EU is poised to restrict passport-free travel

(Hat tip: KimR) - European Union countries are poised to restrict passport-free travel by invoking an emergency rule to keep some border controls for two more years because of the migration crisis and Greece's troubles in controlling its border, according to EU documents seen by The Associated Press. The switch would reverse a decades-old trend of expanding passport-free travel in Europe. Read more at the Associated Press Read More......

Kincaid: Obama bows to Castro

ACCURACY IN MEDIA (AIM) 1/17/2011 by Cliff Kincaid - [Snip] The New York Times noted that the White House lifted restrictions on travel and payments to communist Cuba “when most Republican members of Congress were away on retreat and Democrats had left their offices for the long holiday weekend,” and that the timing “indicated that the administration hoped to enact the changes with as little fanfare—and backlash—as possible.” The changes were posted at 5:42 p.m. EST. Read more at AIM... Read More......