Source – zerohedge.com Between Greece’s tragic, Berlin-mandated descent into the Third World and the epic meltdown in China’s equity markets, it would be easy to forget that the US government is (re)annexing Texas next week. For those unaware (or for anyone who might have lost track of the US Spec Ops schedule), the military is…
Source – mintpressnews.com – “Homes are built for people to live in,” said one activist, so why are there millions of homeless people and millions more empty homes? Millions of Americans experience homelessness every year, and yet they’re outnumbered by vacant homes and government-owned buildings. A growing number of activists are calling for these empty…
Source – souloftheeast.org – As we mark another Independence Day in America, it’s worth reflecting on the meaning of our country’s much-trumpeted exceptional status. Our land is indeed beautiful and blessed in many ways, home to millions of kind and generous souls. But to pretend that all is well would be whistling past the graveyard.…
Source – shatteringthematrix.com – When it comes to the news, where we choose or are guided to focus attention is critical as it determines what we know, how we think, feel and believe which powerfully shapes our view of the world. And don’t think for an instant that the government’s media arms are not aware…
Source – washingtonsblog.com – “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…
Source – paulcraigroberts.org – The entire Western edifice rests on lies. There is no other foundation. Just lies. This makes truth an enemy. Enemies have to be suppressed, and thus truth has to be suppressed. Truth comes from foreign news sources, such as RT, and from Internet sites, such as this one. Thus, Washington and…
Source – opednews.com – Many think our government is for sale. However, by taking a look at the facts below provided by the Open Secrets, it is easy to understand where they are coming from. Looking back at Friday the 12th, the House voted on Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), the controversial bill that gives power…
Source – robertreich.org -Imprisoning a staggering number of our people is wrong. The way our nation does it is even worse. We must end mass incarceration, now. If I’m walking down the street with a Black or Latino friend, my friend is way more likely to be stopped by the police, questioned, and even arrested. Even if we’re doing the exact same thing—he or she is more likely to be convicted and sent to jail. Unless we recognize the racism and abuse of our criminal justice system and tackle the dehumanizing stereotypes that underlie it, our nation – and our economy – will never be as strong as it could be. Please take a moment to watch the accompanying video, and please share it so others can understand what’s at stake for so…
Source – silverdoctors.com – Jeremiah Johnson is a retired Green Beret of the United States Army Special Forces (Airborne) and a graduate of the U.S. Army’s SERE school (Survival Evasion Resistance Escape). You can contact JJ by using this form. This article is going to detail some of the increased movements by U.S. military forces in Northwestern…
Source – mintpressnews.com, By Kit O’Connell – As of April, the oil and gas industry had already spent over $34 million to influence American politics this year. Fossil fuel companies are one of the top sources of funding for Washington lobbying firms, and their deep pockets allow them to far outspend those who seek to…
Source – mintpressnews.com – As democracy crumbles in America in favor of corporate power, will voters be left with two near-identical choices in every presidential election?: – It’s harder than ever to argue that voting matters when according to leading polls, the 2016 election is shaping up to look a lot like every other election…
Source – strike-the-root.com – “Today, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill establishing the nation’s first state-level gold depository, an important first step towards gold and silver as commonly-used legal tender in the state”: – Introduced by State Rep. Giovanni Capriglione (R- Southlake) and four co-sponsors on Feb. 12, House Bill 483 (HB483) will create…
Source – truthdig.com – “The Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) recently demanded that a man convicted on drug charges pay around $20,000 for his prison costs” Thanks to the war on drugs, increasingly harsh laws and lengthening sentences, the number of people behind bars in the United States has risen by roughly 700 percent since…
Source – whiteoutpress.com, By Mark Wachtler – “Last year, Veterans for Common Sense publicly accused the VA of, “cooking the books on suicide data.” The group cited revelations exposed by USA Today regarding a secret campaign by VA officials to hide the number of veteran suicides”: – With this being Memorial Day weekend, many Americans…
Source – blackagendareport.com – “The system is stacked in favor of moneyed interests and white people, no matter how well black people strive to behave in ways they are told will protect them. The lack of assets means that even when black people own real estate they often do so precariously. Job loss or any…
Source – mintpressnews.com – “I can’t tell the difference, even in some of the areas that were supposedly hardest hit by looting … because some of these areas that the protesters are in even before these so-called riots have already looked like they’ve been burned down,” – The world watched last week as protesters stormed…
Source – mintpressnews.com – Despite shifts on Cuba and Venezuela, the Obama administration’s appointment of a man who’s been involved in the overthrow of leftist governments since the 1980s, to head the White House’s top agency on Latin American affairs shows little may have really changed: The Obama administration announced in December that it would…
Source – discussionist.com – The Christian right was not always a fixture in the political landscape: According to the Pew Research Center, the Christian share of the population has declined in recent years from 78.4 percent to 70.6 percent. At the same time, the number of Americans identifying as religiously unaffiliated – including atheists and agnostics…
Source – .therealistreport.com – (Editor’s Note: …for the sake of argument, let’s suppose for a minute that this article’s headline read – “A look at the Arab billionaires controlling American politics…need I say more) – The Jewish Daily Forward recently published an incredibly revealing article discussing the immense influence and control over the American political…
Source – boingboing.net – Hedge funds buy swathes of foreclosed subprimes, force up rents, float rent-bonds: When a giant hedge fund is bidding on all the foreclosed houses in a poor neighborhood, living humans don’t stand a chance — but that’s OK, because rapacious investors make great landlords. Wall Street investors have bought more than…
Source – rebootingcapitalism.com – “The purchasing power of the US dollar from 1800-1913. Guess what? It was a lot higher and relatively stable. See here and here. It didn’t start it’s steady decline until 1913 (the year the Fed was created) and really accelerated after 1971 (the closing of the gold window)” The ongoing destruction…
Source – awakenedwire.com – Many commentators have noted that mainstream economists are calling to do away with cash entirely. It would be easy to scoff at these proposals as completely insane if the Fed hadn’t published a paper back in 1999 suggesting the implementation of a “carry tax” or taxing actual physical cash using an…
Source – freedominourtime.blogspot.ca – By the time Lt. Frank Powell hurled a satchel bomb onto the roof of a three-story row house on Philadelphia’s Osage Avenue, the siege had gone on for nearly twelve hours. Powell was a member of the Philadelphia PD’s bomb squad, and like the “firemen” in Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novelette, he…
Source – tomdispatch.com – “Novel forms of wave warfare are currently under development by the Pentagon’s Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program. One such innovation, known as “Active Denial Technology,” works much like a microwave oven — with the waves directed at the skin of a target to produce an “intolerable heating sensation” – Last week, as…
Source – cofda.wordpress.com – A military and aviation website, Deagle.com, is generating quite a buzz on the net for its forecast of calamity for America by 2025 — of economic collapse and massive depopulation by as much as 78% (254 million fewer people). While Deagle.com is not the only voice out there predicting a collapse…
Source – represent.us – Have you ever felt like the government doesn’t really care what you think? Professors Martin Gilens (Princeton University) and Benjamin I. Page (Northwestern University) looked at more than 20 years worth of data to answer a simple question: Does the government represent the people? Their study took data from nearly 2000…
Source – zerohedge.com – The most confounding aspect of the economy, and the one metric that has flashed a red light on Janet Yellen’s “labor market dashboard” for years, is that wage growth has been completely non-existent, and roughly at half the Fed’s targeted level of 3.5-4.0%. What’s worse, and what the Fed may not…
Source – rebelmouse.com – Countless lives of undocumented immigrants are being taken and sold for billions of dollars. Watch the disturbing details unfold and listen to the first-hand accounts of the real cost of private prisons. https://www.rebelmouse.com/newsdocumentaries/modern-day-slave-auction-prison-auctioneers-sell-people-like-products–1127038703.html
Source – .yesmagazine.org, By Jennifer Luxton and Araz Hachadourian – The #BaltimoreUprising isn’t just about one death. Years of systemic neglect have left people with shorter lives, poor educations, and few employment opportunities. On April 12, Baltimore police arrested Freddie Gray. His hands were cuffed, his legs were shackled, and he was placed into…
Source – washingtonsblog.com – Bill Binney is the high-level NSA executive who created the agency’s mass surveillance program for digital information. A 32-year NSA veteran widely regarded as a “legend” within the agency, Binney was the senior technical director within the agency and managed thousands of NSA employees. Binney spent decades studying – and trying…
Source – .zerohedge.com – The day after violent protests left Baltimore burning in the wake of a funeral held for Freddie Gray who died after sustaining a spinal injury while being taken into policy custody, Americans are struggling to explain how the events that transpired on Monday evening are possible in modern day America. While…
Source – ellenbrown.com – The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government. — Article IV, Section 4, US Constitution A republican form of government is one in which power resides in elected officials representing the citizens, and government leaders exercise power according to the rule of law. In The Federalist Papers, James…
Source – tomdispatch.com, By Laura Gottesdiener – Unlike so many industrial innovations, the revolving door was not developed in Detroit. It took its first spin in Philadelphia in 1888, the brainchild of Theophilus Van Kannel, the soon-to-be founder of the Van Kannel Revolving Door Company. Its purpose was twofold: to better insulate buildings from the…
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