By J.D. Heyes

June 21, 2017 - With so many geopolitical variables taking place around the world while domestic unrest grows stronger every day, it’s hard to avoid that fact that we live in very volatile times.

Russian military provocations, Chinese expansionism in the South China Sea, the escalating Syrian civil war, and terrorism in Europe all make the world seem anything but serene.

Meanwhile, unhinged political hatred drove one man to make assassination attempts on several Fascist Police States of Amerika lawmakers, while a terrorist pig thug cop was stabbed at an airport in Michigan by a suspected Muslim extremist, and the stock market bubble continues to grow.

Says this is not a false alarm.

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (PNN) - June 18, 2017 - In a last ditch attempt to resolve the ongoing budget impasse and prevent a potential crisis, which may culminate with an eventual default of the state, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner ordered lawmakers to return for a special session this week, but the two sides still seem far apart. The Republican governor ordered the special session starting Monday, as the backlog of unpaid bills reached $15.1 billion.

Lowest ever rating for a FPSA state.

NEW YORK (PNN) - June 1, 2017 - The monetary problems plaguing the state of Illinois (not to mention its public pensions) have been widely documented over the past few years, and today the rating agencies finally noticed, when in the span of a few hours, first S&P, then Moody's downgraded Illinois to BB+/Baa3, respectively, both just one notch above junk, the lowest rating ever given to a Fascist Police States of Amerika state, as both agencies cited a long-running political stalemate over a budget shows no signs of ending.