THIS WEEK IN REVIEW

US: Anti-Trump demonstrators waving Mexican flags staged riots in Orange County. Video shows mobs of agitators surrounding vehicles, attacking police cars, and beating Trump supporters. InfoWars 2016 Apr 29 (Story) (Cached)

Obama released 19,723 illegal-alien criminals, including rapists, sex offenders, and 200 murderers back onto the streets of American cities after their prison sentences ended instead of deporting them. GOP frontrunner, Donald Trump, has made the deportation of illegal aliens a key part of his campaign and says he would deport up to 11 million without court hearings, because the immigrants are in the US illegally. Brietbart 2016 Apr 28 (Story) (Cached)

China passed new laws to crack down on foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that it believes are fronts for other governments trying to interfere with China’s internal social and political life. [This story has mixed overtones. First, the Chinese Communist government is well known for its intolerance of citizen dissent and its quickness to label any person or group that criticizes the government as a tool of foreign enemies. Second, it also is well known that the US government does, indeed, use NGOs as fronts to interfere in other nations by affecting elections and even fomenting revolution. This time, we are inclined to agree with China’s determination to defend its sovereignty, but that does not mean we agree with what it does with that sovereignty.] Reuters 2016 Apr 28 (Story) (Cached)

Venezuela: The government more than doubled the supply of money in 2015, so it is certain that the country’s hyperinflation will continue. The cost of printing small bank notes is higher than the value of the notes, but the government refuses to print larger denominations because that would confirm that there is an inflation problem. The collectivist country now is so broke that it may not have enough money to pay for its money. ZeroHedge 2016 Apr 27 (Story) (Cached)

US: Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert was sentenced to 15-months in prison for illegally structuring bank transactions to conceal payments to a man who was sexually abused by Hastert decades ago when he was a high school student, and Hastert was his wrestling coach. The statute of limitations prevented prosecution for sexual abuse but not for violation of tax laws. CBS News 2016 Apr 27 (Story)

Monsanto claims that its pesticide glyphosate, also known as RoundUp Ready, can make crops more uniform and produce higher yields. Because of that claim, even some non- GMO food producers are spraying it on their crops. Therefore, if a food is labeled ‘non-GMO’, there is no guarantee that is has not been saturated in glyphosate. The best bet is to buy organic. Natural News 2016 Apr 27 (Story) (Cached)

Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard University reported that 40 students have been infected with the Mumps despite all of them having been vaccinated, as required by the school. Instead of questioning the effectiveness of the vaccine, school officials followed the party line that the vaccine is wonderful but (are you ready for this?) the students, themselves, are to blame because they exposed others to the virus. [Huh? If a vaccine does not make a person immune to the disease when exposed to it, then what is it good for? Answer: mega-profit to the vaccine industry and those who serve it.] Harvard Crimson 2016 Apr 26 (Story) (Cached)

Independent reporter Lisa Haven reviews the International Monetary Fund’s Articles of Agreement and reveals that it is nothing less than a license to lie, cheat, steal, have immunity against prosecution for any act, no matter how vile, avoid all taxes, and to do everything in total secrecy. If you ever wondered what the view is like from the top of the pyramid of the New World Order, you will see it here. LH News posted 2016 Apr 26 (Story)

Kansas Governor, Sam Brownback, announced that his state is withdrawing from plans to resettle Syrian refugees. This is in reaction to failure of the Federal government to provide security information on them. More than thirty governors have attempted to block refugees from their states but, so far, courts and attorneys general have said that security and settlement issues are the prerogative of the federal government. Reuters 2016 Apr 26 (Story) (Cached)

The US Supreme Court has ruled that Iran is to blame for terrorist attacks against Americans. Therefore, $2-billion of Iranian assets, that have been frozen in the US, is to be used to compensate American victims. Iran threatened to take the case to the International Court of Justice. Additionally, a court in New York levied a $10-billion judgment against Iran, claiming that it was involved in the 9/11 attacks. It is not clear, however, how that judgment is to be collected. AFP 2016 Apr 26 (Story) (Cached)

Sweden’s Green Party is jolted by claims of infiltration by Islamists. It appears that the Party’s orientation is being changed from environmentalism to religion. Washington Post 2016 Apr 26 (Story) (Cached)

The great cholesterol scam finally begins to unravel. A study from researchers at the Universities of North Carolina and Illinois confirms that avoiding saturated fats in the diet to reduce cholesterol levels provides zero health benefit. There is no connection at all between polyunsaturated fat consumption and risk of heart disease. Statin drugs to depress cholesterol levels may be the next scam to be exposed. Natural News 2016 Apr 25 (Story) (Cached)

The UN Security Council rejected Israel’s demand that the UN recognize the Golan Heights as the legitimate territory of Israel. The Golan Heights was taken from Syria in the Six Day War in 1967. Israel says it is essential for its military security. However, large oil reserves were discovered there in 2015, which makes it a great economic prize. A UN resolution in 2006 acknowledged the sovereignty of the Arab population over their natural resources in the Syrian Golan Heights, and any move by Israel to take the oil likely will be considered by the international community as theft. Gulf News 2016 Apr 25 (Story) (Cached)

California: The health of marine animals has been in steep decline for three years, and many sea lions recently have been found sick, covered in sores, and starving due to a loss in cold-water food. Sea lion pups are stunted. [Ironically, there is not a word in this article about the radioactive Fukushima flotsam that, for several years, has arrived at the coast of California up to Washington State. To mention that fact would be politically incorrect.] ENE News 2016 Apr 25 (Story) (Cached)

President Obama is sending 250 more Special Forces ‘trainers’ to Syria (against the wishes of the Syrian government) supposedly to help anti-government rebels fight against ISIS. [It is well known, however, that the real objective is to topple the present regime.] The Pentagon was forced to abandon its previous training program that cost US tax payers $500 million but produced only a handful of soldiers. RT 2016 Apr 25 (Story)

Austria: Citizens, angered by mass immigration, are supporting the anti-immigration far-right party. For the first time since 1945, Austria will not have a president from either the center-left Social Democrats or the center-right People’s Party. Norbert Hofer, the far-right candidate who received 37% of the vote, says he packs a Glock to protect himself from refugees. He supports exiting the EU, wants to deport all foreigners, and advocates prohibiting women from wearing head scarves. PJ Media 2016 Apr 24 (Story) (Cached)

The country of Burkina Faso, Africa’s top cotton producer, is dropping genetically-modified cotton because its fibers are shorter than conventional cotton and too difficult to twist and spin. AFP 2016 Apr 23 (Story) (Cached)

The Chinese government is cracking down on parents protesting vaccines. Parents are angry over a recent scandal involving the distribution of $90-million worth of expired vaccines, which they believe is responsible for illness and debilitating conditions in their children. The government is countering with a media campaign to discredit the parents and with intimidation and arrests to break their solidarity. [Be aware that the source of this story is Time magazine, which falsely states that the anti-vaccine movement has been ‘scientifically debunked’.] Time posted 2016 Apr 23 (Story) (Cached)