U.S. officials cracking down on people trying to bring valuable eggs across the border

from CBC  (posted by Aunt BB)

Egg interceptions up 116% so far this year, while seizures of fentanyl down 32%

U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the flow of the deadly drug fentanyl across the border must be stopped.

But U.S. border officials are increasingly cracking down on another valuable product these days: eggs.

Officials made 3,254 egg-related seizures in January and February 2025, according to new data released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). That's a 116 per cent increase in egg seizures compared to the 1,508 events the same two months a year ago.

The rise comes as U.S. wholesale egg prices are shattering records as an accelerating outbreak of bird flu in laying hens slashes supplies. Trump promised to lower egg prices on his first day in office but prices increased 59 per cent on a year-on-year basis in February, the first full month of his administration.

And while wholesale prices may be coming back down, they "have yet to be reflected at store shelves," according to the USDA's most recent egg markets overview...

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What is Netanyahu’s ultimate goal as Israeli airstrikes kill over 400 in Gaza?

from TRT World Now

 

BREAKING: ISRAEL MASSACRES 400, 'WOMEN & INFANTS' BURNED ALIVE

from Secular Talk

 

My Experience with Taneja Center for Surgery at AdventHealth Tampa was Nothing Less than Inspirational

by Scott Creighton

 

Yesterday I had the fortune of getting a total knee replacement done at Taneja Center for Surgery at AdventHealth Tampa and I would like to tell you about it, if you have a moment.

First of all, I am not in anyway being compensated for this article.  Consider it for what it is, just a review of a service put out there for your consideration. 

Secondly, this website is dedicated to exposing the misdeeds of Big Business here in the states and across the globe. So this glaringly supportive offering from me might seem a bit out of character.

And that is what I mean by 'inspirational'  

I was worried about surgery. We all are I think. Kissed my dog before leaving. That kind of cringe.

When I got there and checked in in front of the massive wall of living indoor plants I was stuck by the demeanor of the people behind the counter. They were genuinely glad to be there and help me get checked in and on my way to start the process.

When I say genuinely I mean it wasn't that fake facade you see plastered on the faces of people at Disney World or Busch Gardens. I mean it was real. They liked their jobs and they really wanted to help and this... demeanor?... was present in EVERYONE I came in contact with. 

Then the self check-in kiosk I pads.

 

Amy Goodman Decries Loss of CIA Regime Change Assets then Pushes Propaganda on Serbian Color Revolution

 by Scott Creighton

Amy Goodman is a Cass Sunstein agent and there is no question about it.

During yesterday's Democracy NOW! Headline segment (March 17 2025) Amy Goodman spends several minutes chastising the Trump administration for closing various regime change NGOs and then promotes deliberate disinformation and propaganda related the the current color revolution and regime change op taking place in Serbia.

Amazing for an 'independent' news outlet whose tagline reads 'The War and Peace Report' (if link doesn't start video at mark I choose, please go to the 9:01 mark)

Amy says Trump is shutting down U.S. Agency for Global Media which Trump rightly called 'tax-payer funded propaganda' and  Politico also attacked this move claiming UAAGM was  'pro-democracy media'

Since when have we ever installed a truly democratic government in a nation we regime changed? Politico knows the answer to that question as does Amy and yet... here we are.

I am home and it went well

by Scott Creighton

Hi folks. I am home. Surgery went very well. They're great people at the doctor's office and the surgical team and the hospital.

Knee is killing me but it's supposed to for a little while.

Without the help of so many friends out there it would have been very difficult for me and I just want to say thanks to ALL of them. All of you. I will not dox you, you know who you are. You are all angels and I am forever in your debt.

Especially Aunt BB. Who came from another country and crossed the width of ours to be here to help. What a friend. What a joy it's been to know her. 

I thank for your well wishes and prayers. Thank you so much.

Tomorrow the nerve blocker thing will wear off and it's gonna be an interesting couple of days. Will post some stuff. Gotta move around anyway.

You guys remind me every day of why I do this. 

How much this community means to me. 

And this process is absolutely a testimonial to what I was talking about yesterday. 

... and for that i am forever in all of your debt. 

Bless you all and peace be upon you.

willyloman

American Everyman

scott creighton

Sunday Musings from the Fringe

If they cannot convince us that empathy and compassion are weaknesses that must be stamped out in our society, then all they are left with is brutality and pure brutality never wins. Not here it doesn't. Not anywhere over the thousands of years of human history. 

Chris Hedges video Normalizing Genocide https://nomadiceveryman.blogspot.com/2025/03/chris-hedges-normalizing-genocide-and.html

Palestine Children Relief Fund https://pcrf-rescue.net/

Chris Hedges : Normalizing Genocide and the New World Order

from Media Sanctuary

 

'On March 7, 2025 Chris Hedges returned to The Sanctuary for Independent Media to present "Normalizing Genocide and the New World Order," a talk about how the world has changed since the genocide in Gaza began, how we navigate a world without rules or humanitarian law and how the genocidal violence perpetuated by the Global North, especially as the climate crisis deepens, will be turned with ever more frequency on the peoples of the Global South. The presentation, which was followed by a conversation with members of the audience, was given in advance of the release of his book, "A Genocide Foretold" (Penguin Random House, 2025). Hedges is the former Middle East Bureau Chief for The New York Times, is a Pulitzer-prize winning reporter and Arabic speaker. He spent 7 years covering the conflict between Israel and Palestine. He is the author of numerous books including the New York Times bestsellers "War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning," "American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America" and "Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt," which he co-authored with the cartoonist Joe Sacco. He has taught at Columbia University, New York University, Princeton University, and the University of Toronto. He has also taught students in the college degree program offered by Rutgers University in the New Jersey prison system for a decade, the subject of his book "Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison."'

Smotrich delves into Trump's plan of displacing Palestinians from Gaza

from al Mayadeen English

US President Donald Trump's plan to forcibly displace Palestinians from Gaza is "taking shape", announced Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Sunday, despite widespread rejection in the region.

"This plan is taking shape, with ongoing actions in coordination with the (US) administration," Smotrich told an event in the Israeli parliament.

Smotrich added that preparations are underway to form an administration that will handle the forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza under the infamous plan.

"This has the potential to create a historic change in the Middle East and for the state of Israel," he said.

During a Knesset "Land of Israel" caucus meeting, the Israeli minister affirmed that the said managing body would be part of the Israeli Police Ministry, led by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Police, while emphasizing that the "budget won't be an obstruction."

Smotrich noted that "Israel" and the United States are cooperating to choose the countries the Palestinians will be sent to, adding that "logistics will be complicated, since we need to know who is going and where..."...

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Türkiye to make presentation at ICJ on Israel’s crimes against Gaza

from Daily Sabah

Ankara will make an oral presentation at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as part of the advisory opinion on determining Israel's obligations towards the United Nations, other international organizations and third states in the occupied Palestinian territories, Parliament's Justice Committee chief Cüneyt Yüksel said on Thursday.

Yüksel, speaking to Anadolu Agency (AA), reiterated that the ICJ asked for an advisory view on the obligations. Recalling that Türkiye submitted its written opinion to the court in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 66 of the Statute of the ICJ, Yüksel said that 45 member states and international organizations, along with Türkiye, submitted written opinions within this framework prepared in cooperation with the Foreign Ministry and Parliament’s legal team. The written statement underlined that Israel’s attacks against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) hindered the effective distribution of humanitarian aid to local people. It further added that Israel’s attempt to close the UNRWA is against the U.N. Charter and the 1946 Convention on Privileges and Immunities.

He added that the hearings would begin on April 28...

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