‘Tis The Season When Christians Can Make A Statement

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China, Finland, PC, Political Correctness, united-states, war on Christians, War on Christmas

SantaPark in Finland

Re-posted from Cynthia’s Opinions

According to “The Atlantic,” there is a joke going around in Beijing; “Santa Claus was descending into China from the sky. Due to the heavy smog, he fell to the ground, but no one dared help him up. While he was still lying in the snow, his bag was ransacked for presents, and his reindeer and sleigh taken away by the CHENGGUAN, who are much-despised urban-management officials.Therefore, no Christmas this year.”

There is no sign of Jesus, but in many big cities you can catch a glimpse of Santa and Christmas decorations, and Christmas has become the second-most-celebrated “festival” in China. Eighty-five percent of wealthy Chinese send their children to countries like the U.S. for higher education and when these students return home to China during the holiday, they bring their own version of Christmas.

Mall in Shanghai

Christmas in China is also the opportunity to “use the romantic atmosphere of Christmas to spread love. Long Fei, an assistant pastor at an “underground” church in Beijing whose activities are not officially monitored or approved by China’s religious authorities says “Many young people choose to give themselves to their beloved on this eve and eat forbidden fruit.”

The Christmas spirit has even reached as far as China’s sweltering south. Since 2009, a Santa Claus Post Office has operated in Guangzhou, offering specially stamped postcards, inked in Chinese calligraphy, and sends Santa’s laden with donated gifts to children in remote parts of the country.

President Xi Jinping visited Santa’s official cabin in Rovaniemi, Finland in 2010 and now an official 13,000-square-meter replica of that Finnish Santa village is currently under construction in Floraland, Chengdu. Named SantaPark, the theme park promises to “bring families and friends together in an active learning and magical Christmas atmosphere,” and will emulate the cavern residence of Santa Claus on the Arctic Circle, including Santa Claus’ office, elf’s workshop, and Santa Claus’ main post office….

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Isn’t it strange how in Communists nations like China, its people are fighting to get away from that which useful idiot Americans are running to embrace? Indeed, it is an unfortunate state of affairs.

I will not give my money to any business that is afraid to acknowledge Christmas, not one dime.

Finally, I take great joy in uttering the words, “Merry Christmas” and seeing the look on the faces of those who kowtow to political correctness.

That is when I tell the dolt with the silly expression on his or her faces that I will not allow anyone to steal my joy when it comes to celebrating the birth of our Savior.

At this point, the expression becomes one of uneasiness, particularly if the individual is a Christian who sold out to political correctness.

 

LINK:
http://cynthiajquinn.net/?p=2429

Is Barack Obama Actually TRYING To Start World War III?

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Barack Obama, China, Proxy War Between The United States And Russia, RUSSIA, Syria, united-states, World War III

The Economic Collapse by Michael Snyder

Why has Barack Obama airdropped 50 tons of ammunition into areas that “moderate rebels” in Syria supposedly control? This is essentially the equivalent of poking the Russians directly in the eyes. Much of this ammunition will end up in the hands of those that the Russians are attempting to bomb into oblivion, and so to Russia it appears that we are attempting to make their job much harder. And of course the truth is that there aren’t really any “moderate rebels” in Syria at all. Nearly all of the groups that are fighting are made up primarily of radical jihadists and/or hired mercenaries. Personally, I don’t see anyone over there that you could call “the good guys”. At the end of the day, the U.S. supports just about anyone that wants to get rid of the Assad regime, and the Russians are working very hard to keep Assad in power. Just like the civil war in Ukraine, the conflict in Syria is in great danger of being transformed into a proxy war between the United States and Russia, and many fear that these conflicts could eventually be setting the stage for World War III.

The ferocity of Russian airstrikes in Syria has surprised observers all over the planet, and over the past couple of days these airstrikes have been extended to include some new areas…

“Russian Air Forces have extended the range of their airstrikes on Islamic State positions in Syria to four provinces, focusing primarily on demolishing fortified installations and eliminating supply bases and the terrorists’ infrastructure…..

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I am going out on a limb here but if the mainstream media had done its job back in 2011 and 2012, maybe even 2009 when things began to explode in the Middle East thanks to Barack Obama’s ineptitude, just maybe, the bloodshed and slaughter-taking place until this very today might have been averted.

Barack Obama will walk out of the White House in 2017 with the world on fire and regardless of the spin and blame game, the malignant narcissist owns it.

 

LINK:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/is-barack-obama-actually-trying-to-start-world-war-iii

USA has 6 Times more immigrants than every Latin American nation COMBINED.

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EUROPE, Illegal Immigration, Immigration, Latin America, Mexico, middle-east, Muslims, united-states

 

Immigrants from the Middle East, Africa, Mexico and other Latino countries are invading the United States and Europe in overwhelming numbers. However, America suffers the highest influx of illegals crossing our borders with the blessings of the Progressive establishment.

Pursuant to a chart released last week by Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Al), the United States plays host to a whopping 20% of the world’s immigrants in addition to which, we provide “more funding and benefits than any other country in the world and any other region in the world.”

Even worse, the nations who send us their citizens are themselves not advocates of open borders when it is they who are on the receiving end.

Case in point, even though the population of twenty-one Latino nations combined is twice that of the United States, combined Latino nations have 7.8 million immigrants compared to 45.8 million living in the USA. See the following news release and chart below released by the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest.

SUBCOMMITEE CHART: U.S. Takes In 6 Times More Migrants Than Every Latin American Nation Put Together

Background from the Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest:

The United States resettles the largest number of migrants in the world, and provides more funding and benefits than any other country in the world and any other region in the world. These are the facts: the U.S. contains about 4.5 percent of global population but hosts about 20 percent of the world’s global migrants. As a matter of comparison, Latin America contains nearly twice as much of the world’s population – more than 8.5 percent – but houses only about 3.35 percent of the world’s migrants. While the United States takes in one-fifth of global migrants, no other nation on earth has taken in more than one-twentieth.

About 1 in 40 of all migrants living in the U.S. today are from the Middle East or North Africa; however, that population has been rapidly growing. More than 1 in 10 of the annual permanent migrants resettled in the U.S. is a Muslim migrant. By contrast, only about 1 in 300 of all migrants living in Mexico today are from the Middle East or North Africa. (About 1 in 7 migrants in Mexico hail from other Latin American countries, and about 7 in 10 migrants in Mexico are from Canada or the United States). To provide further perspective: in 2010 there were 3,166 migrants from the Middle East living in Mexico; between 2001 and today, the United States has issued green cards to approximately 900,000 migrants from the Middle East and 1.5 million to migrants from Muslim countries. Because it’s only a ten-year figure for the U.S., that means the U.S. has permanently resettled well more than 300 times as many Middle Eastern migrants as Mexico, for example.

In terms of long-term migration trends, the Pew Research Center observes that the United States will continue to greatly exceed Latin America in terms of Middle Eastern migration:

“Most of the projected growth in the region’s Muslim population will take place in North America, particularly in the U.S. and Canada. If current trends continue, the Muslim population in the United States is projected to more than double in the next 20 years, from 2.6 million in 2010 to 6.2 million in 2030…Of all the countries in the Americas, Canada and the U.S. are expected to have by far the largest percentage increases in the size of their Muslim populations, 183.1% and 139.5%, respectively…By 2030, the U.S. is projected to have a larger number of Muslims than any European country other than Russia (which is expected to have 19 million Muslims by 2030) and France (which is expected to have 6.9 million Muslims in 2030). By comparison, the United Kingdom and Germany are each projected to have nearly 5.6 million Muslims in 2030.”

Pew also observes that: “If current trends continue, about 130,000 Muslims are expected to be granted permanent residency in the United States annually by 2030.” It is important to note this not an estimate of the much large figure of total annual migration (i.e. foreign students, guest workers, asylum-seekers, etc.) but permanent resettlement.

Country-By-Country Breakdown

[Note: For the purposes of this analysis, island nations with extremely small populations were excluded, as they do not affect the totals in any statistically significant way.]

UNITED STATES: Total Population: 320,050,090 / Migrant Population: 48,785,090

LATIN AMERICA: Total Population: 603,855,084 / Migrant Population: 7,754,084

• Mexico: 1,103,460 Migrants

• Central America: 653,796 migrants
  • Belize (.5 million migrants); Costa Rica (.4 million migrants); El Salvador (.04 million migrants); Guatemala (.07 million migrants); Honduras (.02 million migrants); Nicaragua (.04 million migrants); Panama (.15 million migrants)

• South America: 4,771,743 migrants
  • Argentina (1.8 million migrants); Bolivia (.15 million migrants); Brazil (.6 million migrants); Chile (.4 million migrants); Columbia (.12 million migrants); Ecuador (.4 million migrants); Paraguay (.1 million migrants); Peru (.1 million migrants); Uruguay (.07 million migrants); Venezuela (1.2 million migrants)

• The Caribbean: 613,432 migrants
  • Cuba (.02 million migrants); Dominican Republic (.4 million migrants); Haiti (.04 million migrants); Puerto Rico (.3 million immigrants)

H/t Washington Examiner.

Image: Western Rifle Shooters Association.

LINKS:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/sessions-u.s.-has-6-times-as-many-immigrants-as-latin-america-48m-vs-7m/article/2572421
http://www.sessions.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2015/9/subcommitee-chart-u-s-takes-in-6-times-more-migrants-than-every-latin-american-nation-put-together
https://westernrifleshooters.wordpress.com/2013/04/

The Plot to Impose a National Sales Tax or Value Added Tax

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National Sales Tax, united-states, Value Added Tax, Whiskey Rebellion

 

Grumpy Opinions by Publius Huldah

A devilish plot is afoot to impose new national taxes on the American People. It is a masterful piece of trickery because the authorization for the new national taxes is buried within Compact for America’s version of a balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution.

Furthermore, the balanced budget amendment does nothing to control federal spending; and transforms our Constitution from one of limited and defined powers to one of general and unlimited powers. ¹

Yet this monstrosity is pending in Michigan as SB 306 ² and in North Carolina as HB 366. ³ Legislators in four States, Alaska, Georgia, Mississippi and North Dakota, have already passed it.

Let’s look at Sections 1-6 of Compact for America’s balanced budget amendment:

It does Nothing to Control Federal Spending

Section 1 allows Congress to spend as much as they take from us in taxes and add to the national debt. That’s a good idea?

Sections 2 and 3 permit Congress to raise the debt whenever 26 States agree. States are addicted to federal funds. Will 25 States agree not to take more federal funds?

Section 4 is a joke: Who believes Congress will impeach a President for refusing to “impound” an appropriation made by Congress? Congress won’t even impeach a President for Treason.

How Authorization for the New Taxes is Hidden

Section 5 says:

“No bill that provides for a new or increased general revenue tax shall become law unless approved by a two-thirds roll call vote of the whole number of each House of Congress….” [italics mine]

What is a “general revenue tax”? Section 6 defines it:

“…’general revenue tax’ means any income tax, sales tax, or value-added tax levied by the government of the United States…” [italics mine]

Now go back to Section 5 and substitute the definition of “general revenue tax” for that term:

“No bill that provides for a new or increased income tax, sales tax, or value-added tax levied by the government of the United States shall become law unless approved by a two-thirds roll call vote of the whole number of each House of Congress….”

There it is: All that’s needed is approval of two-thirds of the members of each House and a new national sales tax and/or value added tax is imposed on us. And they can increase it, along with increasing the income tax, whenever they get two-thirds of the members to vote for it.

Section 5 also permits Congress to make laws to impose a new “end user sales tax” ⁴ which would replace the income tax – this “end user sales tax” is passed by a simple majority of both houses.

So! Compact for America’s balanced budget amendment provides two options to Congress:

• Two-thirds of the members of both Houses can impose a new sales tax and/or value-added tax in addition to the income tax; or
• A simple majority of both Houses can impose “a new end user sales tax” which replaces the income tax.

Which option will Congress choose?

Our Constitution Doesn’t Now Authorize a National Sales Tax or Value-added Tax

Article I, §8, clause 1 says:

“The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises…”

Principles of Compact for America say this clause already authorizes a national sales tax or value added tax. Board Vice-President Chip DeMoss said on Feb. 12, 2014:

“a national sales tax would be an “impost” (defined as a tax or similar compulsory payment) that is authorized under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1…” [see comment 19].

We may not properly use DeMoss’ redefinition of “impost”!

We must use the definition of “impost” our Framers used: The Federalist Papers say an “impost” is a tax or duty on imports. Type imposts in the search box [at the link] and the Papers discussing imposts will come up. See for yourself that an “impost” is a tax or duty on imports.

Webster’s 1828 Dictionary defines “impost” as:

“…Any tax or tribute imposed by authority; particularly, a duty or tax laid by government on goods imported, and paid or secured by the importer at the time of importation. Imposts are also called customs.”

Do you see?

National sales taxes and value-added taxes are also not “excise” taxes. Excise taxes are a tax on a unit of goods – such as the infamous whiskey excise tax of 1791 which led to the Whiskey Rebellion. ⁵ It imposed a flat tax per gallon. The tax was payable for domestic whiskey at the distillery (§17 of the Act) and the casks were numbered and marked to show the tax had been paid (§19 of the Act).

“Taxes” at Art. I, §8, clause 1 refers to the apportioned direct tax provided for at Art. I, §2, clause 3 of our Constitution.

Our Framers were specific about the kinds of taxes Congress is permitted to impose. Congress does not have the power to impose any kind of tax it wants. Our Framers limited Congress’ taxing power to:

• the apportioned direct taxes at Art. I, §2, clause 3;
• the duties or imposts on imports at Art. I, §8, clause 1; and
• the excises at Art. I, §8, clause 1.

A sales tax is none of the above. A sales tax is a percentage of the retail price of goods. A value-added tax is a “turbo-charged national sales tax on goods and services that is applied at each stage of production, not merely on retail transactions” and raises a “gusher of revenue for spendthrift governments worldwide”.

We have never had a national sales tax or value added tax in this Country. Why? Because they are not authorized by the Constitution.

We were manipulated into supporting the 16^th Amendment. We were told the income tax would “soak the rich” – and the envious drooled at the prospect.

And so again today, statists are seeking to trick us into supporting a national sales tax or a value added tax: first, by concealing it within the verbiage of the bill; ⁶ and then, once the trickery was exposed, by claiming the Constitution already authorizes these new types of taxes.

There is a Better Way: Downsize the Federal Government!

Our Constitution limits federal spending to the enumerated powers. The list of objects on which Congress may lawfully spend money is a short list. See the list HERE.

Most of what the federal government does today is unconstitutional as outside the scope of the powers delegated by the Constitution. Let’s cut federal spending by downsizing the federal government to its enumerated powers and constitutional limits.

Endnotes:

¹ Congress’ spending is limited by the enumerated powers: If an object is on the list of enumerated powers (e.g., the patent & copyright office authorized by Art. I, §8, cl. 8), Congress may lawfully spend money on it. That’s how our Constitution already controls federal spending.

All versions of a balanced budget amendment change the constitutional standard for spending FROM whether an object is on the list of enumerated powers TO a limit on total spending where Congress may spend money on whatever they or the President put in the budget. This is what transforms our Constitution FROM one of enumerated powers only TO one of general and unlimited powers. And that is the true purpose of a balanced budget amendment. It has nothing to do with limiting federal spending – the pretended spending limits are fictitious since they may be waived whenever the feds [and 26 of the States] want to waive them.

² Leon Drolet’s article of July 10, 2015, and Sam Easter’s article of July 8, 2015, about SB 306 pending in Michigan don’t mention the new national taxes.

³ Matthew Burns’ article about the hearing on HB 366 before N. Carolina’s House Judiciary Committee (which passed HB 366) doesn’t mention the new national taxes. Burns quotes the Bill’s sponsor, Rep. Chris Millis, as saying the problem is “Washington is unwilling or unable to limit itself.” So the solution is to massively increase Congress’ taxing powers?

⁴ “End user sales tax” is not defined in the balanced budget amendment.

⁵ Apparently, the practice of tarring & feathering “revenuers” began with the Whiskey Excise Tax.

⁶ The trickery was exposed over a year ago HERE. Since then, Compact for America has claimed the Constitution already authorizes the new taxes. Are we too gullible to be free? PH

 

 

Image: Tax collector tarred and feathered, Whiskey Rebellion, Source: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.

 

LINKS:
http://grumpyelder.com/2015/08/the-plot-to-impose-a-national-sales-tax-or-value-added-tax/
http://www.ttb.gov/public_info/whisky_rebellion.shtml

I Think It’s Time For A Second Independence Day- July 6th Might Work

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Barack Obama, Independence Day, John Boehner, July 4th, Mass Hysteria, Mitch McConnell, Supreme Court, united-states

Grumpy Opinions

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. — The Declaration of Independence, Signed July 4, 1776,

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We don’t need to abolish our government, the framework is as solid as ever. Maybe a little rust in a couple places, but nothing that can’t be easily fixed.

But we sure as hell need to alter the attitudes of the people running it. They’ve forgotten they’re supposed th be there to represent the American People, not a host of big money special interest groups. For all practical purposes John Boehner, John Boehner shout be required to register as a lobbyist for the multinational corporations that gave him over five million dollars during a two year period, Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan aren’t much better..

Then there the Supreme Court. Eric Erickson of Red State had an article over on Town Hall titled Mass Hysteria in America. He compares the situation in Washington to Mass Hysteria event in Europe:

In the 1400s, a nun in a French convent started making sounds like a cat. Other nuns began to do the same. Eventually, they started biting one another. As word of the bitings spread, so, too, did the bitings. They swept through other convents all the way to Rome.

He goes on to say:

For many in the country, they feel compelled to board up the windows, batten down the hatches and wait for this latest round of collective hysteria to run its course.

Read all of Mass Hysteria in America

I don’t think we can wait that long, he’s right when hes says later on, wildfires, mass hysteria and pandemics eventually run their course and burn themselves out.. but sometimes they don’t leave anything salvageable in their wake. While we’re running around meowing, chasing mice and biting each other, our country is falling apart. If we don’t stop it now, we will end up going the way of the ancient Roman and Greek empires.

Every now and then I get a glimmer of hope from of our conservative leaders, but it fades pretty quickly.

There was a good example, a couple weeks ago, Mark Levin declared war on John Boehner,

That sure sounded good to me. Then I read his strategy.. which was nothing more than supporting Winteregg to oppose him in the 2016 Ohio Primary.

That’s less of a strategy Obama’s plan to degrade and eventually destroy the Islamic State. I’d expected more from Levin. Look how much damage Boehner and McConnell have done in just the last six months. Can we afford another year and a half?

With just a little leadership and coordination, it would be easy to change things..

Last Sunday roughly 50,000,000 American’s attended church. All the major denominations have been critical of the Courts homosexual marriage decision..

Suppose the central organizations each behind each of the 200 or so denominations in the United States had asked their ministers to ask their combined 200,000 or so congregations to send a strongly worded email to each of their Capitol Hill Critters, The White House and the News Tips email a single specified MSM outlet this morning.. (MSNBC would be perfect the entire network would meltdown) Then Follow up with a phone call to their Senators and Representatives.

Even if only 10% of that 50,000,000 actually send the emails it would cause havoc on Capital Hill.

I’d guess only about 10% of the people who sent emails would go as far as making the phone calls, one percent would be enough to give every staffer on Capitol Hill a serious headache. By today DC would be in a panic, Congress would be begging the court to reconsider.

On any given day roughly the same number of people, 50,000,000 of us self- identify as conservatives..

If Levin, Limbaugh, Palin, Malkin and Beck were to announce on Friday, July 3rd, that on Monday July 5th they were going to run a dual email/phone campaign to force Congress to listen to the people, it would be easy. By Monday Twitter, Facebook and the Websites would make sure everyone knew and with luck, just like like the Churches one out of ten people would participate.

But this is about a lot more than Gay Marriage, it’s about making the people’s representatives listening to the people who elected them and pay their salaries. The protest would have to go longer and farther…

Something like this:

On Monday: Remember 70% of the people who voted Republican last November wanted Boehner replaced as Speaker. He started breaking the GOP’s campaign promise before the last of the votes were counted

For the House my emails will read: Boehner and his leadership team go, or you do.

For the Senate: McConnell and his Leadership team go or the GOP is toast.

Then on Tuesday July 6 :

Demand They Revoke TPA Send emails to the Senate, House and White House

On Wednesday July 7th:

Demand the Government follow the law, tell Congress to give Obama an ultimatum on immigration. It’s a criminal violation of US Immigration law for any person, including the President to aid, entice or enable an illegal to enter or remain in the United States, Obama’s in criminal violation of the law. Demand he enforce the law, or face the consequences..

By Thursday most the staffers would be calling in sick..

But continue the campaign anyway because by now the original 5.000,000 number’s growing, when people see a protest is successful, the want to be part of it.

Time to demand Obamacare be repealed..

Might as well take a break on Friday, because Congress (and the staffers) will be hiding in a bunker at some undisclosed locationin an undisclosed location and Obama would be licking his wounds in Hawaii..

Be ready to start all over again on Monday As I mentioned before, typically protest movement’s grow over time. A couple years ago everyone laughed when only a few hundred people showed up for the first day of Occupy Wall Street. Less than a month later they were in every city in the country

It would be easy for our so called conservative leaders to initiate something like this, and millions would be on board. But for whatever reason, Levin, Limbaugh, Palin, Malkin, Beck and the rest of them, either can’t or won’t…..

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The past seven plus years have wreaked havoc on Americans, our liberties, history, family values and faith.

Over the past fifteen days it has been one kick in the gut after another with assurances by enemies of all of the above doubling down promising revenge and hell to pay for some injustice of which they either refuse to let go or have conjured up in their twisted minds.

Compounding the insanity, we have corrupt justices from the top down in collusion with the Progressive establishment on the left, right pushing an agenda that would leave this nation, its economy and citizens broken and in shambles.

We can grumble about it or we can take a stand. Forget that the clock is ticking, America. We are out of time. Send a message.

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LINK:
http://grumpyelder.com/2015/07/i-think-its-time-for-a-second-independence-day-july-6th-might-work/

Infected Illegal Immigrants Bring Chagas Disease into USA

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Central America, chagas, Illegal Immigration, infectious diseases, kissing bugs, Mexico, neglected parasitic infection, South America, united-states, US-Mexico border

 

In addition to the Enterovirus and the Ebola virus crossing the US border, Americans now must concern themselves with a deadly disease infecting 300,000 plus unsuspecting persons, i.e., Chagas disease aka the Kissing Bug aka “the new AIDS” aka American trypanosomiasis (pictured above).

Doctors lacking knowledge of this disease are not testing for Chagas, which can be fatal if not caught in time.

DailyMail

Researchers who gathered on Tuesday at the annual American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene meeting in New Orleans said that if caught early the disease can be cured however sometimes the disease can be asymptomatic and there is a dearth in medication for the condition.

The CDC reports that the initial symptoms of the disease caused by a parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, which is spread through the feces of kissing bugs includes fever, fatigue, body aches, rash, diarrhea and vomiting. One of the first visual signs can be a skin lesion or a purplish swelling of the lid of one eye.

The disease can develop in the body causing eventual heart failure and other deadly complications that by the time they are realized cannot be helped with medicine.

‘We were astonished to not only find such a high rate of individuals testing positive for Chagas in their blood, but also high rates of heart disease that appear to be Chagas-related,’ said Nolan Garcia, an epidemiologist at the Baylor College of Medicine….

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Most of those infected with Chagas traveled from Central America, South America and Mexico crossing the border to the United States, a fact of which we do not need the CDC to tell us.

As with the treatment of the Ebola virus, the FDA has not approved, nifurtimox and benznidazole medications currently used to treat Chagas.

According to Fox News, Latino:

U.S. Medical research…suggests that 40,000 pregnant North American women may be infected with the disease at any given time, resulting in 2,000 congenital cases through mother-to-child transmission.

‘It’s not something that we think of asking right away,’ Julie-Ann Crewalk, a pediatrician who has handled Chagas cases, told The Atlantic. ‘I wouldn’t be surprised if the numbers were higher and we’re just not seeing it.’

The U.S. is not the only country seeing new cases. Spain is now grappling with a rise in Changa cases because 80,000 migrants from Latin America are living with the illness, according to the BBC….

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Image source: Journal of Young Investigators

LINKS:
http://www.jyi.org/issue/the-fight-for-recognition-chagas-disease-meets-controversy/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2827116/Kissing-bug-disease-infected-300-000-people-don-t-know-parasite-referred-new-AIDS.html
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/health/2014/10/21/300000-people-in-us-have-chagas-disease-as-country-unsure-who-to-deal-with/