Source – alternet.org – America’s wealth grew by 60 percent in the past six years, by over $30 trillion. In approximately the same time, the number of homeless children has also grown by 60 percent. Financier and CEO Peter Schiff said, “People don’t go hungry in a capitalist economy.” The 16 million kids on food…
Source – naturalnews.com – Liberty activist Adam Kokesh released his manifesto, FREEDOM! July 4, 2014, a book that explains how it is possible to create a more productive, less authoritarian society by eliminating the overreach of government. In recent weeks, someone ordered a copy of his book from his website for an inmate who is…
Source – theguardian.com – Documents detailing military mission during unrest over the police killing of Michael Brown designated ‘enemy forces’ to include ‘general protesters’ As the Missouri national guard prepared to deploy to the streets of Ferguson last year during protests sparked by the shooting death of Michael Brown, the troops used highly militarised language…
Source – fourwinds10.net – George Orwell’s nightmarish vision of a totalitarian society casts a dark shadow over the United States. The consequences can be seen clearly in the ongoing and ruthless assault on the social state, workers, unions, higher education, students, poor people of color and any vestige of the social contract. Free market policies,…
Source – .firstrebuttal.com -(Editors Note: Anyone who has spent any time traversing back-water, third-world Banana Republic’s can see through the sham electoral process, whereby oligarch’s – or their offspring, are presented before the public as any sort of real choice. Indeed, such buffoonery has always been the hallmark of a discredited, decadent & dying system)…
Source – themindunleashed.org – The construction of an ultra-speed transportation network called Hyperloop is planned to start in central California next year. The concept belongs to Elon Musk, founder and product architect of innovative companies SpaceX and Tesla Motors, and will be implemented by the company Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT). The futuristic transit system will…
Source – rawstory.com – Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) told Jon Stewart that the influence of the wealthy on Washington was so pervasive that many lawmakers had probably stopped noticing. “The problem we’ve got is that there is so much money flowing into Washington, so much power (and) so many lobbyists, that it becomes the norm,”…
Source – washingtonpost.com, By Emily Badger and Christopher Ingraham – In case you are still skeptical that many of the non-poor — and, in fact, a lot of the rich — receive benefits from government, too (for which we don’t make them pee in a cup or promise not to buy luxuries), we’ve rounded up some…
Source – presstv.ir – This is the plane sent to “extraordinarily render” Edward Snowden (jetphotos.net imagej) The Register has revealed that a CIA-owned aircraft was dispatched to Europe last June in a last ditch effort to seize NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden. On June 23, 2013, Snowden landed in Moscow from Hong Kong. As per the Register, he…
Source – paulcraigroberts.org – John W. Whitehead is a constitutional attorney. As head of the Rutherford Institute he is actively involved in defending our civil liberties. Being actively involved in legal cases, he experiences first hand the transformation of law from a shield of the American people into a weapon in the hands of the…
Source – ellenbrown.com – According to a new study from Princeton University, American democracy no longer exists. Using data from over 1,800 policy initiatives from 1981 to 2002, researchers Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page concluded that rich, well-connected individuals on the political scene now steer the direction of the country, regardless of – or even…
Source – acting-man.com – But when he is disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader. – Plato on tyrants, The Republic This is the last in our…
Source – thesundaily.my – Be proud, America! You have the very best Congress that money can buy. It’s no secret that many in the House and Senate have long been corrupted by money and special interests. The constant need to advertise on TV makes all politicians slaves of the money lenders and other big…
Source – trueactivist.com – An anonymous graffiti artist who goes by the moniker ‘Skid Robot’ is seeking to bring awareness to extreme poverty and help identify solutions to the problem. While finances have certainly tightened for most in recent years, extreme poverty is an issue that seems to be rising – one that few are…
Source – dailyreckoning.com.au – When we left you yesterday, we were trying to connect the bloated, cankerous ankles of the US economy (Part 1) to the sugar rush of its post-1971 credit-based money system (Part 2). Today, we look at the face of our government. It is older… with more worry lines and wrinkles. But…
Source – acting-man.com – Shabby Immensity: Today, we continue mouth wide open (Part 1 here) … staggered by the shabby immensity of it … a tear forming in the corner of our eye. Yes, we are looking at how the US economy, money and government have changed since President Nixon ended the gold-backed monetary system…
Source – .zerohedge.com – House of the Rising Stock Market: Last week was bad for the dollar, but good for US stocks. On Friday, the greenback capped its worst five days of trading in four years. The Dow rose another 168 points – or nearly 1%. This took place after Madame Yellen, proprietress of the…
Source – .buzzfeed.com – “I Might Have Some Sensitive Files”: The government says Matt DeHart is an online child predator. He says that’s a ruse created because he discovered shocking CIA secrets and claims he was tortured by federal agents. The only thing that’s clear is that he’s in deep trouble. On the evening of April…
Source – healthimpactnews.com – Filmmaker Bill Windsor has been in the process of producing a film called “Lawless America” since 2005. It is a film project which exposes the corruption in the American judicial system. He currently has over 1200 videos in his YouTube channel of testimonials from American citizens who have experienced corruption in…
Source – thecontributor.com – There’s something perversely wrong with a society that creates $30 trillion in new wealth while putting six million more children on food stamps. The mainstream media rarely publishes facts like this. The super-rich keep building up their own numbers, as quietly as possible. And our leading members of Congress have little need…
Source – libertyblitzkrieg.com – Press freedom took a major hit last year, according to the 2015 World Press Freedom Index, a measurement of the state of journalism put together annually by the group Reporters Without Borders. Because of a rise in warfare, growing threats from non-state actors, worsening economies and violence during demonstrations, freedom in…
Source – allgov.com – A military school operated by the Department of Defense has come under criticism for hiring military officers from Latin America accused of human rights atrocities. National Defense University (NDU) employed at least two controversial commanders, one from Colombia and another from Chile, who allegedly oversaw or personally ordered heinous crimes against…
Source – .allgov.com – Americans are having a tough time these days feeling really good about many of the country’s institutions. Let’s start with Congress. A mere 5% of Americans say they have a great deal of confidence in the legislative branch of government, according to General Social Survey conducted by the Associated Press and…
Source – naturalnews.com – You may recall learning a little bit about medieval English feudalism while in World History class in school. It was a governing system introduced by William I, better known as William the Conqueror, in which he divided up land and gave it to “nobles” who fought for him and did well…
Source – earthfirstjournal.org – In August 2010, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Domestic Terrorism Analysis Unit distributed an intelligence bulletin to all field offices warning that environmental extremism would likely become an increasing threat to the energy industry. The eight-page document argued that, even though the industry had encountered only low-level vandalism and trespassing, recent…
Source – zerohedge.com – The transformation of the American Dream, most broadly manifested in popular folklore as the aspiration of the US middle-class to own a home (even if it means agreeing to a 30-year loan with one’s friendly neighborhood TBTF bank), into the American Nightmare, in which an entire generation (the Millennials) is locked…
Source – davidswanson.org – Lawrence Wittner points out that the United States will soon be the only nation on earth that has not ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child. And why not? Wittner focuses on general backward stupidness: the treaty would “override” the Constitution or the importance of families or the rights of parents.…
Source – libertyblitzkrieg.com – At the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), red tape is preventing the removal of a top level employee accused of viewing porn two to six hours a day while at work, since 2010. Even though investigators found 7,000 pornographic files on his computer and even caught him watching porn, he remains on…
Source – fourwinds10.net – Very few people even remember Ruby Ridge, let alone what occurred and this just might be the greatest tragedy of all. But Ruby Ridge was a watershed. It paved the way for government bureaucrats at ATF and the FBI to violently react to American citizens who failed to pay proper homage.…
Source – mybudget360.com – Economic recoveries take on a variety of shape and sizes. With stock markets reaching new highs you would expect that some of the fruits of this boom would trickle down to American workers. But some of the booming trends are continuing on the path of low wage labor and certainly, of…
Source – thefreethoughtproject.com – (Editor’s Note: A reader claiming he resides in Sharpstown sent in a rebuttal stating that no such firings took place – eyes open on this one) Sharpstown, TX — Sharpstown is a Texas community, located just southwest of Houston, and the way they maintain security in this community has gotten our…
Source – addictinginfo.org – North Carolina’s State Ethics Committee has just opened up a major problem for their state — they just made it legal for lobbying firms to purchase prostitutes to service politicians. The Committee’s determination that sex had no value and that sex between a lobbyist and politician was nothing to report or…
Source – washingtonsblog.com – John Pilger’s latest essay, a must read for all, is a sweeping review that looks at the “common thread” of US action: fascistic mass murder. Pilger also highlights the reasons behind the slaughter, detailing the monetary and power-gains made by the controllers, including up through today in Ukraine, where the US war-machine has forced through…
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