close Video Bolton announces the US will not cooperate with the ICC Trump's national security adviser made it clear the administration is taking sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by threatening to close the Palestine Liberation Office in Washington; Gillian Turner reports on 'Special Report.' Should an unaccountable United Nations court, created by a treaty to which the United States is not a signatory, and that the Senate has not ratified, be allowed to investigate, try and imprison American citizens? Unfortunately, this is no longer a theoretical question. In November, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague, Fatou Bensouda, announced she was seeking a formal investigation into alleged war crimes committed by U.S. military forces and CIA officers in Afghanistan. Bensouda -- a Gambian lawyer who is answerable to no government or institution -- claims unbridled power to investigate, charge and prosecute American citizens, no … [Read more...] about Marc Thiessen: Trump is looking out for us by protecting Americans from unaccountable United Nations court
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Millions of Americans still trapped in debt-logged homes ten years after crisis
By Michelle Conlin and Robin Respaut EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa., 2018 (Reuters) - School bus driver Michael Payne was renting an apartment on the 30th floor of a New York City high-rise, where the landlord's idea of fixing broken windows was to cover them with boards. So when Payne and his wife Gail saw ads in the tabloids for brand-new houses in the Pennsylvania mountains for under $200,000 (152,580 pounds), they saw an escape. The middle-aged couple took out a mortgage on a $168,000, four-bedroom home in a gated community with swimming pools, tennis courts and a clubhouse. “It was going for the American Dream,” Payne, now 61, said recently as he sat in his living room. “We felt rich.” Today the powder-blue split-level is worth less than half of what they paid for it 12 years ago at the peak of the nation’s housing bubble. Located about 80 miles northwest of New York City in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, their home resides in one of the sickest real … [Read more...] about Millions of Americans still trapped in debt-logged homes ten years after crisis
Movie review: ‘American Chaos’ sheds little light on 2016 election
Adam Graham Detroit News Film Critic Published 6:40 PM EDT Sep 13, 2018 The 2016 election feels like ancient history, which is one of the problems with the well-intentioned-but-late-to-the-game “American Chaos.” In the documentary, which unfolds during the 2016 presidential election, director James D. Stern — concerned with what looks like a looming Donald Trump win — goes on the road to find out why Trump is connecting with voters. The self-proclaimed “political junkie” and diehard Democrat visits with Trump supporters in Florida, West Virginia and Arizona. What he learns isn’t particularly revelatory: those disenfranchised voters feel like their voice has gone unheard for far too long, and Trump makes them feel like he’s listening. Stern attempts to reason with his subjects, but his soft, level-headed approach is naïve, a now distant relic of an earlier political era. What Stern fails to see is that he and his approach … [Read more...] about Movie review: ‘American Chaos’ sheds little light on 2016 election
Patrick K. O’Donnell: American Flyboys Over St. Mihiel
The American pilot turned his De Haviland DH-4 biplane sharply to avoid fire from a German plane in the air above St. Mihiel, France. As he did, castor oil that had leaked from the engine dripped onto his uniform and splattered on his goggles. The pilot grimaced. The oil, which was used to lubricate the engines on DH-4s, got everywhere. He could even taste it in his mouth. That meant he would likely have terrible stomach cramps and the accompanying diarrhea by the time he returned to base. The discomfort was far from the worst part of being an American military pilot in 1918. The De Havilands were constructed of canvas stretched over a wooden frame. If one of the many bullets spewing out of the German planes and ground-based machine guns happened to strike his fuel tank, the “Flying Coffin,” as the pilots called the DH-4s, would instantly ignite. And because he had no parachute, the pilot would likely burn to death before his plane crashed to the ground.Still, it was a … [Read more...] about Patrick K. O’Donnell: American Flyboys Over St. Mihiel
American Airlines makes good on honeymoon heartbreak
BUFFALO, N.Y. - American Airlines is making good on its promise to reimburse a newlywed couple from Western New York who saw their honeymoon travel plans disrupted by three days of flight cancellations.It happened at the end of July when Jillian and Nick Trageser were scheduled to take a connecting flight out of Buffalo to spend their honeymoon at a Jamaican resort.For three days in a row, American Airlines canceled the Trageser's flight from Buffalo because of mechanical problems. As the couple watched the plane sit at the Buffalo Airport, their time off from work was ticking away with the honeymoon, that the newlywed couple had planned and saved for, beginning to vanish into thin air."They have already ruined multiple days of it (honeymoon) and have done nothing to help compensate us or get us there sooner," saod Jillian Trageser while stuck in the Buffalo Niagara International Airport on July 25th."I feel like I want to cry myself and seeing her … [Read more...] about American Airlines makes good on honeymoon heartbreak