Link: http://investmentwatchblog.com/unexpectedly-connecticut-income-tax-revenue-collapses-malloy-says-taxing-the-rich-doesnt-work/

Connecticut’s state budget woes are compounding with collections from the state income tax collapsing, despite two high-end tax hikes in the past six years.Connecticut depends too much on its wealthy residents, and wealthy residents are leaving, and the ones that are staying are making less.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/386882-putin-trump-speak-by-phone/

Russian President Vladimir Putin and , Donald Trump, held a phone call in which they have agreed to cooperate on promoting diplomatic progress in dealing with tensions on the Korean peninsula and in Syria, according to the Kremlin.“Vladimir Putin has called for restraint and decreasing of the level of tensions” on the Korean peninsula, “It has been agreed to work jointly on a diplomatic solution that will settle the crisis.”Putin and Trump have spoken about coordinating Russia’s and US efforts aimed against terrorism in Syria,“activate dialogue between the foreign ministries of both countries who will seek to secure the ceasefire regime, stabilize it and control it.“The goal is to launch a real peace process in Syria.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/386843-erdogan-turkey-eu-membership/

Turkey will say goodbye to the EU if it refuses to “open new chapters” on its accession into the bloc, President Erdogan has stated. It comes after an EU commissioner said Ankara’s actions and policies have made it impossible to meet EU criteria to join.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/asia/201705021053200889-china-cyber-security-authorities/

Chinese cybersecurity authorities on Tuesday announced plans to tighten rules for the country's online news service providers by requiring official licenses and state-sanctioned editors for all outlets.

Link: http://www.naturalnews.com/2017-04-30-100-of-honeybee-colony-food-found-to-be-heavily-contaminated-with-toxic-pesticides.html

Cornell University examined 120 honeybee colonies placed near 30 apple orchards around New York state. The bees were allowed to forage for a few days during the flowering season. The research team then assessed each colony’s beebread to check for pesticide residues; found that 73 percent of colonies displayed chronic pesticide exposure

Link: http://investmentwatchblog.com/ice-arresting-dozens-of-hispanic-criminals/

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) Miami Field Office conducted a law enforcement action targeting individuals who pose a threat to public safety from April 18-24, 2017. The operation was a targeted enforcement operation conducted across Florida and Puerto Rico, with a goal to apprehend removable aliens with a history of domestic violence and sexual predator offenses and other egregious crimes.

Link: http://investmentwatchblog.com/all-hell-breaks-loose-in-brazil-as-first-general-strike-in-21-years-paralyzes-nation/

Brazil’s economy continues to deteriorate at an alarming pace. Friday Brazilian police tear-gassed demonstrators and rioters burned buses in the violent conclusion of a general strike – the first in 21 years – that shut down transport, schools and banks in protest against the government’s austerity reforms.

Link: http://www.4thmedia.org/2017/04/washington-plans-to-nuke-russia-and-china/

It is extremely dangerous to all of mankind for Washington to convince two nuclear powers that Washington is preparing a preemptive nuclear strike against them. It is impossible to imagine a more reckless and irresponsible act. Yet this is precisely what Washington has done.

Link: http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=56675

Australia's 9 News released a shocking report Monday showing how the African Apex street gang is terrorizing Melbourne and spawning a right-wing resistance movement demanding all criminal migrants be deported.

Link: http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/a-chinese-factory-slave-explains-why-manufacturing-jobs-are-never-coming-back-to-america-no-matter-what-president-trump-says_05012017

Wages are unacceptable for American workers $450, per month.“Even if they relocate factories to the U.S. they’d replace workers with robots. Pegatron already uses robots to apply cameras to iPhones, and drop batteries into the devices. Robots, are more precise than human workers, precision is particularly important for those two components. If President Trump wants iPhones manufactured in the U.S., Apple will need to pay much higher wages,consumers will have to pay more, or it will have to rely a lot more on machines, which won’t create jobs, and might end up taking them.

Link: http://investmentwatchblog.com/stockman-tax-plan-dead-on-arrival-and-wall-st-delusional-for-believing-it/

David Stockman former director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Reagan:“Wall Street is totally misreading Washington,” and President Trump’s promises of tax reform will be “dead before arrival.”Of the proposed tax bill announced this week, he said, “It’s a wonderful fantasy…but there’s no way to pay for the $7.5 trillion cost of the main features.”

Link: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-01/korea-times-china-bracing-emergency-situation-involving-north-korea

South Korea's Korea Times reports a Chinese town near the border with North Korea is "urgently" recruiting Korean-Chinese interpreters, speculation China is bracing for an emergency situation involving a possible military clash between the United States and North Korea;"might trigger a huge exodus of North Koreans to border towns in China." Chinese government ordering the town of Dandong to recruit an unspecified number of Korean-Chinese interpreters to work at 10 departments in the town, including border security, public security, trade, customs and quarantine.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/austria-seeks-to-tax-google-searches/

Austria is seeking ways to make digital services like Alphabet Inc.’s Google or Facebook Inc. pay taxes for transactions with the nation’s internet users, trying to plug gaps in a tax system still designed for brick-and-mortar business.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/This_Is_What_A_Bank_Run_Looks_Like%3A_Home_Capital_Loses_70%25_Of_Deposits_In_One_Week/58182/0/38/38/Y/M.html

According to HCG's latest press release this morning, the "less than prime" Canadian mortgage lender held HISA deposits of only $391 million as of Monday, May 1; this is down C$130 million from Friday, or a reduction in the total amount by 25%. It is also down 72% from the C$1.4 billion reported one week ago. the company has another C$12.8 billion in Guaranteed Investment Certificate deposits, or GICS. As these 30- and 60-day deposits come due in the coming weeks, depleting HCG's already tapped out liquidity, and forcing even more emergency loans. Without a deposit base, Home Capital can’t fund new mortgages.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/386707-turkey-may-day-arrests-gas/

May Day rallies in Tukey’s most populous city descended into clashes with the police, as several activist groups tried to get into cordoned-off areas of the city. Over 200 people have been detained, and at least one man was reportedly killed. 40 Molotov cocktails, 17 hand grenades, 176 fireworks ... and lots of illegal posters have been seized.”

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/386725-clashes-erupt-between-police-demonstrators-paris/

Clashes have erupted in Paris between police and demonstrators during May Day protests.Protesters pelted Molotov cocktails as police responded with tear gas. Several of the officers caught fire and could be seen engulfed in flames.The violence was reportedly caused by a group of radical protesters, most of who covered their faces with black masks. The group was separate from peaceful demonstrators. At least four police officers have been injured in the clashes, one officer suffered serious burns.

Link: http://investmentwatchblog.com/new-drug-for-rare-childhood-disease-price-tag-702000-a-year-and-an-explosive-statement-from-the-fda/

The FDA has just approved a new drug, Brineura, for a rare childhood brain-disease known as CLN2, which progresses quickly and is considered fatal. BioMarin, the drug’s manufacturer, has pegged the yearly price of the drug for a patient at an astronomical $702,000. Discounts will be offered—the average annual price for the patient will come down to $486,000.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/386639-turkey-bans-dating-shows/

Turkey has banned radio and TV dating programs with a decree made possible by the country’s state of emergency. “In radio and television broadcasting services, such programs in which people are introduced with the purpose of finding a friend or searching for a spouse... cannot be permitted,”says a statement in Turkey’s Official Gazette, which publishes new legislation. Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said that “there are some strange programs that would scrap the institution of family, take away its nobility and sanctity.”

Link: http://govtslaves.info/frankencitrus-coming-to-a-store-near-you/

trees are treated with a genetically modified virus that makes them resistant to citrus greening disease, which has caused major problems for citrus growers in Florida. But according to the government’s definition, neither the trees nor the fruit will be considered genetically modified.

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/386629-syria-turkey-border-us-troops/

The US has deployed troops to Syria’s northeast border with Turkey in an attempt to prevent an escalation of fighting between the Turkish forces and Kurdish militia units that followed Turkish airstrikes hitting two Kurdish-held areas in Syria and Iraq.