James Holbrooks

Private Prison Demands Community Give It 300 More Prisoners or It Will Close Down

by James Holbrooks | Aug 4, 2017 | Blog

New Mexico — A small community in New Mexico is learning firsthand the consequences of relying on corporate industry to fuel your economy. In the case of Torrance County, it’s the private prison industry. From a July 25 article by the Santa Fe New Mexican: “The company that has operated a private prison in Estancia for nearly three decades has announced it will close the Torrance County Detention Facility and lay off more than 200 employees unless it can find 300 state or federal inmates to fill empty beds within the next 60 days, according to a statement issued Tuesday by county...

Movie Theater Stocks Plummet as Internet Media Threatens to Crush Hollywood

by James Holbrooks | Aug 4, 2017 | Blog

The movie theater industry is in trouble. Box office bombs and the changing manner in which people consume their entertainment have sent their stocks plummeting. From the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday: “AMC Entertainment Holdings, the world’s largest movie theater owner, took a big hit on Wall Street after it reported worse-than-expected earnings amid an unusually weak box office.” Continuing, the Times reported that AMC’s stock fell more than 25 percent for the quarter ending June 30, which amounts to about a $178 million loss. AMC’s report falls in line with second-quarter reports...

Mother of four fined $1,200 for braiding hair without a license in America

by James Holbrooks | Aug 3, 2017 | Blog

According to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 25 percent of Americans are employed in a field that requires a license. The process for obtaining that license can be a long and costly one, as David Barnes recently detailed for Rare: “Occupational licensing laws require workers to obtain a government permission slip to enter a given profession. In practice, this amounts to jumping through a series of regulatory hurdles — such as apprenticeships, mandatory training and tests and fees —before one is allowed to perform a job and earn a paycheck.” Barnes...

President Xi stresses Party loyalty in historic speech in Beijing

by James Holbrooks | Aug 2, 2017 | Blog

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. Beijing — As tensions continue to rise — and accelerate— over North Korea and its missile program, China’s President Xi Jinping gave his highly anticipated speech at the 90th anniversary celebration of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on Tuesday. In his speech, presented at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Xi outlined strategies to continue China’s societal advancement, emphasized loyalty to the governing Communist Party of China (CPC), and praised the modernization of the country’s military. But it was Xi’s...

North Korea Promises To Respond With ‘Firm Action’ Against The United States

by James Holbrooks | Jul 31, 2017 | Blog

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. In a show of force following North Korea’s latest test fire of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Friday, two U.S. supersonic B-1 bombers — accompanied by fighter jets from both South Korea and Japan — flew over the Korean Peninsula on Saturday. “North Korea’s test launch today of another intercontinental ballistic missile — the second such test in less than a month — is only the latest reckless and dangerous action by the North Korean regime,” the White House said in a statement on Friday. Continuing, Washington, D.C. said...

North Korea Promises To Respond With 'Firm Action' Against The United States

by James Holbrooks | Jul 31, 2017 | Blog

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. In a show of force following North Korea’s latest test fire of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Friday, two U.S. supersonic B-1 bombers — accompanied by fighter jets from both South Korea and Japan — flew over the Korean Peninsula on Saturday. “North Korea’s test launch today of another intercontinental ballistic missile — the second such test in less than a month — is only the latest reckless and dangerous action by the North Korean regime,” the White House said in a statement on Friday. Continuing, Washington, D.C. said...

U.S. Admiral Says He's Ready to Launch Nuclear Strike Against China if Trump Orders It

by James Holbrooks | Jul 28, 2017 | Blog

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. A day after the director of the CIA called China the greatest threat to the United States — and right as China began live-fire naval drills off the Korean Peninsula — an admiral of the U.S. military said Thursday that he would be willing to launch a nuclear strike against China. “The answer would be: yes,” Admiral Scott Swift, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, answered at a security conference in Australia when asked whether he would nuke China if ordered to do by President Donald Trump. “Every member of the US military has sworn an...

U.S. Admiral Says He’s Ready to Launch Nuclear Strike Against China if Trump Orders It

by James Holbrooks | Jul 28, 2017 | Blog

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. A day after the director of the CIA called China the greatest threat to the United States — and right as China began live-fire naval drills off the Korean Peninsula — an admiral of the U.S. military said Thursday that he would be willing to launch a nuclear strike against China. “The answer would be: yes,” Admiral Scott Swift, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, answered at a security conference in Australia when asked whether he would nuke China if ordered to do by President Donald Trump. “Every member of the US military has sworn an...