Well the $5,000 number I think was a Patriot Act thing, and so the banks got wise to the $4,999.00 deposit/withdrawl cycle. Since they can't report it to homeland security, they decided themselves to start making the process difficult for people.

In the U.S. Chase bank has said no cash will be allowed in safety deposit boxes unless it's 'collectible' in nature. They also limited cash transactions for business accounts to $50,000 a month. That was both for deposits and withdrawls.

In UK if you want $5,000 pounds or more in cash you essentially must provide the justification for the bank giving you the money. IF you said for example "Well I just want it on me in case I find a bargain at a garage sale. It's my money." that's not good enough. IF you are going on vacation, need plane tickets, clothes, spending money etc, the bank will ask why you are not doing these transactions with credit cards and debit cards? WHY do you NEED cash?

Again, the system trying to force you off cash. Use electronic means for ALL your purchases so they can be recorded, catalogued, and used as evidence by the state to enforce tax laws and to ensure they get their cut. The cash only 'underground economy' of tradespeople, drug dealing, and other criminal behaviour prevents the state from getting their cut.

Gonna be interesting when the engineer gives a statement. The safety systems are supposed to provide audible alarms of excessive speed, and automatically slow the train if the engineer doesn't respond.

Apparently he applies the emergency brakes at the last second and slows the train 3-4 mph before it derails. So did he fall asleep? Ignore the alarms? Did the train get away from him? Was this an attempt to do with a train what the Germanwings pilot did with his plane? Is he a Muslim convert hoping to impress ISIS and Allah?

So many questions. I heard a talking head on CNN this afternoon say that if an engineer exceeds the posted limit by even 10 mph, he can be stripped of his federal certification to operate a train. So it obviously begs the question how do we get 50 mph over the limit?

Goes both ways. I had someone on another site using 20 year old pics! Here I've busted a couple women using pics of actresses as their profile pics! Some have pics 5-8 years old, yet they claim are recent. HINT: If your pics are time and date stamped, you're not fooling anyone.

If you choose to misrepresent yourself, what do you expect to happen when you meet someone in person? You've been deceptive from day one. You think they are going to trust you, or will they wonder what else you've lied about? Like you may not even be single?

Online dating is a crap shoot. I've met a few very nice women, and unfortunately it was not going to be a long term thing. I've also met a few that didn't make it to the end of the first cup of coffee. We're talking the you'll need a restraining order down the line kind of crazy.

Let's at least start any relationship off with profiles that accurately reflect who we are, and what we want. Don't waste peoples time saying you want to meet your soul mate, but really all you want is a date for your sisters wedding in 3 months and then dump the other person the day after. Conversely, don't say you are just looking for someone to date, when your matrimonial clock is ticking down and your life will not be complete until you have attained wedded bliss!

Enter relationships with eyes and ears open people, it's the internet....

I'm betting the local North Korean joke shop will sell out of those glasses that have big open eyes for lenses!

Geez, talk about being a strict boss. One snore and you get ventilated by a quad .50 cal anti-aircraft gun. The thing holds 4,000 rounds!

Was there anything left of the poor basta*d other than maybe a puddle of goo?

Apparently there were 'hundreds of witnesses' to the execution. I'm thinking if I was about to join the pink mist society, I'd be screaming at the top of my lungs to revolt and kill the S.O.B. because if you don't you could be next!

Published reports speak to another commuter train that had been stopped a couple miles away after the window on the engine had been penetrated by an 'unknown projectile'. The engineer on that train had not been injured, but had stopped his train for investigation.

The projected speed on the crashed train was 100 mph according to news sites. I admit to having no idea how a modern train is operated, but I'm wondering if you can shoot an engine (would take incredible skill) while moving, and cause it to become a 'runaway' that can't be stopped?

It's a strategy to scare people away from cash. There have been numerous stories of cash seizures from legitimate small business people by police departments, Homeland Security, even the IRS.

A recent case in I believe Iowa was a guy with duffel bags of cash (Over $100,000 as I recall) that had been paid out by a casino for winning a poker tournament. He gets pulled over on the highway, is asked if his vehicle can be searched, and LIKE AN IDIOT says 'Ok'. The cop finds the cash, could care less than he has a casino payout slip and the cash is seized. It's literally highway robbery.

It will take over a year to get your money back, will cost you at LEAST $10,000 in lawyers fees, and you will likely become a target of harassment by the cops if you go public with your story.

So what's the lesson here? 1) IF you have no choice but to travel with cash, consider driving the most inconspicuous car on the planet. 2) IF you get pulled over, take whatever ticket is written up and DO NOT SUBMIT to ANY SEARCH unless presented with a warrant. Get off that road at the nearest exit and find a new route. 3)Set up a camera to record any conversation the driver might have to protect yourself should there be any question about your level of co-operation, or probable cause. 4) Be aware that there can be no unreasonable delay after stating the reason for the stop. Cop says you were speeding? Sorry officer, I didn't realize. I hope you'll give me a break on the ticket. NOW he says can I search? You say No. He says, well then, I might have to call for a drug dog to sniff the car. Nope. He gets to write the ticket and send you packing, because that is why he stopped you.

Well the Vince Foster deal was a joke. For those unfamiliar, Vince Foster was the White House Counsel for the Clintons. He came from the Rose law firm Hillary worked at.

Foster commits suicide by shooting himself in the head, is his car, in a park. Some issues concerning the 'suicide'.

1) The gun is made up of parts from multiple handguns. Foster according to his family had no such gun that they were aware of.
2) The timeline of the suicide has no ability for Foster to have retrieved the gun from a home or outside office, with investigators claiming he took it with him from the White House. NO ONE gets in the WH with a handgun, (especially a totally illegal handgun), unless they are a protective detail member. No exceptions.
3)Since Foster kills himself in a park, U.S. Park police are the 'lead' agency. Not FBI, Capitol Police, or Secret Service. By comparison, the kiddie squad compared to the others.
4) While in Foster's office investigating, Hillary barges in, tells the two park cops to sit in chairs and not to move, or she will get them transferred to the Nome, Alaska office. She then empties the office citing lawyer/client privilege. The cops leave empty handed after searching the office.
5) A couple WEEKS later Hitlery calls saying they found the suicide note. The cops find it in a previously searched and empty briefcase. It is torn into almost 2 dozen pieces, and amazingly, not ONE fingerprint is found.
6) Foster, known to be a tough as nails litigator, leaves a note who's tone is that of a 13 yr old petulant schoolgirl. He says he can't stand how the Clintons are being treated, and how mean the people in Washington are.

Yeah, NOTHING suspicious there people. Move along...

Well as a Canadian, let's see if we can straighten this out.

Ok, there is a political activist group run by PALESTINIANS who are working feverishly on getting Israeli products boycotted around the world. Apparently, they've had some success.

The Canadian government considers the little band of merry activists to be anti-semitic. In Canada it is a crime to engage in behavior that would encourage violence for example against an identifiable group. So if I stand on a street corner saying "Kill black people!" I get to go to jail.

The government in it's infinite wisdom (or lack of it) says that since an identifiable group (Jews) are being targeted, then that's a hate crime. Of course since this is an economic boycott, and NOT a call for violence, this is not going to fly. If it was allowed to stand then in theory people could not refuse to buy products from countries that torture women, or molest children. Ludicrous of course.

It will fizzle out shortly when enough lawyers tell the government they will get their a$$ kicked in court should they actually try to lay a charge.

Well I would be interested in the 'facts' they researched. For example in the screenshot were they discussing no military action against ISIS...IN SYRIA? The graphic states the bombing sorties IN IRAQ.

If this is based on a breaking news stories, then if Fox says "There's an active shooter in a warehouse in Garland Texas, and it turns out to be in Rowlett, (a few miles east) was that a LIE?

I think this needs some finer context. Does Fox come off as a the "There's a Muslim behind every bush" network? Yeah, at times they do. However if you don't even cover stories like most networks ignore the scandalous behavior of the Obama ruling junta, is that any better?

Sometime in the 70's news stopped being about the facts, and all about the 'spin'. I'm sure the Vietnam war and Watergate had a lot to do with that shift. News shows in the past simply said a dog bit a man, because that's what happened. Now the story includes information from neighbors as to the character of the victim, if he deserved the bite, if the dog was suffering from a doggie PTSD, and what the local dog whisperer has to say. It announces that the station will do an expose next week on whether or not the government is doing enough to stop dog bites, provides enough money for PTSD puppies, and if people bitten by dogs should have to by law attend a doggie harassment workshop.

The ruling is worthless at this point. If she hasn't had the finest computer techs remove all traces of ANY e-mails from that server, she doesn't deserve to be called a politician.

The lack of ANY emails prevents creating a list of potential targets for future search warrants. We all know the emails had recipients, but by having no trace of the transactions on the server, we don't know who would have copies to seize.

IF someone however double crosses the Clintons and coughs up copies of mails that THEY claim Hilary sent them, the defense will be the emails are frauds, and its a partisan GOP attack. You can't prove she sent them, and it's all a lie to ruin her campaign.

The Clintons have escaped by the skin of their teeth a couple times, and likely have learned their lessons on burying the evidence. So we'll see what happens. Don't however hold your breath that there will be a smoking gun e-mail that says "Let Benghazi burn." or "Pay Bill a half a mil for a speech, and I'll get you that deal."

When Hitlery talks, she plants foot squarely in mouth. That's why her team wants her to give speeches and say nothing.

She gets Brian Williams disease. Remember how she came under sniper fire in Afghanistan?
She gets arrogant "What difference does it make now!?" when prodded on Benghazi.
She actually trivializes the press. "If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle."
She also made it known where she puts the press in the scheme of things. “I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president.”
Oh, and there is only ONE city worth talking about. “Everything that happens in America happens in New York.”

Add to that smarmy smile of superiority which some would like to slap off her face, the scandals alone should be more than enough to educate any future voter as to a PATTERN of behavior in which she thinks her and her family are above the law, and above justifying the way she lives her life. Rules are for suckers.

I'm going to put her in the same category as Condi Rice. The woman has brain cells to spare, and doesn't seem to take anyone's crap.

That being said, she seems uncomfortable with the notion of having to repeatedly explain herself, which is one of those things politicians have to do. Like most of us, no one wants to take the time to justify why they feel the way they do on issues. We feel comfortable in our knowledge of the issue, and you should just take it on faith that we're right.(lol)

I think she'll be caught more than once rolling her eyes on camera when she hears what she considers to be the same stupid question for the 50th time. She rightly points out that if she goes up against Hilary, the whole 'Republican war against women' strategy is dead in the water for the Dems.

Her weakness is likely her departure from HP, and the job losses attached to it. If she can clearly provide the corporate justifications for doing so, she neutralizes that a bit. Of course, she can also speak to how the White House with Hilary as a regular visitor engaged in poor decisions that also cost American jobs, and that it still underpays the women working in it.

I think her campaign would basically be summed up as "America is great. We should be sick of taking crap from other countries. I can make America great again, get people working again, and I have no doubt that if someone tries to push us in the corner, I can order the military to kick their a**es."

Well I wouldn't exactly call the Paks full blown allies. The former head of the ISI was caught red-handed in downtown Kabul on the phone raising funds for the Taliban. Kinda counter-productive don't ya think?

Much of the ISI is sympathetic to the Taliban cause, especially at higher levels. The Pak military currently is the only thing between Al-Qaeda/ISIS/Taliban and the Pak nuclear toy box.

Personally I think it's only a matter of time until there's a mushroom cloud somewhere that it shouldn't be, courtesy of one of Allah's 'misguided' devotees. Depending on what gets turned into a large piece of glass will dictate if there is just shock and horror at the attack, or if it sets the wheels in motion for a nuclear exchange.

India and Pakistan are quickly coming to a confrontation on of all things, water. As worldwide water shortages start to manifest themselves in a more overt fashion, we will begin to see the wars of the resources. Water in the region will be that resource.

According to witnesses Zimmerman walked to the ambulance without assistance. Police had been talking to him through the window of the car which had a bullet hole in it.

Apparently this had been an ongoing dispute with the lousy shot who busted caps in his direction.

I assume CNN will be all over this story like a fat kid on a bag of M&M's.

Recently published stories say the Clinton Foundation only gets about 10% of its donations into the hands of those who need it. The newest 'dodge' they are trying to sell is that they simply forward big donations directly to charities in the countries being helped. So no one from the Clinton groups actually feed a kid or dig the well, they just cut the cheque. Ok let's look at that. IF the Clintons are merely a conduit, and are zipping these funds out the door to those NGO's feeding and saving people, why are the expenses for the organization so high?

Seems to me Bill-ary and Chelsea could be just as useful posting a list of charities to give to on their website, and have the funds go directly to them. Instead of using their station in life to say "Give money to charity." it seems donations are instead being used to fund their lifestyle of private jets, lavish parties, and expensive speaking engagements. Brilliant if you are the one getting the benefits, but it sucks if you are a starving African kid waiting for your food package from Feed the Children. Ah well, maybe there's enough leftover caviar for the kids at the refugee camp today. Some smoked salmon canapes for the AIDS patients, and a nice brie and pear on brioche for the terminal ebola patients. Eat up everyone!

It's an interesting article in its entirety. How the Paks knew about the raid. How Osama was actually under a doctor's care and supposedly almost an invalid who would have been incapable of putting up much of a struggle. How Osama was actually under house arrest of the ISI and that they provided bodyguards for him. How the Pak military was kind of waived off saying ignore the radar of the incoming choppers. That after the incoming helo crashes, after SEALS used demo charges to gain access inside the buidling, and after there had been multiple firefights on site, NOBODY showed up to the scene. No police, military, fire trucks, ambulances, nothing. WTF?

The story however contradicts a couple things though. It claims the attack took place during a long blackout. What would have been a relatively quiet environment (for a city) would have announced the arrival of the choppers, as well as amplified the resulting firefights in the absence of the usual ambient noise. By all SEAL accounts, they flew over a well lit and bustling city at the time of the raid. Books also spoke to an issue that originally was thought to have compromised Pak air force secrets. In No Easy Day, while flying their exfil (exit) route, they were concerned that Pak F-16s would catch them before they hit Afghan airspace and shoot them down. It's hinted that the Pak fighters don't have a 'look down' radar capability and hugging the terrain would keep the choppers safe. IF true, anyone wanting to transit Pak airspace undetected simply has to fly less than 200 feet off the deck.

All I can say we're not always supposed to know how 'secret' missions work. That's why **** is classified. (lol) Once the info is declassified however, then people can go to town looking for the details. If Obama lied to the American people about how the raid went down, and the details behind it, well shame on him and anyone stupid enough to have voted for him. SEALS who wrote books and did interviews were supposed to keep their mouths shut as well. However the prevailing opinion was once the Commander In Chief flapped his gums and told everyone who did it, then why shouldn't they make a buck from their new found fame?

SpecWar troops tend to be pretty ardent Constitutionalists, especially SEALS and Green Berets. I'm not forseeing a situation where during Day 2 of Jade Helm the White House says "Surprise! It's martial law time!" and all of a sudden state governors are being frog marched at gunpoint in front of cameras.

If the military started issuing orders that troops were to start active offensive operations against the general population I think there would be refusals and mutiny in some cases.

Where the exercise doesn't pass the 'sniff test' is where the geographical mimicking is concerned. Currently, most U.S. specwar is being conducted in urban environments. There is not much in the way of trekking across open deserts for example. Depending on the mission, some units are involved in climbing rugged terrain, but most were engaged in sniping and house to house fighting. There are other areas where one can learn desert survival skills if that's the goal.

Saying that many will be dressed as civilians 'in mufti' to fit in, is a non-starter if the soldiers are training for Middle East deployments. The 'white guy' with the buzzcut doesn't blend in a place like Qom or Peshawar. Finally, most specwarriors have likely already had multiple deployments already in the mid-east, so what's there to train for?

Your move Pentagon.....

Your cellphone search problem is simple. ALWAYS use a password for your cellphone. If a cop says I want to see your phone tell him it has a password, and that is a lock.

Want me to open the lock? Same as unlocking the front door to my house. Get a warrant. No? Ok then officer, have a nice day.

Well this whole 'spy plane' kerfuffle is heating up now. These twin engined turbo-prop planes which are outfitted with electronic gear to 'hoover' up all the electronic signals intelligence it can find. Cellular traffic, text messages, wi-fi traffic, walkie talkies, you name it, they can record it.

Targeted and trapped calls on specific lines to record individual calls can be executed from these platforms. When the U.S. and Colombian governments were searching for Pablo Escobar these types of aircraft were being deployed by Christians In Action, No Such Agency, and various military alphabet intel teams.

The questions being asked regarding Baltimore is who ran those flights, what info was gathered, and who will be able to use it? If the cops were trying to ID looters, but instead intercepted a text message about a drug deal, could they open an investigation on it? Maybe get a warrant citing an anonymous source and kick the door in and bust the guy?

Kinda shady. Using intel platforms to develop info on people that have previously eluded them, or may not even have been known to police? Hmmmmm

Worst 'pick up' line was someone who I met from a different dating site. Let me set the stage....

1) Text message arrives from lovely 31 yr old blonde who has bikini pics on her profile. Um, ok. I'm over 50, so I don't see this as a long term deal.
2) She insists that she's into older guys, does not have daddy issues, wants a serious relationship, etc.
3)Takes a week of back and forth but she finally convinces me to meet for a coffee.
4) In the door walks not a 30 something blonde bikini model, but a 50 something brunette who is easily 100 pounds heavier than the pics.
5) When I note that she looks different than her picture, she says "Well I didn't sleep well, and I had a big breakfast." WTF????

So now the pick up line..."Take me home and give me a test drive. I know you'll want to date me because I know how to keep a man's stomach full, and his balls empty."

Classy, no? Yeah. Needless to say I didn't even stay to finish the coffee.