a copy of an unreleased “sweeping federal climate change report” that some government scientists feared the White House would suppress.

“One government scientist who worked on the report” told TheNYT on condition of anonymity “he and others were concerned that it would be suppressed.” The so-called National Climate Assessment will be released once the Trump administration approves it.

Thirteen federal agencies assemble the National Climate Assessment every four years to report on global warming’s impact in the U.S. and to predict what could happen down the road. The Obama administration published the last climate assessment in 2014.

“The average temperature in the United States has risen rapidly and drastically since 1980, and recent decades have been the warmest of the past 1,500 years,” TheNYT reported Monday evening. (Read more from “The White House Springs Another Leak as ‘Sweeping’ Climate Report Is Leaked to the Media” HERE)

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NFL Source: Kaepernick Turned Down at Least 1 Contract to Play up the Race Card

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Colin Kaepernick is still a free agent, and an NFL inside source told The Daily Caller Monday that the former 49ers quarterback has no one but himself to blame.

Despite the ongoing narrative that Kaepernick’s very public political views are preventing any NFL teams from offering him a roster spot, TheDC’s source claims Kaep himself has turned down at least one contract in the hopes of stirring up a media frenzy that eventually leads to a more lucrative deal for the 27 year old vet.

Kaepernick allegedly doesn’t want to make “backup money” and specifically instructed his representative team not to sign one contract offered at the league’s minimum rate of $900,000 per year for a seventh-year player.

Shortly after the 2017 offseason began, Kaepernick parted ways with XAM Sports — the agency which had represented him since he entered the league in 2011 — and TheDC’s source added that Kaepernick’s girlfriend, outspoken radio host Nessa Diab, appears to be a driving force behind his negotiating tactics. (Read more from “NFL Source: Kaepernick Turned Down at Least 1 Contract to Play up the Race Card” HERE)

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Mosque Targeted by Unknown Bomb Thrower Is Known for Producing Jihadists

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One day after someone threw an explosive device into the window of a mosque in Bloomington, Minnesota, the state’s vast array of Muslim advocacy groups joined its governor in condemning the bombing as an “act of terrorism,” and they are demanding the FBI investigate it as a hate crime.

“It’s an act of terrorism, a criminal act of terrorism,” said Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton on Sunday during a visit to the mosque, Dar Al Farooq. “I hope and pray the perpetrator will be caught and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.” . . .

But Minnesotans say there was no such outcry from public officials when a Somali refugee went on a stabbing spree last fall and when a gang of Somali thugs harassed and terrorized people on the Lake Calhoun beach last summer.

Before any suspects have been named or factual evidence presented by authorities, Dayton joined a chorus of Muslim advocates including Muslim Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Muslim-American Society in condemning Saturday’s attack as motivated by anti-Muslim bigotry. (Read more from “Mosque Targeted by Unknown Bomb Thrower Is Known for Producing Jihadists” HERE)

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Sick Twist: American Left Is Now Part of Fascism

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We hear the word “fascist” a whole lot these days: Trump is a fascist if not a Nazi; the Republican Party is the fascist party. As for the left, the Democrats, they present themselves as the anti-fascists, the people fighting fascism. We can see this in the names of leftist groups like Antifa, which stands for anti-fascism.

Yet, when we look around and we see the Democratic and leftist protesters who are disrupting the inauguration, who are organizing violent rallies around the country, who are stopping campus speakers from speaking – these are people who seem to be using fascist and Nazi tactics. The masked Antifa thugs carrying weapons seem eerily similar to the fascist Blackshirts and the Nazi Brownshirts.

So isn’t it strange that the people purporting to fight fascism resemble the fascists in shutting down speech and disrupting democratic debate through the use, or threats, of violence? We need to look at fascism more closely and ask: Is fascism really a phenomenon of the left or of the right?

Let’s begin with remarkable statement by Adolf Hitler in a 1927 speech. “We are socialists,” he said. “We are the enemies of today’s capitalist system of exploitation and we are determined to destroy the system under all conditions.” Does that sound like Donald Trump? Actually, it sounds a lot more like Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders . . .

In ideology and in tactics, the American left today is the party of fascism. The only difference is that it denies its true pedigree. Their big lie is to blame their own sins on Trump and the Republicans. In a sick twist, the real fascists in America pretend to be anti-fascists and accuse the true anti-fascists of being fascists. (Read more from “Sick Twist: American Left Is Now Part of Fascism” HERE)

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Terrifying: U.S. To Do ‘Unthinkable’ to 50 ‘Homegrown Jihadists’

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News from a Congressional Research Service report that 50 “homegrown violent jihadists” are scheduled to be released in the United States between last January and the end of 2026 raises the obvious question of whether Americans have something to fear.

Among the incarcerated, according to the Bureau of Prisons, are 380 linked to international terrorism and 83 tied to domestic terrorism.

Unfortunately, more attention has been paid to incarcerating the jihadists than to what happens when they complete their sentences, the Associated Press noted in a story on the CRS report.

Robert Spencer, the director of Jihad Watch, said the flaw in the nation’s approach to the global jihad threat is illustrated in how terrorists are classified.

“These jihadis have been treated as criminals, and since their sentences for criminal activity are ending, they are going to be released,” he said. (Read more from “Terrifying: U.S. To Do ‘Unthinkable’ to 50 ‘Homegrown Jihadists'” HERE)

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