Jeff Jacobs | Emerald City Journal

Seattle Deal Of The Week!

Published on September 24, 2012

Everyone once in a while we have to break the rules so this week we’re listed two deals. The first deal is a one day only deal (Today!) and the other follow-ups on a previous article about Easy And Simply Ways To Save Money. In the article I spoke about shopping for a new insurance company if you’ve been with them for 2 or more years. The reality is that after you’re with an insurance company your rates rarely go down. In most cases they add on a few dollars per year. However, the open market changes. You car value decreases or your home values decrease for example – and your current insurance provider doesn’t take those into account. They already have you as a customer (probably on auto billing) so why would they bother. My point is to save a few dollars you should make a few calls and see what the options are. Won’t cost you anything and if the quotes are not better then you still have your current insurance company. It’s a Win/Win.

Today Only -Deal:

The Childrens Place – are offering 20% off and free shipping and handling. Everything ships free and there is no minimum purchase required. Some items are marked at $1.99!

Coupon: G9HEF67J92 if you need it at checkout, however, it looks like they are offering the deal on their homepage.

Seattle Deal Of Week:

I highly recommend you give Dan Marek a call at Danmarekinsurance.com per our save money on insurance discussion. Discuss your options with him and see if he can beat your current insurance rates. Dan Marek insurance is located in Western Washington so he is local guy who has been in the insurance industry for a long time.

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Seattle News Stations (Most Popular)

Published on September 20, 2012

Some of the most popular Seattle news stations include the Emerald City Journal (of course)!

Others include the Seattle Times, Tacoma News Tribune, Komo News, Kiro 7, and Q13 Fox News. Most Seattle news stations have both TV time and online websites with offer recent news stories to the public. The difference between these Seattle news stations and us is that we offer news that is opinionated. All opinions are independent so you may read one story liking a polical view and another story which doesn’t like the view for example. Either way, we share everyones opinon and let the public decide on their own how they feel about the specifics of the news story.

We have found most news stations across the nation just doesn’t tell you how it is. They are great at giving you the overview of a story but lack when it comes to the public opinion or what the negatives could be for a topic. We fill that niche and that is why we are on the top Seattle news stations.

Obama Cyber Warfare With Iran

Published on September 13, 2012

What do you do with a country you want to bomb but really can’t because of the the political ramifications? You call your Internet Army and start a cyber war. You then make it classified so the public doesn’t know what is happening and how much you’re spending. While I can’t blame it all on Obama (eventhough it was greatly increased under his management and still is today) the Bush Administration started it. The operations were code-named “Olympic Games”.

A portion of the cyber warfare activities was accidently released to the public via the Internet and a bunch of nerds figured it out. After studying this Internet worm, they figured out it was developed by the US and Isreal. CIA director, Leon Panetta, and Obama discussed shutting it down or continuing its progress, however, after reviewing how effective it has been causing havoc they decided to keep it going. They released a newer version and another after that on Iran. The cyber warefare with Iran continues today.

Due to this attack, Iran started their own cyber warfare unit and has been quoted as saying that the “Iranian military was prepared to fight our enemies” in “cyberspace and Internet warfare”. Very little evidence has been reported about Iran striking back though.

Independent Internet security professionals are looking into another cyber warfare worm/virus called “Flame”. It attacked the computers of Iranian Officials sweeping up information on them. US Officials say it wasn’t part of “Olympic Games” and have declined to say whether they were involved with it or not.

No wonder our foreign policy with Iran is no good and diplomacy isn’t working. From all this, it appears America threw the first punch with Iran.

Charlotte And Jonathan Antoine

Published on September 12, 2012

Today has been a day of Entertainment on the Emerald City Journal. If you’re a regular here you probably know that we don’t discuss much in regards to entertainment and celebrities. Honestly, there is just so much of it (and drama involved) and we want to make a bigger difference when it comes to the way people think about politics and news.

I did, however, see this sometime ago and wanted to share how amazing it is. The video is inspirational and a must see. Below you’ll see the video but its about two kids named Charlotte and Jonathan Antoine. They go to school together and we’re formed together by their music teacher. They are trying out on Britain’s Got Talent TV show. As Jonathan Antoine says, he always struggled with his size and fitting in with the others. It’s starts out with Simon Cowell (and the audience) agrevated with the talent so far and figured they were going to be another disappointment. Watch the video and feel inspired for a moment.

Martina McBride @ The Puyallup Fair

Published on September 12, 2012

Today, Wednesday Sept. 12, 2012, Martina McBride will be playing at the Puyallup Fair. Many have named her the Celine Dion of Country Music. Not sure I could compare her to Celine Dion (she is amazing), however, Martina McBride is an amazing singer.

To date, she has recorded 11 studio albums, a greatest hit album, a Xmas album, and two additional compilation albums. At the age of 49, she has sold over 14 million albums.

Martina Mcbride, whose real name is Martina Mariea Schiff was born in Sharon Kansas. The small town had a population of around 200 people.

The Puyallup Fair Concert Series:

Martina McBride
Date: 9/12/2012
Showtime: 7:30 pm

September 11 Attacks In Libya

Published on September 12, 2012

Yesterday obviously was Sept 11th and a day many Americans remember fondly. It was also a secret attack in Libya focusing on the U.S Embassy in Libya. At this time, the details are sketchy, however, we do know the attack was sophisticated, took planning, and happened to fall on the same day September 11th 2012.

The attack took the life of Christopher Stevens (52) which is the U.S ambassador to Libya and 3 other Americans. The events took place at night in the eastern city of Benghazi.

Because this event was highly coordinated and perfectly timed for 9/11, I believe we’ll soon see that this was a anniversary attack and the news will report it as such. We’ve been talking about such an attack for years from Al Qaeda and here it is.

The Obama administration has stated that they are not jumping to conclusions and saying so would be “premature”, however, I am calling a duck a duck and saying it now that this was a well-planned terrorist attack.

Wait for the news to say it because it’s coming out soon.

Moody’s Credit Ratings Threat To US

Published on September 11, 2012

It’s about that time again, when we need to raise the debt ceiling. Moody’s credit ratings services has stated that they will be cutting our rating if a debt deal is not reached. Obviously, one will be agreed upon eventually. Money seems to grow on trees for our Government so whats another trillion dollars to spend? Nobody wants to stand up to really cut any spending here in America as it could put their political career in jeopardy. To save face our politicians think of ways to pinch the dollars out of us without saying its a tax. They are no ashamed to propose taxing the 1% because they know the other 99% will be ok with that and their job is safe down the road. It’s a shame really no one has stepped up (except Ron Paul) who has the confidence and brass to make the tough decisions about spending cuts.

In 2011, our “big cuts” were so small it was pathetic. In perspective, if a family was in 142,710 in debt the equivalent spend cut was $385 dollars! What a joke and honestly the proposal of cutting so little should be embarrassing. Who could review a proposal like this with so little cut per year and not laugh them out of the room. You would never pay your debt off at that rate so how can we expect to do that with our national deficit if we are making similar cuts? We can’t and they won’t. Obama won’t do it nor will Mitt Romney do it. We need someone who is serious and just cuts a good 20% or more out of the ridiculous programs and tasks the Government shouldn’t even be involved in.

During the last negotiations of raising the debt ceiling our congress agreed upon cutting 38.5 billion dollars (pathetic). In the 8 days they talked about what they were going to do, our national debt went up 54 billion dollars. Lets get serious now and get this under control. It’s beyond me how we even have a AAA rating by Moody’s Credit Ratings and perhaps they are just as wrong as everyone else laying in bed together.

Finally, one last food for thought, our “government stated” national debt is over 16 trillion dollars now and that means each citizens share of debt is over 51,000 dollars (313 million people). OR IS IT…? Now if you add in all the federal governments obligations (which we all know are nearly bankrupt) like Medicare, Social Security, Treasury Securitys, and Bonds the national debt is actually over 79 TRILLION DOLLARS. That is a real number and a number you’ll never hear about from these ~~crooks~~ spenders in office. With that in mind, every new baby born in this “rich” nation is given a burden of $253,000.

I know it’s hard to hear and the public would probably go crazy if that was broadcasted on TV – but the numbers are the numbers.

Seattle Deal Of The Week

Published on September 10, 2012

To provide something unique and beneficial just to our newspaper visitors, we are implementing a new program called our “Seattle deal of the week”. Every Monday we are going to promote an offer that is an extremely good deal. The deals themselves will vary from no cost to you to highly discounted.

Our first deal is brought to you by RepuVision.com. They are Seattle marketing company helping businesses (or website owners) who want more traffic exposure online. The leads they generate are highly targeted due to people already knowing what they are looking for (as compared to a billboard or a magazine which is a broad audience) online.

THE DEAL:

RepuVision is offering a no cost targeted keyword report for your site or business. After a quick call to get a better understanding of your business, they will generate a keyword report of some of the areas you maybe missing in regards to potential customers and traffic available online. The report also includes the amount of traffic (total volume) and they can also include a competition review if asked. We received one for the Emerald City Journal and found it very informative and useful for the future.

It’s a $200 dollar value and no cost to you this week only (expires 9/14/12 at 5pm)

How To Claim:

Since this offer is only advertised on the Emerald City Journal, you need to give them a quick call directly at 425-322-3376 and request the “Keyword Report” (no cost deal) posted on the Emerald City Journal.

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Do you want to be featured on the “Seattle Deal Of The Week”…. Then Contact Us. There is no cost to be featured. Each week we pick the best deal we feel benefits our readers the most and post it live. Please be descriptive with your offer when submitting it – thank you.

Seattle Dry Streak Is Over

Published on September 10, 2012

The rain hit Seattle on Sunday thus breaking our dry streak. It was an impressive attempt, however, lasting 48 days in a row. The dry streak was the 2nd longest record in Washington. 51 days is the longest if you’re wondering and that was in 1951. At this point we will have to go after the record next year. The National Weather Service says the rest of the week should bring back the sunshine. After long dry streaks and a mild case of rain it does bring out the oil on the roads so be careful out there many drivers have reported issues on the roads this morning.

Social Security Administration Police Force – Why Do They Need Guns?

Published on September 4, 2012

As budgets get tighter and more and more people are watching where the spending is coming from, The Social Security Administration disclosed that they recently purchased 174,000 hollow-point bullets for ammunition needs. It turns out the Social Security Administration trains and has a force of 295 agents (armed) who investigate Social Security fraud and other crimes. These agents execute warrants and make arrests across the country (who knew?). These agents carry .357 caliber pistols! Internet bloggers are surely talking about this new revelation. In particular, the type of ammo and how it causes much more damage as compared to other ammunition options available.

So… what’s the point of having the police for these issues then? I guess this makes the Social Security Administration their own judge and jury of who should be arrested and have their house ripped apart at night. While investigating this news, I ran across another agency, NOAA’s Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement who recently are taking bids to purchased 46,000 rounds of ammunition and shooting targets.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) office, a U.S. federal agency, oversees a social insurance program that provides numerous benefits to American citizens, primarily catering to the elderly and individuals with disabilities. Established in 1935 under the Social Security Act, the SSA administers benefits such as retirement income, disability income, and survivor benefits, offering a financial safety net for millions of Americans. It is especially renowned for its role in providing Social Security retirement benefits, which are often a crucial source of post-retirement income for many individuals. The SSA’s operations span across numerous local offices nationwide, providing direct services to citizens and helping them navigate through various life stages and changes. These offices assist individuals in applying for Social Security numbers, understanding their future benefits, managing claim issues, and facilitating other crucial interactions with the Social Security system. The SSA plays a pivotal role in supporting citizens’ financial stability, especially during retirement or in times of disability or familial loss.

I say let the police do their jobs and serve warrants properly. We don’t need these “agencies” making decisions of who they believe is guilty and should be taken down. This is another example of wasted spending and resources. It’s a sad country when all the government agencies are carrying weapons that could be used against the people.

Update 2019: The Social Security’s office of Inspector General employs approximately 295 agents, tasked with probing into Social Security fraud and various other crimes, according to Jonathan L. Lasher, the agency’s assistant Inspector General for external relations. These agents are not only equipped with firearms but also hold the authority to enact arrests, with a notable 589 incidents in the previous year, as per Lasher. Their responsibilities extend beyond mere investigations; they are imperative in executing search warrants and addressing threats directed towards Social Security offices, their employees, and clientele, ensuring the safe and lawful operation of Social Security Administration activities across the nation.

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Seattle Deal Of The Week!

Seattle News Stations (Most Popular)

Obama Cyber Warfare With Iran

Charlotte And Jonathan Antoine

Martina McBride @ The Puyallup Fair

September 11 Attacks In Libya

Moody’s Credit Ratings Threat To US

Seattle Deal Of The Week

Seattle Dry Streak Is Over

Jeff Jacobs - page 16

Jeff Jacobs has 235 articles published.

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